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The switchingview project tells positive stories about LGBTQIA+ people from centuries past. It explores the relationship between homosexual people and the Christian Church, in a way that corrects centuries of religious prejudice and distortion.

It describes how in many cultures, right across the world and across history, homosexual and other LGBTQIA+ people were widely accepted and valued for the gifts they brought to their cultures. Sadly the Christian church developed teachings that were critical of these people. And as Christianity spread across the world LGBTQIA+ people were attacked, pagan and indigenous cultures suppressed, and across the world these varied queer histories have been all but forgotten.

It is now time to challenge that suppression, to recover these histories, and to appreciate the full diversity of what LGBTQIA+ lives have been, and can be in the future.

The switchingview project uses social media to tell these stories - through Podcasts, YouTube videos and a website. I want the stories to be accessible to anybody in the world with a mobile phone or PC, rather than being locked away in a university library.

The switchingview.com website gives full information about where this history can found.



Click here for details of the Salisbury Gravel Century. The Salisbury Gravel Century

Inspired by the Dorset Gravel Dash I have been trying to create its equivalent around Salisbury. There is some fantastic gravel riding in the area so I wanted to develop a long day journey that showcases all that Wessex has to offer. Such as:
Groveley Wood and its Roman Road
Wiltshire chalk downland and the cattle droves
The wildflower meadows of Martin Down nature reserve
The New Forest
Hampshire Woodland and the Test Valley
and finally Salisbury Plain - Read more . . . .
Click here for details of our Blessing Service.Ceremony of Covenant and Blessing

In June 2001 David and I held a Blessing and Covenant Ceremony at St James's Church Piccadilly. It was a wonderful day for us - and here are the details to prove it.
Click here for the Corsica River Guide. Corsica River Guide Click here for edwardcarpenter.net. edwardcarpenter.net

A Guide to the White Water Rivers of Corsica - A true Canoeist's Paradise
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Texts by and about Edward Carpenter - one of my favourite writers.
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Click here for Canoeist Magazine Articles. Canoeist Magazine Articles Click here for my Photograph Album. My Photograph Album

Access, Technique, Coaching, River Grading - Magazine Articles from the past ten years
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Some of my favourite pictures and memories from the past thirty years.
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Click here for the Canoeist's Pathogenic Illness Guide. Canoeist's Pathogenic Illness Guide Click here for the Alternative River Guide. Alternative River Guide

Which water conditions have the highest risk of stomach upsets, and how to avoid them
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Canoe Trips with a difference - suggestions for when the rivers are low, or for when you want something unusual.
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