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The Pink Triangle Trust is a UK-registered charity whose aims are "to advance the education of the public, and particularly of lesbians and gay men, in the principles and practice of Humanism, and to advance the education of the public, and particularly of Humanists, about all aspects of homosexuality." Its long-standing secretary is George Broadhead.
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History
The Trust was established in 1992. It is named after the pink triangle, a symbol originally used as a badge in Nazi concentration camps to identify gay men, but which has since become an international symbol of gay pride and the gay rights movement.
Gay & Lesbian Humanist
The PTT is the publisher of Gay & Lesbian Humanist magazine, more commonly known as G&LH. From 1994 to 2005, G&LH was a print-only magazine, and was published quarterly. During this time, it was edited by George Broadhead (1994–2000) and Andy Armitage (2000–2005). In 2008, G&LH was relaunched as an online-only magazine, with Mike Foxwell as its editor.
Pink Triangle
The PTT also ran the Pink Triangle blog, which was established in March 2008.
The blog stopped posting new items in February 2013, feeling that the blog run by its sister publication, the Pink Humanist, was providing adequate coverage of matters concerning humanism and nontheism.
Pink Triangle was a forum provided by the Trust for the discussion and interchange of ideas concerning humanism as it relates to gay and lesbian issues, and how gay and lesbian issues relate to humanism. “But gay and lesbian issues and those concerning humanism don’t exist in a bubble,” says the blog’s sidebar: “they are part of the wider world. Hence, there will be scope for broad discussion on these and related ethical issues.”
The blog featured news of relevant issues, with or without comment from the author, and aimed to generate lively discussion in the comments area.
Gaytheist
As an adjunct to the Pink Triangle blog, the PTT runs a Yahoo! discussion group called Gaytheist, which receives daily posts providing links, information and occasional comment from list members. It is open to gay and straight contributors.
It was formed by one of the blog team after a similar gay Humanist discussion group introduced premoderation.
The blog says: “Gaytheist believes in allowing members to be adults. There is no censorship, no premoderation [. . .] Gaytheist believes that even homophobic and pro-religious opinions should be expressed, because the best way to deal with such views is through debate and, if necessary, ridicule. Members of such a group soon become twitchy if someone posts something that’s a bit off, and it’s hoped they’ll soon point out the error of a member’s ways, if that is the case.”
Associations
The PTT is a member of the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU), Cutting Edge Consortium and Alliance for a Secular Europe. It sponsors the UK LGBT History Month and the Uganda Humanist Schools Trust (UK), and is a supporter of the Secular Europe Campaign and the Nigerian Humanist Movement.