The fact that Pride still upsets some people is exactly why we still need it. “When you hear of Gay Pride, remember, it was not born out of a need to celebrate being gay. It evolved out of our struggle as human beings to break free of oppression and to exist without being [...]
“Help me understand what a group of people need to achieve to qualify for a month-long acknowledgement of their particular cause/lifestyle/or choice, to deserve a month-long celebration or recognition? … Does that mean we should advocate for a change to Anzac Day to Anzac Month? … I’m just trying to understand what seems an [...]
A reflection on the arrest of former Exodus International leader Alan Chambers, and an examination of his history, the ex-gay movement, and its long shadow. News of alleged sexual offences involving minors is always confronting and disturbing. When it involves someone you know and consider a friend, it brings an added level of shock [...]
Every June, Pride Month invites us to celebrate how far we have come. But it is also a time to remember why Pride began and why it remains necessary. In many parts of the world, LGBTQ people enjoy freedoms and protections that previous generations could scarcely imagine. Same-sex marriage is legal in dozens of [...]
Dr Lynn Moresi shares her journey from traditional anti-gay to LGBTQ affirming. Dr Lynn Moresi, a popular Pentecostal preacher, teacher, and theologian, gives questioning church leaders and Christians a blueprint of how change happens personally when challenged with the gay debate and actual life experience. This should be compulsory viewing for every [...]
Five promises. Eight years. Still no ban. Meanwhile, LGBTQ people keep paying the price. The impacts of delay It’s not a lack of evidence Meanwhile, in the EU Meanwhile, in the Vatican Meanwhile, in Australia King Charle’s speech in the UK parliament last week marked the fifth time in eight years that a UK [...]
Every year on May 17, the world marks IDAHOBIT — the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia. But IDAHOBIT 2026 feels different. More urgent. In his official message for IDAHOBIT 2026, UN Secretary-General António Guterres issued a stark warning about the global rollback of LGBTQ rights. His words were simple but powerful: “Being [...]
The dramatic resignation of internationally recognised Christian speaker and author Sam Allberry, after disclosures of an “inappropriate relationship with another man,” is sending shockwaves through evangelical circles and reigniting scrutiny of the “gay but celibate” movement promoted in many churches. Anthony Venn-Brown OAM, Founder and CEO of Ambassadors & Bridge Builders International (ABBI), says the [...]
SAM ALLBERRY, GAY CHRISTIAN AND PREACHER OF CELIBACY, WASN’T From “Pray the Gay Away” to “Gay without the Lay” Allberry’s Influence in Australia What the celibacy message actually says When the Public Narrative Cracks Note to Sam Sam Allberry became one of the most prominent global voices advocating for the “celibate gay Christian” within [...]