Above: Peter Tatchell lets us know why he’s a Humanist. ANNUAL LUNCH 2016 – WITH GUEST SPEAKE SHAPPI KHORSANDI On the weekend of July 29-31 Committee members Chris Ward and Josh Gladwin represented LGBT Humanists at the European Above: The Committee with guest speaker Shappi Humanist Youth Days in Utrecht, The Khorsandi Netherlands. On November 10th Chair Richard Unwin gave a talk on LGBT Humanism at a special On December the 12th we held our annual edition of the monthly community lunch at Browns Courtrooms in London’s event ‘Let’s Talk About Gay Sex and Drugs’ at Covent Garden. This year’s special guest was Ku Bar in Soho. Shappi Khorsandi - President of the BHA. Shappi was a superb speaker - particularly On November 26th we ran an LGBT Humanists impressing with a detailed knowledge of stall at the BHA 20 Celebration evening at Horatio Nelson - expertly wielded in an Conway Hall. takedown of the Daily Mail's criticism of the same-sex themed traffic lights in Trafalgar Square! Above: Our stall at the BHA 20 celebration. We also held our usual fundraising raffle, with prizes this year including ‘Queerlesque’ classes and tickets for Above the Stag Theatre On December 13th Chris Ward (Secretary) and in Vauxhall. Josh Gladwin (Finance Officer & Newsletter Editor) visited the Guildford & Woking Humanists to speak about LGBT Humanists OTHER ACTIVITIES and our work. On Saturday 21st January 2017 we were On the weekend of June 11th we sent a team delighted to attend the inaugural BHA to run a stall at the BHA annual conference, Sections Summit – a day of workshops, talks, where they asked people to pose for photos and networking – superbly organised by with messages about why they were Teddy Prout. Humanists. Participants included Peter Tatchell. MEDIA
ANNUAL LUNCH 2016 – WITH GUEST SPEAKE SHAPPI KHORSANDI Above: The Committee with guest speaker Shappi Khorsandi On December the 12th we held our annual lunch at Browns Courtrooms in London’s Covent Garden. This year’s special guest was Shappi Khorsandi - President of the BHA. Shappi was a superb speaker - particularly impressing with a detailed knowledge of Horatio Nelson - expertly wielded in an takedown of the Daily Mail's criticism of the same-sex themed traffic lights in Trafalgar Square! We also held our usual fundraising raffle, with prizes this year including ‘Queerlesque’ classes and tickets for Above the Stag Theatre in Vauxhall. OTHER ACTIVITIES On the weekend of June 11th we sent a team to run a stall at the BHA annual conference, where they asked people to pose for photos with messages about why they were Humanists. Participants included Peter Tatchell. Above: Peter Tatchell lets us know why he’s a Humanist. On the weekend of July 29-31 Committee members Chris Ward and Josh Gladwin represented LGBT Humanists at the European Humanist Youth Days in Utrecht, The Netherlands. On November 10th Chair Richard Unwin gave a talk on LGBT Humanism at a special edition of the monthly community event ‘Let’s Talk About Gay Sex and Drugs’ at Ku Bar in Soho. On November 26th we ran an LGBT Humanists stall at the BHA 20 Celebration evening at Conway Hall. Above: Our stall at the BHA 20 celebration. On December 13th Chris Ward (Secretary) and Josh Gladwin (Finance Officer & Newsletter Editor) visited the Guildford & Woking Humanists to speak about LGBT Humanists and our work. On Saturday 21st January 2017 we were delighted to attend the inaugural BHA Sections Summit – a day of workshops, talks, and networking – superbly organised by Teddy Prout. MEDIA