Future Directions for Rainbow Atheists - A Call to Action!

In December 1966, the first known gay rights activism in this country was launched by Australian Humanists. It will soon be the sixtieth anniversary of this event, and it is a good time to review and reboot our Rainbow Atheists group, who have been aligned and connected to Humanists Australia in recent years.

Where to from here?

Since our launch in 2018, the group has successfully run a Facebook group and conducted a number of social events, including zoom meetings featuring national and international speakers. However, COVID lockdowns and a changing culture have made the MeetUp portion of our scope somewhat quiet in recent years. How would you like to see the group continue?

What do you want for the future of this group?

We see religious privilege dominate Australian culture, from the Census with its questions that privilege religion and downplay the existence of LGBT+ people. Parliament and gay press, queer community networks and our own queer conferences all privilege religious perspectives, even though it is estimated that approximately 70% of our queer community is non-religious. Meanwhile, the fight for our rights and freedoms continues both here and overseas.

On the approach of the sixtieth anniversary of the birth of (secular-based) Aussie queer activism, is it time to reclaim our past and our future?

• Do you want this group to continue?
• What social events or activism do you want to see?
• How would you like to participate/contribute?
• What name do we want (Rainbow Atheists, Rainbow Humanists, Queer And Friendly [QAF] or something else)?
• Our purpose, our aims, our future?

Come Along and Have Your Say.
This might be our last meeting, or our first step into a new future.