The Gay and Lesbian Humanist Association (GALHA) is a democratic, membership-based, Humanist campaigning organisation that represents the many non-religious in the LGBT communities in the United Kingdom and beyond. GALHA promotes a humanist approach to homosexuality and to lesbian, gay and bisexual rights as human rights.
The Honorary President is Maureen Duffy.
Honorary Vice-Presidents are: Barbara Smoker, Darren Johnson GLA, Dr. Evan Harris MP, George Broadhead, Dr. Harry Stopes-Roe, Jim Herrick, Maryam Namazie, Michael Cashman MEP, Patrick Harvie MSP, Professor Rob Tielman, Taslima Nasrin, Stephen Fry.
GALHA is affiliated with the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) and Amnesty International. The official symbol of GALHA is a version of the Happy Human.
GALHA publishes a regular newsletter or articles and event, join and receive a copy.
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—John Gay (1685–1732)
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“As one who knows many things, the humanist loves the world precisely because of its manifold nature and the opposing forces in it do not frighten him. Nothing is further from him than the desire to resolve such conflicts ... and this is precisely the mark of the humanist spirit: not to evaluate contrasts as hostility but to seek human unity, that superior unity, for all that appears irreconcilable.”
—Stefan Zweig (18811942)
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—Edgar Lee Masters (1869–1950)