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The Power of Brotherly Love

by Declan Henry | 20th April 2025 | Articles, Social Issues | 0 Comments

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Mr Gay UK Finalist and Charity Campaigner, Jordan Harris

by Declan Henry | 19th January 2025 | Articles, LGBT, Social Issues | 0 Comments

Jordan Harris (32) was born on the Isle of Sheppey in Kent to his English mother and Chinese father. His parents split up when Jordan was four and his mother became a single parent for eight years until she met his stepfather Ian, who has been a father figure ever...

Young People and Gangs

by Declan Henry | 9th October 2024 | Articles, Social Issues | 0 Comments

The knife is the weapon: the person behind it is where it starts. Young offending, drugs, knives and gangs have existed for a long time; they are not something new. Thousands of young people every year who are held back by poverty, abuse, addiction and mental health...

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

by Declan Henry | 7th October 2024 | Articles, Religion, Social Issues | 0 Comments

Featured image: Elder Jackson Thacker on Gravesend High Street Traditional Christian Churches – Catholic, Anglican and Orthodox – still command the largest allegiance amongst Christians worldwide, but they don’t command exclusive supremacy of those who follow Jesus....

Adolescent Mental Health

by Declan Henry | 10th August 2024 | Articles, Social Issues | 0 Comments

Adolescence Painful, greasy, smelly, hormonal, angry are just a few of the names attributed to adolescents. On one hand, some professionals, including social workers, forget the uphill struggles and peer pressures associated with teenager years. Some think they were...

No Bad Days – Men, Masculinity and Mental Health

by Declan Henry | 6th July 2024 | Articles, Social Issues | 0 Comments

Jake Cox – Mental Health Advocate Jake (30) originally hails from Southeast London, but this working-class lad now considers St Mary’s Island in Chatham his new home. He moved there three years ago with his wife as he always wanted to live by the water. He was fed up...

Shea Coffey – Trans Rights Activist

by Declan Henry | 11th May 2024 | Articles, LGBT, Social Issues | 0 Comments

I met with the delightful Shea in Rochester, and over tea and cake, we discussed recent events affecting trans people in the UK. As one of the first authors in the UK to publish a book about trans people in 2017, I am no stranger to trans issues. Since then, much...

Racism in Medway

by Declan Henry | 3rd January 2024 | Articles, Social Issues | 0 Comments

Gillingham Football Club recently issued a lifetime ban to a young fan following a racist incident during a football match. This led me to wonder if such incidents were frequent or isolated in this geographical area of Kent, which has a population of 270,000 and is...

The Persecution of Ahmadiyya Muslims Must Stop

by Declan Henry | 23rd December 2023 | Articles, Religion | 0 Comments

Considered heretical by orthodox Muslims, followers of the Ahmadiyya Movement suffer a life of persecution and vilification. Award-winning writer and Islam expert Declan Henry highlights their tragic story and calls for an end to their victimisation - written by...

Wounded Heart

by Declan Henry | 9th October 2023 | Articles | 0 Comments

Why do you keep coming back? We are from different layers of the stratosphere, which makes us at odds of ever aligning. My soul craves yours, but my cry is met with indifference. Self-inflicted loneliness can be torture, but I love you and always have despite, at...

Ramadan

by Declan Henry | 3rd April 2021 | Articles, Religion, Social Issues | 0 Comments

A delayed flight from Aberdeen to London resulted in me missing the last train home to Kent. Getting a taxi resulted in an unexpected conversation about Islam with the driver. Salman, a British-born Bengali, in his thirties, worked during the day in a professional...

Q&A – Declan Henry author of Voices of Modern-Islam

by Declan Henry | 3rd April 2021 | Articles, Religion, Social Issues | 0 Comments

What lead you to write this book?Initially, I wanted to understand why some Muslims get radicalised before my idea broadened. My research fired up interest in the religion and the Prophet Muhammad, resulting in the book becoming a more generalised text about Islam and...

An Introduction to Radical Islam

by Declan Henry | 10th March 2021 | Articles, Religion, Social Issues | 0 Comments

An Introduction to Radical Islam is a new booklet by Paigham Mustafa which challenges many traditional beliefs of Muslims by questioning several interpretations of the Quran which he believes are incorrect and have caused untold damage to Islam throughout the ages. ...

Magical Christmas

by Declan Henry | 10th March 2021 | Articles | 0 Comments

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Human Rights for Refugees and Asylum Seekers

Human Rights for Refugees and Asylum Seekers

Articles, Social Issues

Right-wing populist political figures along with some tabloid press often portray refugees and asylum seekers in a negative...

Paintings of the Virgin Mary

Paintings of the Virgin Mary

The term ‘Our Lady’ is most frequently used by Catholics when referring to Mary, mother of Jesus. Our Lady features a...

Omari

Omari

Articles, LGBT, Social Issues

The room was dark. I could still hear him breathing. I was sitting in an armchair at the bottom of the bed, trying my best...

Q&A – Declan Henry, author of Trans Voices with Fiona Audley Managing Editor at The Irish Post newspaper.

Q&A – Declan Henry, author of Trans Voices with Fiona Audley Managing Editor at The Irish Post newspaper.

Articles, LGBT, Social Issues

‘Trans Voices – Becoming Who You Are’ by Declan Henry: Q&A – Declan Henry, author of Trans Voices with Fiona Audley...

Huffington Post – The difference between being Gay and Trans

Huffington Post – The difference between being Gay and Trans

Up until 2015, I’d never met a transgender person. Most of my gay friends hadn’t either, except for some who encountered...

Irish Times – Book on transgender people

Irish Times – Book on transgender people

Articles, LGBT, Social Issues

As a gay man, I became interested in transgender issues for two reasons. The first was that before I started researching...

The Prophet Muhammad

The Prophet Muhammad

Articles, Religion

For as long as I have known Muslims, I have been aware of their unwavering love and respect for the founder of their...

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