Humanists around the world tomorrow will be marking the International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHO). The campaigning organisation Transgender Europe has issued a ‘Trans Right Europe Map’ as its contribution to this international campaign. The findings of the research demonstrate that European countries are not taking sufficient action to protect transgendered people efficiently against [...]

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The government has announced it will oppose giving legal recognition to humanist weddings in England and Wales when it is debated in the House of Commons next week. Many hundreds of couples have humanist weddings in England and Wales each year but unlike in Scotland – where almost 3000 were conducted last year – they [...]

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The government has announced it will oppose giving legal recognition to humanist weddings in England and Wales when it is debated in the House of Commons next week. Many hundreds of couples have humanist weddings in England and Wales each year but unlike in Scotland – where almost 3000 were conducted last year – they [...]

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The Court of Appeal today heard the final day of evidence in widely publicised case of Jane Nicklinson, the widow of Tony Nicklinson, who sought an assisted death and Paul Lamb, immobilised after a road accident and seeking the right to an assisted death. The British Humanist Association (BHA) is also a party to the [...]

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