What is Terry Sanderson (writer)?
{{Infobox person | name = Terry Sanderson | image = Terry Sanderson 01.jpg | birth_date = {{birth date|1946|11|16 |df=y}} | death_date = {{death date and age|2022|06|12|1946|11|16 |df=y}} | birth_place = [[Maltby, South Yorkshire]], [[England]] | nationality = British | occupation = [[Secularist]], [[gay rights]] activist, author, journalist | partner = [[Keith Porteous Wood]] | website = {{URL|https://gtmediawatch.org/}} }} '''Terry Sanderson''' (16 November 1946 – 12 June 2022) was a British [[secularism|secularist]] and gay rights activist, author, and journalist. He was president of the [[National Secular Society]] from 2006 to 2017. He was a columnist for ''[[Gay Times]]''. In 2021, Sanderson was diagnosed with [[bladder cancer]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Terry Sanderson's memoir shows gay and secularist activism go hand in hand |url=https://www.secularism.org.uk/opinion/2021/10/terry-sandersons-memoir-shows-that-gay-and-secularist-activism-often-go-hand-in-hand |website=National Secular Society |access-date=18 January 2022}}</ref> He died on 12 June 2022 from the disease, aged 75.<ref>{{cite web |title=NSS mourns the loss of Terry Sanderson |url=https://www.secularism.org.uk/news/2022/06/nss-mourns-the-loss-of-terry-sanderson |publisher=National Secular Society |date=13 June 2022}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Sanderson, Terry}} [[Category:1946 births]] [[Category:2022 deaths]] [[Category:English journalists]] [[Category:English LGBT writers]] [[Category:Gay men]] [[Category:British LGBT rights activists]] [[Category:Writers from Yorkshire]] [[Category:LGBT journalists]] [[Category:People from Doncaster]] {{bio-stub}}