The Truth Will Set You Free: Growing Up Gay in Opus Dei by Tim Pocock First, a disclosure: I know Tim personally. Over the years, I’ve written reviews of books by people I’ve known and others I haven’t. I met Tim during our campaign, urging the NSW government to follow other states in banning [...]
Lucas Wilson’s Shame-Sex Attraction stands out as an essential and deeply moving work on several levels. For anyone seeking to understand the reality of ex-gay/reparative therapy or LGBTQ conversion “therapy,” this book is a time-saving alternative to scouring thousands of survivor stories online or purchasing countless individual memoirs. Wilson’s compilation offers a profound and [...]
Randy Scobey’s memoir, WHY, leaves no room for lingering questions. It unravels the intricacies of an extraordinary life. As a troubled gay homeless teen, he was rescued by a drag queen, who, as Randy puts it, “saved his life”. Without that intervention, his life could have been tragically different, as often happens with homeless LGBTQ [...]
Gregory Elsasser - Chavez’s “Terms of Estrangement” has a “Tuesdays with Morrie” feel to it. If you don’t know what book I’m referring to, then google it. This is the advice the author gives regularly in the letters to Travis, his estranged son. He can’t help being a father; making Travis find answers for himself [...]
Apparently, you CAN teach an old dog new tricks. I probably would not have known about “The Savvy Ally” by Jeannie Gainsburg, had it not been for a quote of mine in the book. The publisher contacted me for permission to use the quote.……..which I gave. I requested a copy which arrived once the [...]
Free online viewing Thursday, 25 August, 8pm (AEST) REGISTER HERE Review Most people know there was a time when gay and lesbian people were considered mentally ill and mental health professionals used bizarre and cruel methods in their attempts to cure them. Probably fewer people could name the year that was reversed and fewer could detail [...]
Occasionally a seminal work appears that becomes a defining piece, a turning point, or breakthrough in a particular area. Considering the religious LGBTQ conversion movement, the documentary Pray Away, released on Netflix August 3rd, could very well be that work. After mental health professional organisations realised that gay and lesbian people were not sick and [...]
Blood on its Hands? The Church and LGBT by Dr Carol A Shepherd (Author), Anthony Venn-Brown (Foreword) For years now, I’ve been reminding people that the enemy is not individuals, churches, conversion ‘therapy’ organisations or advocates, or political parties; the enemy is ignorance. Change is created by focusing our energies on overcoming the latter instead of attacking the former. [...]
Director/producer Daniel Karslake has done it again. Since 2007, Karslake’s award winning documentary, “For the Bible Tells Me So”, has remained one of the top films in the faith/sexuality genre. It’s been a powerful tool to help Christians questioning conservative beliefs and others who need education. It would be impossible to count the lives that [...]