In a year marked by cultural turbulence, political noise, and renewed pressure on LGBTQ+ people, one thing became clear: people were searching for truth, clarity, and hope. In 2025, thousands turned to ABBI’s articles and newsletters to make sense of identity, belief, love, healing, and belonging. In 2025, tens of thousands turned to ABBI’s [...]
NSW LGBTQA Conversion Practices Ban: Launch of the new civil complaints scheme New South Wales Parliament House 3 April 2025 Hosted by Anti-Discrimination New South Wales Anthony Venn-Brown OAM TRANSRIPT: I’m Anthony Venn-Brown, and I’m a homosexual. For half of my life, I never would have dared make such a public declaration. [...]
Another Milestone in the 25-Year Journey Anti-Discrimination NSW launches civil complaints scheme to end conversion "therapy" in the state Milestone (definition) a significant stage or event in the development of something. On August 10, 2000, I did something I had never done before. The internet was becoming a bigger part of my life, and [...]
NSW LGBTQA Conversion Practices Ban: Launch of the new civil complaints scheme New South Wales Parliament House 3 April 2025 Hosted by Anti-Discrimination New South Wales Anthony Venn-Brown OAM I’m Anthony Venn-Brown, and I’m a homosexual. For half of my life, I never would have dared make such a public declaration. I’m also [...]
Conversion Practices Prohibition Bill - Parliament of South Australia Legislative Council: Tuesday, September 24, 2024, Hansard Daily The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK (16:09): I rise to indicate that I will be supporting this legislation, and am pleased to hear that a lot of us agree that a number of the stories we have heard [...]
The ACON Honour Awards have been running since 2007, and I can vividly recall the early days when only a couple of awards were presented, and every recipient was a well-known figure in our community. As our community has grown and become more diverse, the awards have expanded significantly. Now, with 10 different [...]
Over eight months from August 2023 through to March 2024, ex-gay, reparative/conversion "therapy" survivors and LGBTQ advocates worked publicaly and behind the scenes to see so called conversion "therapy" made illegal in New South Wales. On Fri 22 Mar 2024 the Conversion Practices Ban Bill 2024 was passed, which is an Act to ban [...]
Alex Greenwich MP ABBI 10-year Anniversary Gala Dinner 10 November 2023 Can I start by acknowledging the traditional owners of our land, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation and pay my respects to elder's past, present and emerging. Can I also acknowledge the many distinguished LGBTQ community leaders and the distinguished [...]
Sydney World Pride Human Rights Conference 2 March 2023 For me, one of the highlights of Sydney World Pride, was being invited to speak at the Human Rights Conference at the International Convention Centre, Darling Harbour. The session was Stories of Faith, where several of us shared our personal stories from a variety [...]