Terry Sanderson (writer)
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Terry Sanderson (1946 - ) is a leading UK secularist and gay rights activist, author and journalist. He became president of the National Secular Society in 2006 and is a long-standing columnist for Gay Times.
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[edit] Early career
Born to a mining family in a South Yorkshire village, Sanderson came out as gay after starting work in Rotherham at the age of 17. His parents found out after reading an interview with Sanderson in a local newspaper, concerning his booking a venue for a meeting of the Campaign for Homosexual Equality. [1], Moving to London in the early 1970s, Sanderson worked as a counsellor and psychiatric nurse, and on the problem page of Woman's Own.
[edit] Gay rights
Sanderson began campaigning for gay rights in 1969. His MediaWatch column for Gay Times has been a feature since 1982.
In 1986, after experiencing problems with a Christian-owned publisher, Sanderson established The Other Way Press as a specifically gay-themed publishing house.
[edit] Secularism
Sanderson was elected President of the National Secular Society in 2006, having previously served as a vice-president for a number of years.
[edit] Works
- The Gay Man's Kama Sutra (2003). London: Carlton Books. ISBN 978-1842227947.
- Assertively Gay: how to build gay self-esteem (1997). 2nd revised edition. London: The Other Way Press. ISBN 978-0948982101.
- The Potts Papers (1996). London: The Other Way Press. ISBN 0948982098.
- Mediawatch: treatment of male and female homosexuality in the British media (1995). London: Continuum International Publishing. ISBN 978-0304331864.
- Stranger in the Family: how to cope if your child is gay (1991). London: The Other Way Press. ISBN 0948982039. (2nd ed., 1996)
- Making Gay Relationships Work (1990). London: The Other Way Press. ISBN 0948982020.
- The Potts Correspondence and Other Gay Humour (1987). London: The Other Way Press. ISBN 0948982012.
- How to be a Happy Homosexual (1986). London: The Other Way Press. ISBN 0948982004. (5th ed., 1999.)
[edit] References
- ^ Garner, Lesley (1999). "How to be a Happy Homosexual", interview with Terry Sanderson. Evening Standard, 13 April. p.26.
- Garner, Lesley (1999). "How to be a Happy Homosexual", interview with Terry Sanderson. Evening Standard, 13 April. p.26.
