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About Barry Duke

Veteran journalist Barry Duke, born in South Africa in 1947, settled in the UK in 1973, where he became actively involved in the anti-apartheid movement and gay rights organisations. A militant atheist, he joined the National Secular Society (NSS) and was a co-founder in 1979 of the Gay Humanist Group which changed its name to the Gay & Lesbian Humanist Association in 1987. In 2017 he was handed a Lifetime Achievement award by the NSS for his "spirited opposition to religious intolerance and irrationality" in his roles as a free speech advocate and his work as editor of the Freethinker and the Pink Triangle Trust website. In 2022, when the Freethinker suddenly went "woke", he was summarily sacked for being too aggressively atheistic. In 2017 he was married to his partner of 25 years, Marcus Robinson, in Gibraltar. The couple live in Benidorm, Spain.
Latest Posts | By Barry Duke
Sacked evangelical claims that tweeting ‘homosexuals are invading the Church’ is not homophobic
28 mins ago

Sacked evangelical claims that tweeting ‘homosexuals are invading the Church’ is not homophobic

Edwards, 37, is “considering his legal options” and believes the college has discriminated against him by breaching its obligations under the Equality Act 2010, according to Christian Concern.

The lecturer …
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A drag queen is not a drag queen if he loves God and Trump
3 days ago

A drag queen is not a drag queen if he loves God and Trump

WHEN Ryan Woods, aka Lady Maga USA, attended a recent Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Florida he got a rapturous reception despite his appearance in full drag.

Given the …
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Georgia cop claims he was forced to resign after posting a homophobic message on Facebook
2 weeks ago

Georgia cop claims he was forced to resign after posting a homophobic message on Facebook

CIVIC leaders in Port Wentworth, Georgia, are to receive a petition on Friday calling on the mayor and city council to apologise for their “discriminative” treatment of former Officer Jacob …
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Woman who wants to be Scotland’s next First Minister holds abhorrent religious views
4 weeks ago

Woman who wants to be Scotland’s next First Minister holds abhorrent religious views

Kate Forbes’ campaign to replace Nicola Sturgeon, who announced she was standing down as SNP leader, pretty much hit the rocks after her primitive views on same-sex marriage and …
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Please sign Sandi Toksvig’s petition to rid the House of Lords of C of E bishops
1 month ago

Please sign Sandi Toksvig’s petition to rid the House of Lords of C of E bishops

IN her petition the popular British-Danish personality insists that “whatever goes on inside religious organisations, the Church should not be allowed to hold sway in the Houses of Parliament.

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Christian cake creator loses Colorado Court of Appeals case
2 months ago

Christian cake creator loses Colorado Court of Appeals case

PHILLIPS gained international notoriety more than a decade ago when he refused to make a wedding cake for a gay couple.

What followed was a series of court hearings …
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Maltese poster boy for ‘ex-gay’ outfits faces trial
2 months ago

Maltese poster boy for ‘ex-gay’ outfits faces trial

What happens in Malta should be of no concern to the Christian Legal Centre, headed by the deranged Andrea Minichiello Williams, above, but the CLC has announced that it …
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No, Peter Tatchell, discrimination is not ‘anti-Christian’
2 months ago

No, Peter Tatchell, discrimination is not ‘anti-Christian’

I LIKE Peter Tatchell … a lot! He and I have met up on a number of occasions at various LGBT+ rights rallies in London over half-a-century, and I was …
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Right-wing Republican homophobe caught on camera in full drag
2 months ago

Right-wing Republican homophobe caught on camera in full drag

George Santos has apparently lied about nearly every significant aspect of his life: his career, his education, his charitable endeavors, his campaign donations, and even his supposed Jewish heritage …
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Fury as UK government blocks Scotland’s Gender Recognition Reform Bill
2 months ago

Fury as UK government blocks Scotland’s Gender Recognition Reform Bill

Rishi Sunak’s government has blocked legislation passed by the Scottish parliament that would make Scotland the first part of the UK to introduce a self-identification system for people who …
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