Anthony: Hi I’m Anthony and I’m gay. Church leader: Hi, I’m Joel. Why do you have to say you’re gay? I don’t feel the need to announce I’m heterosexual. Anthony: Well I was thinking of coming to your church and I know that churches like yours have been anti-gay. It’s my way of checking if [...]
Last month's World Pride events in NYC drew millions of people from all over the world. This celebration also marked the 50 year anniversary of the Stonewall uprising; considered by many to be the Rosa Parks moment of today's LGBTI rights movement. Founder and CEO of Ambassadors & Bridge Builders International, Anthony Venn-Brown, has just [...]
Greenwich Village, New York, June 28 2019 I have no way of knowing exactly what I was doing on this night 50 years ago when the Stonewall uprising happened, but I have a pretty fair idea. On that Friday night in 1969, I would have been at one of four places; a bible study, a [...]
Yesterday I attended an amazing conference, OutLaws 2019, organised by Thomson Reuters here in New York. The invitation said: "At a moment when civil rights and public interest face considerable challenges at home and abroad, OutLaws 2019 is a timely and provocative program inviting LGBTQ professionals, allies, influencers and leaders to come together and help [...]
Justin Lee and Anthony Venn-Brown If you have been in the faith/sexuality space for any length of time the name Justin Lee will be very familiar to you. Justin is an American author, speaker, and LGBT Christian activist and known as the founder of the Gay Christian Network. He has been doing a series of [...]
LGBTI Pride Quotes “Every single courageous act of coming out chips away at the curse of homophobia. Most importantly it's destroyed within yourself, and that one act creates the potential for its destruction where it exists in friends, family and society.” Anthony Venn-Brown "I am always amazed how powerful that three letter word 'gay' can [...]
Inside our Pentecostal PM's church As Australia’s first Pentecostal PM, Scott Morrison will worship this Easter in the fold of a fast-growing Christian movement that’s starkly different to many of its counterparts. By Jacqueline Maley APRIL 20, 2019 The heavens have opened, but Jackson the youth pastor will not let us get wet. It's a [...]
FULL ARTICLE NOW HERE Do you know about the recent Hillsong drama? It involved Chris Pratt, a Hillsong-attending award winning actor, famous for his roles in “The Lego Movie,” “Jurassic World,” and “Guardians of the Galaxy” Ellen Page, multi-award winning Canadian actress who is a declared atheist and been an out and proud lesbian since [...]
It will take more than policy to ban gay conversion therapy History has taught us that churches have been able to move dramatically on social issues. Eradicating gay conversion therapy will take pressure and a lot of faith. CHARLIE LEWIS FEB 15, 2019 The Andrews’ government announcement that “gay conversion therapy” would be banned was [...]