The Pink Triangle Trust is a UK-registered charity that offers educational materials about
LBGTQ issues and the application of
humanism
Humanism is a philosophy, philosophical stance that emphasizes the individual and social potential and Agency (philosophy), agency of Human, human beings. It considers human beings the starting point for serious moral and philosophical in ...
to the study of these issues.
Its long-standing secretary was George Broadhead.
History
The Trust was established in 1992.
It is named after the
pink triangle
A pink triangle has been a symbol for the LGBTQ+ community, initially intended as a badge of shame, but later reclaimed as a positive symbol of self-identity and love for queerness. In Nazi Germany in the 1930s and 1940s, it began as one of the ...
, 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
LGBT pride (also known as gay pride or simply pride) is the promotion of the self-affirmation, dignity, equality, and increased visibility of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people as a social group. Pride, as opposed to s ...
and the gay rights movement. The Pink Triangle Trust offered affirmation ceremonies for same sex couples.
''Gay & Lesbian Humanist''
The PTT was 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. The ''Gay Humanist Quarterly'' (''GHQ'') replaced the ''G&LH'' when South African journalist Brett Lock took over the editorship from 2005 – 2007.
In 2011, the PTT launched a new on-line magazine, ''The Pink Humanist'', under the editorship of veteran gay journalist Barry Duke, who also edits the ''
Freethinker
Freethought (sometimes spelled free thought) is an epistemological viewpoint which holds that beliefs should not be formed on the basis of authority, tradition, revelation, or dogma, and that beliefs should instead be reached by other metho ...
'' magazine.
The PTT also has a presence on Facebook.
See also
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LGBT Humanists UK
LGBT Humanists UK, founded in 1979, is a special interest section of Humanists UK which campaigns for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) equality and human rights in the United Kingdom. It also organises social events for LGBT humanist ...
References
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1992 establishments in the United Kingdom
Humanist associations
LGBT organisations in the United Kingdom
Secularism in the United Kingdom