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[[File:TheTruthSeekerCircumcisionPoem.jpg|thumb|Jul/Aug 1989 issue of The Truth Seeker]]
'''The Truth Seeker''' is an American periodical published beginning in 1873.<ref name=Jacoby>{{REFbook
|first=Susan
|last=Jacoby
|title=Freethinkers: A history of American Secularism
|location=New York, NY
|publisher=Metropolitan Books
|pages=155-6
}}</ref> It was considered the most influential Freethought publication during the period following the American Civil War into the first decades of the 20th Century, known as the ''Golden Age of Freethought''. Though there were other influential Freethought periodicals, ''Truth Seeker'' was the only one with a national circulation.<ref name=Jacoby/> The headquarters is in San Diego, California. The ''Truth Seeker'' is the world’s oldest freethought publication, and one of the oldest periodicals in America. Among general-readership titles, only ''Harper’s Magazine'', ''The Atlantic'', ''Scientific American'', and ''The Nation'' are older.<ref>{{REFweb
|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Truth_Seeker
|title=The Truth Seeker
|website=Wikipedia
|accessdate=2021-01-08
}}</ref>
The July/August 1989 issue of '''The Truth Seeker''' was dedicated to articles about circumcision and genital mutilation. It is an early example of [[intactivist]] literature.
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* {{URLwebsite|http://thetruthseeker.net/|2021-01-08}}
[[Category:Intactivist literature]]