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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
Ten Good Reasons Not to Restrict Therapy for Unwanted Same-Sex Attractions
There is an international movement aimed at banning and criminalising therapy and counselling for unwanted same-sex attraction and gender identities. The government of the United Kingdom has announced that they are proposing such a ban. Carys Moseley explains ten reasons why this would violate human rights.
Call for Joint Study on Effects of Conversion Therapy
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?
Letter to Belfast Telegraph, Friday 13th July 2018
Some thoughts on the tensions between Scottish and Irish Presbyterians regarding same-sex marriage from Dermot OCallaghan Director, Core Issues Trust
Facebook Shuts Down Christian Ideas While Letting Others Post Threats
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.
Statement on Proposed Restrictions on Therapy for Unwanted Same-Sex Attractions
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.
Our GAFCON Jerusalem 2018 Report
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
Banned film Voices of the Silenced now in 12 Languages
We are pleased to announce the release of the 12-language (subtitled) DVD will be released on the 13th of June and which can be purchased on this site (go voicesofthesilenced.com): English | German | Italian |French | Spanish | Hungarian | Polish | Slovakian |Ukrainian | Russian | Korean | Mandarin | Arabic |
Why we must stop the government from outlawing the ex-gay movement.
The Home Office has allegedly told the LGBT website Pink News that it wants to look again at the possibility of banning psychotherapy for unwanted same-sex attraction, which it disparagingly terms ‘conversion therapy’. Carys Mosely explores the implications of this
The UK Government is going down a dangerous path …
On Tuesday the government announced an LGBT Action Plan, and top of the list is the determination to ‘stamp out’ what it simplistically calls ‘conversion therapies’ for sexual orientation and gender identity. The usual media circus flared up as it does around this subject. Most journalists and commentators have not realised how dangerous this really is. The United Kingdom has turned a corner with this announcement in that it is attacking fundamental rights and freedoms which historically it used to support.
New Study: Effects of Therapy on Religious Men who have Unwanted Same-Sex Attraction
This new study by Santero, Whitehead and Ballesteros (SHB)is a much-needed contribution to the evidence that there is nothing inherently dangerous in using mainstream therapies and that they can lead to worthwhile results in feelings, identity and behaviors.
The Real Purpose of Therapy Bans: Maltese Christians Speak Out
Following the criticism levelled at X Factor Malta contestant Matthew Grech, Ivan Grech Mintoff has made clear his political party's intention to seek the court's help in reviewing this matter. ...
First Live VOS TV Broadcast
We are celebrating our first Live Broadcast of Voices of the Silenced.TV. Tuesday 12th of June marks what will be the start of new programming that investigates issues around unwanted same-sex attractions and some appropriate pastoral and clinical responses to supporting those who seek out of gay.