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A committed humanist, Grey advocated a rational and humanistic approach, both as a general worldview and also as an approach to policy and social attitudes pertaining to homosexuality. Carefully debunking commonly held myths around homosexuality, Grey's pamphlet 'Being
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of being thrown off the top of it for being who we are – as some of our enemies would like to happen. But "the price of liberty is eternal vigilance," and ours is a never-ending struggle not just for our own rights, but for human rights.
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American activists. Reflecting at the time on the moderate politics of the
British movement for gay and lesbian rights compared with their US counterparts, Grey said: "it's inconceivable that such a group as the
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