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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.
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Members of LGBT+ communities in Russia feel the heat as Putin pursues its religious war in Ukraine
5 months ago

Members of LGBT+ communities in Russia feel the heat as Putin pursues its religious war in Ukraine

Last March I penned a piece for the secular platform, OnlySky, in which I revealed that the deranged Viganò, in a lengthy letter running to almost 10,000 words, excoriated …
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Transgender rights take a leap forward in Scotland and Spain
6 months ago

Transgender rights take a leap forward in Scotland and Spain

Cheers resounded today (Thursday) in the Scottish Parliament when the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill was passed by 86 to 39 votes. There were no abstentions.

Ahead of …
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US Congress passes landmark Respect for Marriage Act
6 months ago

US Congress passes landmark Respect for Marriage Act

In a move bound to infuriate Conservative Christians and far-right Republicans, a coalition of lawmakers today (Thurday) voted overwhelmingly to approve legislation giving federal recognition of same-sex marriages.

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Former Labour PM Sir Tony Blair urges ‘respect’ for Qatar
6 months ago

Former Labour PM Sir Tony Blair urges ‘respect’ for Qatar

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My blood reached boiling point last month when the not-so-clever Foreign Secretary James Cleverly, above, berated those who condemned the decision to bring the 2022 World …
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Hypocritical anti-gay Colorado hatemonger expresses sorrow over Q Club shooting
7 months ago

Hypocritical anti-gay Colorado hatemonger expresses sorrow over Q Club shooting

After a school shooting in May in Uvalde, Texas, which left 19 students and two teachers dead, the deranged Boebert blamed the atrocity on “godlessness that is here overtaking …
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Trans women under threat in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
7 months ago

Trans women under threat in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Rainbow Sunrise Mapambazuko, a local LGBT+ organisation in the DRC, needs funds to relocate the seven from an area where they have have been forced with the choice …
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Stunning victories for LGBT+ and Black candidates in US mid-term elections
7 months ago

Stunning victories for LGBT+ and Black candidates in US mid-term elections

Minorities and marginalised people found favour with American voters in Tuesday’s midterm elections, choosing them to as their representatives.

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One stunning victory went to Democrat Maura T …
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Prominent Malaysian politician condemns raid on LGBT+ Halloween party
7 months ago

Prominent Malaysian politician condemns raid on LGBT+ Halloween party

The Chairman of Malaysia’s Human Rights and Constitutional Affairs Select Committee, Charles Santiago, above, called the raid “harassment against a marginalised community” after “morality” police broke up the large party …
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Baptist preacher gives Scottish congregation a ‘masterclass in misogyny’
7 months ago

Baptist preacher gives Scottish congregation a ‘masterclass in misogyny’

The Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR) launched an investigation into the Church after the National Secular Society (NSS) lodged a complaint with the organisation after it discovered that …
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No Mr Cleverly, we should not respect cultural differences if they involve human rights abuses and homophobia
8 months ago

No Mr Cleverly, we should not respect cultural differences if they involve human rights abuses and homophobia

Islamic states torture, imprison and kill people deemed a threat to the so-called “religion of peace,’ and to suggest that barbarism is a “cultural difference that should be respected” …
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