ACON 2024 HONOUR AWARDS

NOMINATION FOR ACON 2024 HONOUR AWARDS

Community organisation category

Ambassadors & Bridge Builders International (ABBI)

Contents:

How ABBI came about
The shift
What we do
ABBI’s wins
THE BIG WIN
Praise from Australian and global leaders

Ambassadors and Bridge Builders International (ABBI) is a unique LGBTQ organisation dedicated to ending the unnecessary suffering stemming from ignorance and misinformation about sexual orientation and gender identity. Our mission is to foster understanding and acceptance for LGBTQ individuals, empower community members, and forge transformative connections with religious organisations and leaders.

Read nomination here

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Ambassadors & Bridge Builders International is committed to ending the unnecessary suffering caused by ignorance and misinformation about sexual orientation and gender identity. Our mission is to create understanding, acceptance and a better world for LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual. transgender, queer) people.

ABBI receives no government funding. We can only make a difference with the support from concerned straight and LGBTQ individuals like yourself.

Join the #ABBIfamily

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About the Author: Anthony Venn-Brown OAM

Anthony Venn-Brown OAM is one of Australia’s foremost commentators on faith and sexuality. A former Pentecostal leader who preached to thousands weekly in mega-churches like Hillsong, As a young man, Anthony was one of the first in the world to undergo religious conversion "therapy", a practice he has since spent decades successfully fighting to dismantle. He is the author of the bestselling autobiography and Australian gay classic, A Life of Unlearning, founder of Ambassadors & Bridge Builders International (ABBI). He was twice voted one of 'The 25 Most Influential Gay and Lesbian Australians’ (2007 and 2009) and in 2020, Anthony was awarded the Order of Australia Medal (OAM) for his service to the LGBTIQ community.