Rainbow Humanists is a community group aligned with Humanist values. Although socially based in Melbourne, we welcome people from across Australia and beyond. Formerly called Rainbow Atheists, we changed the name in order to emphasise our growing links with humanists across Australia, to acknowledge that the majority of LGBT+ people in Australia are not religious, and to endorse positive humanist values.
We are a social and activist group for LGBTQIA+ humanists and atheists. Let’s meet up and chat, socialise, and maybe organise some activities that express our desire to do good without god. In a nation where public discourse on LGBTQIA+ human rights is too often framed within religious privilege, it is time for us to come out as godless, rational, ethical, and diverse.
Anyone is welcome to join who is gay, lesbian, bisexual, trans or gender fluid, queer or questioning, Intersex, asexual, or allied, and who shares our disbelief in God or gods, and our conviction that humans have both the capacity and responsibility to make a better world.
You are also invited to join, and contribute to, our Rainbow Humanists Facebook and MeetUp groups.
What is Humanism? Possible LGBT+-friendly answers can be found below.
An introduction to Rainbow Humanism was published in the second issue of ‘Bent Street’ magazine and can now be found at A Case for Rainbow Atheism.
A more detailed exploration of gay and atheist liberation can be found at Sodom Today, Gomorrah the World!
Stonewalled! An article that lists a surprising number of LGBT+ atheists and humanists down through history, also exploring religious privilege in today’s western LGBT+ communities.
Stephen Fry narrates a fun video from Humanists UK.