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Come to our #FestivalOfHumanism on 14 November to hear from brilliant speakers including Leon Langdon, Senior Advocacy Officer at @humanists.bsky.social. Leon will be speaking alongside Talat Yaqoob of #WomenAgainstTheFarRight on how to combat the growth of #ChristianNationalism in our politics
Kudos to Juliet Harris, director of children's rights charity Together, for explaining so clearly and concisely how the current #ReligiousObservance Act discriminates openly and directly against non-religious children and families.
Florence Oulds is the Policy & Public Affairs Coordinator at @scottishtrans.bsky.social. She'll be joining our Festival of Humanism to discuss the campaign for a watertight LGBT+ conversion practices ban. Don't miss out! www.humanism.scot/events/festi... #LGBTRights #TransRights #HumanRights
With our Festival of Humanism two months out we're introducing our speakers. Journalist and legal scholar Andrew Tickell will be talking about the need to update religious observance in Scottish schools to allow children the right to opt themselves out. www.humanism.scot/events/festi...
"It's all happening in England, isn't it, that stuff?" Nope, we had a summer scarred by race riots in major Scottish cities. While Scotland is widely celebrated as a welcoming, multicultural nation tit is far from being immune to the divisive rhetoric taking hold across parts of the UK.
Don't miss out, book a spot at our Festival of Humanism 2026! Head to www.humanism.scot/events/festi... to seal the deal #Humanism #Scotland #Festival Politics #LGBTRights #HumanRights
📢 MEET THE SPEAKER 📢 Talat Yaqoob an award-winning campaigner who will be representing Women Against The Far Right at our festival, joining Leon Langdon of Humanists International to talk about how to counter the rising threat of Christian Nationalist bigotry. www.humanism.scot/events/festi...
🎉Our member @humanistsociety.bsky.social is hosting a festival! 📅 14 November 📍Glasgow Themes include: 🔸Art & ecology 🔸Children’s Rights and education 🔸Fighting LGBT+ conversion practices 🔸Humanism & performing arts 🎟️Head to their events page to book your ticket: www.humanism.scot/events/festi...
Festival of Humanism 2026 - Humanist Society Scotland
Join us at our next Festival of Humanism on 14 Nov in Glasgow, with talks on arts and ecology, LGBT+ rights, religion in education, and more.
humanism.scot
The Chief Executive of @Humanists.UK Andrew Copson has spoken of "a dark day for democracy" as the newly raised assisted dying bill failed at its second reading in the UK parliament. Read more from Humanists UK: humanists.uk/2026/09/11/a... #AssistedDying #DignityInDying #MyDeathMyDecision
A great clip from Ailsa McMillan's recent #TimeForReflection slot at #ScottishParliament on the power of human connection, which can never be replaced by #ArtificialIntelligence
England & Wales voted for #AssistedDying. The unelected House of Lords blocked it. This Friday, MPs at Westminster have the chance to right that wrong. Tell your MP to do the right thing: click this @humanists.uk link humanism.eaction.org.uk/assisted-dyi... #Autonomy #Dignity #EndOfLifeChoice
We’re delighted to announced that Jamie Dunlop will join us as our new, permanent Chief Executive from 30 November 2026. www.humanism.scot/2026/09/09/h...
We're so proud of our brilliant celebrant Ailsa McMillan @ailsa_humanist_celebrant_ for her brilliant #TimeForReflection speech at Scottish parliament yesterday, www.humanism.scot/2026/09/08/h... #Humanism #ArtificialIntelligence #Creativity #ScottishParliament
Cute baby content incoming 📨 👶 Our comms manager Greg spoke to our ceremonies team about his humanist naming ceremony for his son Bram. www.humanism.scot/ceremonies-b... #HumanistNaming #Humanism #Scotland #CelebratingLife #Babygram #Cute #WelcomingLife
We told journalist Neil Mackay about the huge spike in evangelical lobbying over the last parliamentary term in Scotland, and the danger this poses for the current fight to decriminalise abortion. Read more: www.humanism.scot/2026/09/07/h... #Abortion #Decriminalisation #ScottishPolitics
We were delighted to be part of the FIRST EVER #BordersPride last weekend. Thanks to all who came along and made it such a memorable and proud day for #LGBT+ communities in the #Borders and beyond. That includes our fantastic volunteers who spent lots of the day talking to folks at our stall.
Scotland's #ProgrammeForGovernment does not take any new steps towards ending conversion practices in Scotland. John Swinney has instead reiterated his aim to introduce legislation in tandem with Westminster, despite experts such as @lgbtiscotland.bsky.social pointing out huge flaws in the UK bill.
The Scottish government announces its Programme for Government today. This is the perfect time to reiterate our calls for the current parliamentary term. www.humanism.scot/2026/05/09/t... #ScottishGovernment #LGBTRights #ReligiousObservance #DecriminaliseAbortion #ProgrammeForGovernment
We're back! Head to our events page to book your ticket for our next Festival of Humanism, in Glasgow on 14 November. www.humanism.scot/events/festi... #Humanism #Atheism #HumanRights #LGBTRights #PerformingArts #Ecology #Festival #Conference #Glasgow #Scotland #EventsInScotland
An acclaimed theatre director and former Deputy Director of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Maggie Kinloch is also a humanist celebrant, who has shared countless love stories with couples across Scotland. www.humanism.scot/2026/08/19/h... #Humanism #Theatre #Storytelling #Love #Scotland
Big thanks to our celebrant Susy (pictured) and local group volunteer Luca (not pictured) for staffing our Pride stall in Oban at the weekend! And shout out to the #HausOfNunsense (pictured!), a chapter of the legendary #SistersOfPerpetualIndulgence @obanpride #Pride #Oban #ArgyllPride #LGBT
We're delighted to announce that at our next book club we'll be joined by deep-sea expert Dr Thom Linley of @DeepSeaPod to talk life as a scientist. This will follow our discussion of David Attenborough's autobiography on Tuesday 1 September. www.humanism.scot/events/human...
Happy #ObanPride! Its all kicking off this weekend, 21-22 August. @obanpride.com has been going since 2019 and does vital work representing LGBT+ identities in the area. www.obanpride.com #Pride #Oban #ArgyllPride #LGBT #LoveIsLove
Maggie Kinloch is an acclaimed theatre director and former Deputy Director of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. She is also a humanist celebrant, who has shared countless love stories with couples across Scotland. www.humanism.scot/2026/08/19/h...
"God's not real and I am." No notes, #TrixieMattell #GodsNotRealIAm #PrideMonth #Drag #RuPaul #Scotland
"Prayer can be more abusive than just talking to someone, because you're saying God is complicit." What an extraordinary discussion featuring Traitors star Matty Hyndman on BBC's Scotcast. #LGBTRights #ConversionPractices
And today in cooked Christian-nationalist takes, a woman is "the kind of person that people come out of" and "the chief executive of the home". Both quotes courtesy of prominent US preacher Doug Wilson. It would make for cracking satire if it wasn't so scary. #ChristianNationalism #HandmaidsTale
It's #InternationalYouthDay. We're reiterating our call to Scottish Govt to make #ReligiousObservance in schools opt-in rather than opt-out. Read more: www.humanism.scot/campaigns/my...
