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Conference on Relationships and Sex Education
Christians came together in London on Saturday to hear concerns about the harmful sex education being taught to teenagers and young children in British schools. The conference, organised by...
IFTCC to UN HRC individual Submission to Victor Madrigal-Borloz
London Bus Case
A Timeline for the Bus Case • In March 2013, the High Court ruled that TfL had applied its policy “inconsistently” and “partially” when it barred the Trust’s bus adverts but permitted those of...
Application for Judicial Review, Feb 2013
Extract from CIT Statement following Judgement, 22nd March 2013 "The judgement implies that regardless of how politely countering statements are made, and irrespective of whether these are posed in...
When the Scientific Establishment promotes ideology above evidence: Who would Galileo support?
The professional mental health bodies in the UK permit therapists to assist clients towards achievement of desired life goals whose attendant risks range from relatively minor (a person nervous at having to make a speech) to potentially serious (a person seeking sex-change surgery) – with one exception: …
Professional Practice Guideines Released b Professional Bodies
The Royal College of Psychiatrists is a highly respected institution which is trusted by the nation, as are the UK’s largest counselling and psychotherapeutic professional bodies, the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and the UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP).
2011-2012 Statements
1. 2nd October 2012 New Statesman Advertorial 2. 2nd July, 2012 British Library (Stonewall) Protest 3. 14th June, 2011 Belfast Conference 4. 12th April 2012 'Leppers Among us' Conference 5. 12th...
TOPIC: Ostracising difference: the new ideology of professional psychotherapeutic bodies
Ostracising difference: the new ideology of professional psychotherapeutic bodies that shame, and expel members who support autonomous individuals, seeking help to achieve personal emancipation, by reducing unwanted same-sex attractions aligned with personal values.
OSCE 2012-2013
Plenary Interventions: 1. "Ostracising difference: the new ideology of professional psychotherapeutic bodies that shame, and expel members who support autonomous individuals, seeking help to achieve...
The possible abuse of professional bodies in denying clients autonomy in achieving sexual identities which refuse to embrace homosexual feelings – by penalising professional psychotherapists.
Efforts to protect vulnerable adults and minors from unscrupulous pseudo- psychotherapeutic interventions are to be welcomed. However, refusal to recognise client autonomy and self-determination in the matter of sexual identity and the right to reorder sexual orientation amounts to discrimination based on ideology.
Freedom of speech to articulate alternative, non-affirming responses to homosexuality is an important right to be protected.
This illustrates a duplicity of standards in the communication about the choices individuals have in responding to homosexual feelings. Any advertising or information campaign challenging the idea that homosexuality is innate, and immutable, is likely to be banned on the grounds that the fact change of sexual orientation and associated behaviours cannot be proven.
The Right to Decide
"We must respect the choices of all who seek to live life in accordance with their own identities; and if there are those who seek to resolve the conflict between sexual orientation and spirituality...
Westminster Campaigns
Between 2012 and the current year there have been a number of campaigns aiming to share information with parliamentarians in Westminster, and on one occasion with Stormont (Northern Ireland). On...
London bus campaign challenges Stonewall’s claim that
Monday, April 16 will see the launch of an advertising campaign carrying the slogan, ‘Not gay! Post- gay and proud. Get over it.’ London buses, travelling five different routes, will carry the advert for two weeks.