When I moved to the National Park, south of Sydney, in March last year, I hadn’t considered that the familiar surroundings would trigger memories of my gay conversion “therapy” experience nearly fifty years earlier. If it wasn’t for Covid, I wouldn’t be down here. I’m an inner city boy at heart. But when Sydney’s lock [...]
MEDIA RELEASE Australian Conversion “Therapy” Organisation Closes A just released paper “‘Beyond Egypt’ Closes - lessons from the rise and demise of an LGBTQ conversion organisation” reveals the duplicity of conversion “therapy” leaders, some of their bizarre beliefs and messages, and lifts the veil on what has been the most secretive organisation in Australia. Anthony Venn-Brown, [...]
'Beyond Egypt' Closes Lessons from the rise and demise of an LGBTQ conversion organisation Anthony Venn-Brown (Updated 22.01.21) Abstract Reflecting on the history and closure of yet another conversion "therapy" organisation has several benefits. It creates an opportunity to educate people about the beliefs, practices, and language of the LGBTQ conversion movement. It also enables [...]
When Supreme Court nominee, Amy Coney Barrett, was questioned about her attitude towards the Supreme Court's 2015 decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, which granted the right to same-sex marriage she replied: "I have no agenda, and I do want to be clear that I have never discriminated on the basis of sexual preference and would [...]
Anthony Venn-Brown talks with an Angel During the pandemic, Angel Huertas (originally from Puerto Rico, now living in Texas) has been doing many interviews. The series, is entitled Tertuliando en Cuarentena, which essentially means gathering during quarantine. Way back in 2005, Angel contacted me after serendipitously discovering my autobiography, A Life of Unlearning, while he [...]
This church welcome has been attributed to being published in the service program of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Community Church in Daytona Beach, Florida. If you've read the gospels, you'll know that this church welcome completely aligns with the teaching and parables of Jesus, who was consistently rebuking the Pharisees for their attitude of [...]
8 June 2020, was such an amazing day. Here's why. Details about joining the #ABBIfamily HERE Find out more about the Medal of the Order of Australia HERE
MEDIA RELEASE Founder of ABBI recieves OAM for service to the LGBTIQ community Today (MON 8 JUN 2020), Anthony Venn-Brown, Founder and CEO of Ambassadors & Bridge Builders International (ABBI), has been awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) as part of the Queen’s Birthday Honours. Mr Venn-Brown received the OAM for his [...]
“I don’t want one person, to live one day, in the unnecessary, internal torment I lived in for 22 years.” Dear young person You might be 12, 15, 18, 21 or 25. You may have just begun to understand your difference, or you may have been struggling about this for some time. Many, many lesbian, [...]