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It is a very strange world, where people can choose their own gender but are prevented from trying to re-direct their desires.
Prof. Michael King, who died in September, was a key player in these sexuality debates. A psychiatrist and epidemiologist in the Faculty of Brain Sciences at University College, London, his research...
Extract from the submission to the UK Government’s Consultation on Conversion Therapy
Critical analysis of the Ozanne Foundation’s “Faith and Sexuality Survey 2018”
Give Me a Chance Concert from Core Issues Trust
Photographs from Give Me a Chance Concert from a broadcast on May 2nd 2019
Germany wants to end therapeutic choice and client autonomy
Friends of the IFTCC recently visited the German Embassy in London to deliver a Letter of Concern to the German Ambassador. German professionals have traditionally held to client autonomy and the sacrosanct nature of the therapeutic contract.
Spain rejects religious freedom in threats of therapeutic choice bans
Download the full letter here: On Thursday 2nd May 2019 friends of the IFTCC visited the Spanish Embassy in London to deliver a letter concerning recent developments in Spain relating to an...
Give Me a Chance Concert and Pre-Concert Event Details
Core Issues Trust and Icontowers proudly present X Factor Malta contestant Matthew Grech and friends (Royal Seed Music) live in concert on Thursday 2nd May 2019, supported by renowned Nigerian artists Mike Aremu (saxophonist), Purist Ogboi (vocalist) and the UK’s Faith Child (a rapper).
April Update Core Issues Trust
There is much to thank God for and look forward to as we continue to support men and women who were once gay and no longer wish to live homosexually. We are so thankful for all those committed to helping the “Give me a Chance!” concert on May 2nd, 2019
Therapy Bans: Why Freedom of Worship is not Freedom of Conscience
As the UK’s National Secular Society calls on charities with objects promoting religion to be banned, (naming Core Issues Trust) we look at the confrontation of ideologies around therapeutic choices and unwanted same-sex attraction, and those normalising and Christianising homosexual practices.
Premiere Screenings
A film Premiere for the Voices of the Silenced production, “Once Gay” – the story of Matthew Grech will be held Monday 11th London at 6.00pm and Thursday 14th February, Belfast. Tickets available at Eventbrite – “read more”
Letter To Pastors and Congregational Leaders:
Core Issues Trust co-directors have written to Pastors and Congregational Leaders asking for their support for the coming London (11th Februray) and Belfast (14th February) film Premieres of the Matthew Grech story.
Unanswered Questions: Faith, Science and Sexuality
There are seven questions that remain unanswered by the Royal College of Psychiatrists, which over the years has submitted flawed submissions to the Church of England and to Parliament on homosexual “orientation” and the question of therapeutic support.
Christmas Appeal and December 2018 UPDATE
Would you help us ensure we can meet our commitments and achieve our goals in 2019? Please donate today! Our December UPDATE provides a glimpse into what we have been involved in most recently, and the many things we are thankful for. Its a great priviledge to serve in this way!
Boy Erased – Learning the Right Lessons from a Tragic Personal Story: A Review of the Film and Book, Boy Erased
Christopher Rosik writes “Boy Erased, a movie based on the book of the same title by Garrad Conley, tells the story of the author’s experience at a “conversion therapy” program interspersed with retrospective details from his childhood and closes with his embracing of a gay identity. The film has immense star power with Russell Crow playing the role of the author’s father and Nicole Kidman portraying his mother.