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Vic Valentine addresses a pro-trans rights rally infront of a sign asking MSPs to vote for the GRA reform bill. People around them hold placards that read "Trans Rights Now" and they wave trans pride flags.

March 31, 2023

Humanist Society interviews: Vic Valentine of Scottish Trans Alliance

Humanist Society interviews: Vic Valentine of Scottish Trans Alliance

Humza Yousaf talks at a podium in front of a black curtain. He wears a blue suit and tartan tie.

March 27, 2023

Humanist Society requests assisted dying meeting with Humza Yousaf

Humanist Society requests assisted dying meeting with Humza Yousaf

A picture of Humza Yousaf in a blue suit and tartan tie in a living room-type space with lamp and painting in the background. He is shown from the torso up and is positioned to the right of shot, smiling at the camera.

March 27, 2023

Humanist Society responds to election of Humza Yousaf

Humanist Society responds to election of Humza Yousaf

This image shows the meeting house at Sussex University in England, the first university meeting place whose appointed religious representative is a humanist. It is a large cylindrical building with an alternating pattern of concrete blocks and square coloured-glass panels that let in light. I has a green, conical roof.

March 21, 2023

Humanist Society contributes to new Faith and Belief Engagement Strategy

Humanist Society contributes to new Faith and Belief Engagement Strategy

The text "Foillseachadh Amsterdam 2022" ("The Amsterdam Declaration 2022") in white against a background image showing a canal-side scene in Amsterdam at night.

March 14, 2023

Humanist celebrant John Howieson on his Gaelic translation of the Amsterdam Declaration

Humanist celebrant John Howieson on his Gaelic translation of the Amsterdam Declaration

Humza Yousaf stands in a blue suit in front of a balcony with an internal courtyard space and circular windows beyond.

March 8, 2023

Humza Yousaf responds to our open letter to SNP leadership candidates

Humza Yousaf responds to our open letter to SNP leadership candidates

Fraser Sutherland stands in a children's playground, behind the steps up to a slide. He looks down at the camera which is positioned quite low down. He is holding a white book. In the background is a row of houses and a blue sky with clouds.

March 7, 2023

Our CEO talks religion and politics in The Herald

Our CEO talks religion and politics in The Herald

A portrait shot of Lucy Grieve. She wears a black top, has shoulder length brown hair, and smiles at the camera.

March 2, 2023

Humanist Society Scotland interviews: Lucy Grieve, co-founder of Back Off Scotland, on fighting for safe access to abortion services

Humanist Society Scotland interviews: Lucy Grieve, co-founder of Back Off Scotland, on fighting for safe access to abortion services

The famous concrete hippos public artwork in Glenrothes, Fife, home of Fife council.

March 1, 2023

Humanist Society backs removing religious voting rights from Fife education committee

Humanist Society backs removing religious voting rights from Fife education committee

Parliamentary portraits of Kate Forbes, Humza Yousaf, and Ash Regan arranged from left to right.

February 27, 2023

We write to SNP leadership candidates to gauge support on key humanist causes

We write to SNP leadership candidates to gauge support on key humanist causes

A picture of Kate Forbes wearing a red jacket and flowered dress in an interior with circular windows in the background.

February 22, 2023

Humanist Society comments on Kate Forbes’s links to evangelical charities in Third Force News

Humanist Society comments on Kate Forbes’s links to evangelical charities in Third Force News