Recently a young Christian ex-gay man called Matthew Grech auditioned on the singing contest X Factor Malta in an a cappella group, singing a version of the chorus of Where Is the Love by Black Eyed Peas. What happened next is very revealing.
IFTCC – We ask you to think carefully about how you will support those who find that their same-sex feelings and behaviours have been forced on them by the trauma they have suffered, should you approve this ban.
LEADING THERAPISTS who provide expert support for clients with unwanted issues of sexuality and gender are to meet in London this month to launch The International Federation for Therapeutic and Counselling Choice (IFTCC). Contact organisers to get your ticket, here: https://iftcc2018launch.eventbrite.co.uk
The term “Conversion Therapy”appears to be a term
imposed on any person or group not supporting the right to exploration of such feelings, for the purposes of moving away from them, on the assumption that to do so implies such
persons are mentally ill and are being offered “cures”. In the nine points that follow, we argue that everyone has the right to walk away from sexual practices and experiences that don’t work for them and should be supported to do
so.
The BACP claims, without evidence, that ‘conversion therapy’ for gender identity is harmful. But the BACP fails to apologise properly for the actual harm caused to women by its own guidance – only apologising that it offended some people. Its apology was purely aimed at saving face, due to many women expressing anger and exasperation over the guidance.
This past Wednesday Vue Cinemas paid an undisclosed fee for breach of contract to Core Issues Trust for its last-minute cancellation of the ex-gay documentary film Voices of the Silenced. However Vue stubbornly defended its original statement that showing the film would go against its ‘values’.
In a significant victory for freedom of expression, cinema chain Vue has admitted that it was wrong to block the screening of an ‘ex-gay’ film, and settled in full a legal claim brought against them.
There is a strong case for a joint project with scholars from both sides of the debate to assess effectiveness and possible harm or otherwise – a project long requested by one side and resisted by the other. Would the Ozanne Foundation agree to participate?
Some thoughts on the tensions between Scottish and Irish Presbyterians regarding same-sex marriage from Dermot OCallaghan Director, Core Issues Trust
Facebook has become one of the great censors of our day. Rather than provide a forum in which people can express their own views freely on controversial issues (controversial, that is, from a left-wing perspective), Facebook administrators have seen fit to selectively impose their radical sexual ethics on users of their social media site.
The Home Office, concerned with crime, is taking a high-profile position in the therapy debate and in the persecution of viewpoints that reject the normalisation of homosexuality and gender mainstreaming. This indicates that the Home Office wishes to signal that providing therapeutic support in this area is hate speech and non-violent extremism.
Archbishops Stanley Ntagali (Uganda) and Ben Kwashi (Nigeria) share with us their pastoral hearts for those caught in homosexual behaviours. The report raises important issues about human trafficking in those countries