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Jun 2008
 
This we can say (so far) ...
Editorial
Dates for your Diary
QLGF gathering report
Great Huclow diary
One woman’s view ...
Sex, Snow and Sharks
Anglican bustup looming
Prides update
Epistles at dawn ...
Nigeria news ...
‘Gays cause quakes’ ...
Home Office not so homely
Sex, grace and truth ...
1
2
2
3-4
4-5
5
6
6
7
8
9
9
10
11
Quakerism and sexuality
Towards a Quaker view ...
Dear Friends ...
Christ’s Manhood
God without God ...
Patrick Gale interview
Committee meets ...
And the news this week ...
Quakers and Art ...
Rowan speaks out ...
The Anne Lister story
Different strokes
Your Letters ...
Rolling away the stone ...
12-13
13
14
15
16-17
17
18-19
19
20-21
21
22-26
26
27
27
 
Feb 2008
 
Our choices, ourselves ...
Editorial
Dates for your Diary
Your letters ...
Committee meets ...
Quaker ethics ...
Anglican stands up
Progress in Nepal ...
Progress in Uraguay
Secret Worshippers
Scribes and Pharisees ...
East Africa and more ...
Blair goes to Rome
Bullied for being straight
Ship of Fools ...
What members are up to

1
2
2
3-5
5
4-5
6
6
7
7
7
8-9
10-11
11
12
12
Witches galore ...
Book review
Mild kinkiness ...
Man in Tights ...
Paying the Piper
Quaker Affiliates ...
DN strikes back
The Divine OFCOMEDY
Vox Populi ...
More Science news ...
Make me a Muslim
EHRE and legislation ...
Evangelicals clash ...
Your Committee
Classified Ads
13
14
15
16
17
18
18
19
19
20
21
22
23
24
24
 
Dec 2007
 
Gay Wizards ...
Editorial
Dates for your Diary
WI debates prostitution
A run on the Church
Quaker ethics ...
Consenting Adults
Yes, I’m reading ...
QLGF Gathering reports
QLGF Gathering 2008
Trouble in Iran ...
Kingdom of the Lord?
1
2
2
3
3
4-5
5
6-7
8-9
10
11
11
Sex and disability
New evangelical leader
Friends of the rotifer
Poly Day ...
Seven year itch?
Out of the garden shed
Subscription time again ...
Speaking sex to power ...
Bizarre emails of our time ...
New LGCM appointment
Your Committee
Classified Ads
12-13
13
14-17
18-19
19
20-21
21
22
23
23
24
24
 
Sept 2007
 
Advance, Australia Fair(er) ...
Editorial
Dates for your diary
LGBT in India and Sri Lanka ...
Batty bishop blames floods...
Prophetic Witness ...
Quaker Life reports ...
Your experience needed ...
Reflections on qlgf at Stirling
QLG Gathering Report
News roundup ...
Eddington Christmas outing
Once upon a time …

1
2
2
3
4
5
6-7
7
8
9
10-11
11
12-13
The Great Commission ...
So, how was Pride?
Brighton Pride 2007
Where do gays come from
Pretty in Pink ...
Bishop loses tribunal
Prospect of Anglican schism
Committee Relationships ...
Homophobes? Sodom!
Creationists & scientists join
Making sense of the Kirk
Teletubbies in the dock ...
13
14
15
16-17
17
18
18
19
20-21
21
22-23
23
  May 2007      
George Fox backs gay rights
Editorial
Dates for your diary
Committee Relationships
QLGF Spring Gathering
Newbies start here ...
Anglican communion to split
Church of Sweden position
Quaker Life consultation
Civil Partnerships
Minutes of interest ...
Your letters
Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali
1,3
2
2
3
4-6
7-8
8
9
10
10
11
12
13
Religious Homophobia
Epistles to BYM 2007
Ecumenici - L.R.
Gay Activist resigns
‘Help, I’m a stereotype ...
My horoscope made me gay
The Emperor’s new clothes
My World in my Inbox
Lesbian Christian Group
You think you have problems
What I did on my holidays
Church attendance survey
14-15
15
16-17
17
18-19
19
20
21
21
21
22-23
23
 
February 2007
 
Love the first motion ...
Dates for your diary
Editorial
LGCM conference report
Quakers and discrimination
Gay-friendly rankings ...
History Boys - encore!
Really important news ...
Your letters ...
News from local groups
Red Hat O’Connor
Hymns and Hers ...
Lesbian deportation
Tanzanian bishops’ action
1
2
2
3
3
4
5-6
6
7-8
8
9
9
10
10
Nigerian humanists protest
Transsexual landmark case
Mapplethorpe review
Three Canadian parents ...
Life of Brian revisited
SF AIDS/Lifecycle ...
Shortbus film review
Editorial likes and dislikes
MCC - 38 not out
Respect - a funny word
‘Out of the Closets’
Brokeback Mutton ...
Film reviews
LGCM conference statement
11
11
12-13
13
14-15
15
16-17
17
18
19
20
21
22-23
23
 
December 2006
 

Plain Text Version

A real Rainbow Nation ...
Editorial
The Gay Imam
David Cameron ...
QLGF Autumn Gathering
Lesbian marriage appeal
Quaker Hat Meditation
News from London Group
Quaker Life Rep. Council
QLG Gathering report
QLRC: exploring attitudes
QLGF Spring Gathering ...
Jerusalem Pride ...
Your letters
Sublime instincts ...
Lesbian Palestine voices ...

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2
3
3
4-5
6
6
6
7-8
8
9
10
10
11
11
12-13
Ewe and us ...
What is History?
Dalai Lama backs gay rights
Quads, Thrupples etc.
Clergy Scandal ...
Negotiating everything ...
Has anyone here seen Kelly?
Bible and Blood ...
Mexico City challenge ...
Poles Apart ...
Carnival Queen ...
Rove and the Christians
Faith & Homophobia
Women Priests ...
Centenary ...
Membership, News + Ads
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14-15
15
16
17
17
18
19
19
20
20
21
21
22-23
23
23
 
September 2006
 

Plain Text Version

The right to discriminate?
Dates for your diary
Editorial
QLG Meeting report
AFSC Minute
Antipathy ...
Very true and important news
Remember Mrs. Thatcher?
Scotland, the not very brave ...
Lesbians’ lose marriage bid
Civil partnership problems ...
Nigeria report ...
Editorial ‘likes’ and ‘dislikes’
Reproductive rights ...
An uncomfortable fence ...
Civil partnerships in Meeting
Homophobia in UK prisons

1
2
2
3
3
4
5
6-7
7
8
9
10
11
11
12-13
13
14
Spirituality and sexuality
‘Where does it stop?’
Leader: QLGF response ...
‘Committee relationships’
Stephen Williams’ diary
Lucy and the Ants ...
Gay Police/Christians clash
Pride: we marched ...
Different, yes; Special, no
Your Letters ...
Episode 97734 ...
The chosen few ...
Big brothers make us gay ...
The march of technology ...
USA marriage protection ...
Unmarried couples’ rights
14-15
15
16
16-17
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18
18
19
20-21
21
21
22
22
22
23
23
 
June 2006
 

What do I want from QLGF?
2006 Gathering Epistle
Dates for your diary
Editorial
New Liaison Officer
Europride 2006 in London
Pontefract Maximus
The Brick Testament ...
QLGF Discernment Process
Same sex human rights?
Lesbian asylum granted
Soulforce equality riders
Shia death squads in Iraq
Benedict ... and beyond
Gay men get religion
QLGF Gathering Report

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2
2
3
3
4
4
5
5-6
6
7
8
9
9
10-11
11
Gathering notes ...
News from local groups
Your Letters ...
i.m. Bonhoeffer ...
The Quaker Conscience ...
Belief-o-matic ...
Episcopalians under pressure
‘Capote’ Review ...
Publicity ...
Thumbs-up from UCC
Readers’ recommendations
End to discrimination?
Footballers act straight
Atheism/Theism
My story ...
LGBT media bits
12
13
13
14
14
15
16-17
17
17
18
19-20
20
21
22-23
23
24
 
March 2006
 

What do I want from QLGF?
Dates for your diary Editorial
The Friendly Young Ladies
Brokeback Mountain
Talking tosh about films ...
God is kinder than that ...
Ideas for the Future ...
News from the Committee
Your letters ...
Gathering reminder
Non-violent resistance ...
Galilee ‘JesusWorld’
NHS and Civil Partnership
The Male Sex Bomb

1-3
2
2
3
4-5
5
6
7-8
8-9
9
10
11
12
12
Skirts in the Schoolroom ...
Membership changes ...
Book burning etc.
That Political Question ...
GALHA magazine furore
God - ‘the root of all evil’
Cashman and Homophobia
Benefits & Households
Prisons in the 21st Century
Notes for a Skit
Twilight of Atheism ...
Atheism, bisexuality ...
A Friend in our thoughts
Soulforce news ...
13
14
14
15
15
16-17
17
17
18-19
19
19
20-22
22
23
 
December 2005
     

Liberal Judaism ...
Dates for your diary
Editorial
UK’s first female imam?
The need for a father ...
Bishop defends TS curate
QLG Meeting report
News from local groups
TV/TS in the SouthWest
Department of the Absurd
Sex in the 1960s ...
News from across the pond
Howls Moving Castle ...
Book reviews

1
2
2
3
4
5
5
6
7
8-9
9
9
10
11
‘I love you all’ ...
Journal of Bisexuality
St Cecilia’s Day meditiation
Joburg LGBT statement
Banish Blasphemy?
The Future of Gatherings
Here we go a’Gathering
Southern Gathering report
A Quaker view of Socks ...
Committee Minutes
Another view
Positive Methodists
LGBT in Zambia
Pulpit and Pew Survey
12
12
13
14-15
15
16-17
17
18
19
19
20
21
22-23
23
 
September 2005
     

Pride in Ourselves ...
Dates for your diary
Editorial
London Pride contd.
London Group news
News from Canada
News from Spain
Iran hangs gay teenagers
News from South Africa
News from India
Anger meets Humour
Committment Celebration
And 10 years on ...

1
2
2
3
3
4
4-5
5
6
6
7
8
9-10
Alternative to Mockery
Hall Carpenter Archive
Methodists hokey-cokey
Masks in May
IVF Discrimination
Religious jokes
News from St Marys ...
Your Letters
Women Bishops
QLGF at BYM 2005
The Polari Bible
PSA ... what is it?
10
11
12
13
13
14
15
15
16
17
18
19
 
June 2005
     

New Supreme Dalek
Dates for Your Diary
Editorial
Quaker Special Interests
I remember, I remember
Healing - a perspective
Should men wear earrings?
Grayson Perry
Sonnet to being Quaker-Gay
Shipping Forecast
Your letters

1
2
2
3
4-5
5-6
7
8-9
9
9
10-11
Late breaking news ...
Marriage Registration
Liaison officer appeal
Scottish Bishops’ support
Spring Gathering Minutes
Spring Gathering Report
International Homophobia
The Invitation ...
Reply to Oriah
News from Local Groups
Sexual Aberration?
11
12
12
13
14-15
16
16
17
17
18-19
19
 
February 2005
     

Living with Integrity?
Dates for Your Diary
Editorial
Harrogate Christmas
FannyAnn Eddy tribute
The Plot against America
The Calling of a Cuckoo
A new low for South Africa
Lesbians make good parents
Friends General Conference
Who are Christian Voice?
Your letters

1
2
2
3
4-5
5
6-7
7
8
9
9
10
Indian Lesbians marry ...
Wandering membership?
More joy in Heaven?
Bush’s thoughts ...
Civil Partnerships
In a packed programme
100% Straight?
News from local groups
‘Open & honest’ response
Albert Kennedy Trust
Committee News
10
11
11
11
12
13
15-15
16
17
17
18-19
 
December 2004
     
Dates for Your Diary
Editorial
Civil Partnerships comment
QLGF Autumn Gathering
QLG Gathering report
Bartlett, please1
News Roundup
A plea from Noms Comm
Alexander’s sexuality
Rooted in Christianity
1
2
2
3
3
4
5
6
7
7
Faith schools again
Young in The Sun ...
Poem on Queerbashing
Your letters
NZ legislation update
Coptic Bookbinding
Anglican Ghastly
Polygamy gone ...
An open and honest gay?
Midlands Group news
8-10
10-11
11
11
12-13
13
14-15
16-17
17
18
 
September 2004
     

Borg on the starboard bow
Dates for Your Diary
Editorial
Yorks QLGF Christmas
Woodbrooke Epilogue
Civil Partnership Bill ...
Unitarian Universalists
QLGF Committee Minutes
News from local groups

1,3
2
2
3
3
4-5
5
6-7
7
Your letters ...
Desmond Tutu ...
Steven Pinker review
Why march for Pride?
‘Virtual’ QLGF Group
QLGF Autumn Gathering
The three-legged stool
Quotes ‘n stuff
8-9
9-10
11
12
13
13
14-15
15
 
June 2004
     

To Friends Everywhere ...
Dates for Your Diary
Editorial
Supporting Meetings
Martha Moody review
Ditchling Update
Equality Stings ...
Milton Keynes recipes
Gender Recognition Bill
US LGBT Epistle
Brad Pitt and Troy Town
Web Confidentiality
Employment update

 

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3
4
4
5
5
5
6-7
7
8
9

National Trust ‘Weddings’
Bagels galore!
Women as Survivors
RE ‘Hatemongering’
GALHA 25th Birthday
An answer to Sodom
Letter to President Bush
Young Gay Men Talking
‘Hairy POTR’
Woodbrooke Report
AFSC News
Your letters

9
10
10
11
11
12
13
14-15
15
16-17
17
18-19
 
March 2004
     
Part of the Rainbow
Dates for Your Diary
A Westminster Confession
Civil Partnership Letter
The year the locusts ate
Lana S’s travels
Committee News
Let’s Celebrant ...
Making babies ...
1-2
2
3
4
5
6
7
8-9
10-11
Same sex commitments
NZ Interest Groups
Local Group News
Mass Homosexuality
QUEST report
Your letters
Yorkshire Link Group
AFSC LGBT issues

11
12-13
14
15
16
16-17
18
19
 
December 2003
     

Gender recognition bill
Dates for Your Diary
Naught for your comfort
Gene therapy
QLG Gathering
‘Leaping’
John Shelby Spong
Sunday Morning Blast
Your letters

1
2
2
3
4-5
5
6
6-7
7
Osmotherley Weekend
‘Within the Storm’
Committee News
Local Group News
Littlehampton Gathering
Canada Yearly Meeting
Queer Quaker Weekend
Woodbrooke works ...
8
9
10
11
12-13
13
14
15
 
October 2003
     
Make it legal!
Same-sex relationships
Dates for Your Diary
Maypoles and Bonfires
Georgina Beyer
QLGF take a stand
Jeffrey John Quiz
Soulforce report
Loughborough Gathering
1
2
2
3
4-5
6
7
8
8
Littlehampton Gathering
Catholics + Partnerships
Queer Quakers at Pride
Unfair to Blair
Your letters ...
‘I’m a Tranny ...’
Sufferings + Transsexuals
News from Local Groups
Northern Gathering
Being a survivor ...
9
9
10
11
11
12
12
13
13
14-15
 
June 2003
     

Blair swings both ways
Appeal for a co-clerk
Dates for Your Diary
Celebration in Sheffield
Committed Relationships
Transsexual Law Debate
Hengrave Minutes
Hengrave Report

1
2
2
3
4
5
6-7
8-9
Speaking Our Truth
Oxford Pride Carnival
Marriage Hypocrisy
Living without rules
From Woodbrooke
Unveiling ...
Local Groups + Contacts
Ship of Fools ...
9
10
11
12
12-13
13
14-15
15
 
February 2003
     
Happy Birthday QLGF!
Conference Poem
Dates for Your Diary
Your Letters
Churches Together
Legal Issues
Living Wills
Soulforce Revisited
Women’s Lip

1
2
2
3
4-5
6-7
7
8-9
9

Committee News
Local Group News
Gold Star Girl
Hengrave 2003 Update
Quaker Coffee Analysis
Marriage or What?
Share my Shower
Blisskrieg
Inner Peace
10
10-11
12-13
13
13
14
14
15
15
 
November 2002
     

Monkey Business!
Rabbi Rousing
Conference Report
Quaker Lesbian Group
All in Our Genes?
Your Letters
QLGF Website
Recent Quotes etc.

1
2
3
3
3
4 -5
5
5

News from the Groups
Baroness Young
Speaking Lives
Bashing the Bishop
Al-Fatiha
Comment
Elisabeth Stuart Review
Committee Reports

 

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6-7
7
8
9
10
11
12
 
July 2002
     
Homophobia + GLAD
Quaker Lesbian Group
US LGBT Quaker group
‘Flawed or Failure’
Popcorn Ministry
‘Aquatic Outreach’
Gay Arab at Pride
QLGF Autumn Meeting
1
2
3
4-5
5
5
6-7
7-8
News from the Groups
‘Religious goings-on’
Committee Reports
Pacifism vs. Passivism
Recent Quotes
QLGF Vacancies
Yearly Meeting
‘Spiritual Benefits’
Your letters
8-9
10-11
11-12
12-13
13
13
14
14
15
 
May 2002
     

May newsletter
Plain Text Version

Your letters
News from the groups
UK Membership map
Spring Gathering
Warwick QLGF report
Denver Police actions
3
4
5
6-7
7-8
8
Coming out to Ffriends
Interest group-itis
Bible language
9
10
11
 
February 2002
   
Quaker Lesbian Group
Lancet National Survey
QLGF Charney Report
Fear and Trembling
The Handmaid’s Tale
News from local groups
Closet confinement?
3
3
4
5
5-6
6- 7
7
 
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