Terry Sanderson (writer)

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.

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. [Garner, Lesley (1999). "How to be a Happy Homosexual", interview with Terry Sanderson. "Evening Standard", 13 April. p.26.] , Moving to London in the early 1970s, Sanderson worked as a counsellor and psychiatric nurse, and on the problem page of "Woman's Own".

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.

ecularism

Sanderson was elected President of the National Secular Society in 2006, having previously served as a vice-president for a number of years.

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.)

References

External links

* [http://www.otherway.dircon.co.uk The Other Way Press]
* [http://www.gaytimes.co.uk/ Gay Times]
* [http://www.secularism.org.uk National Secular Society]
* [http://dogmafreeamerica.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=215929# Dogma Free America podcast interview with Terry Sanderson, President of the National Secular Society]