I am gay in a straight marriage People find themselves in these situations because of a number of factors. These are, where a person lives geographically, family or society pressure, the culture you come from, the influence of religion or even the belief that getting married like "normal" people do will solve your "problem". It [...]
American Psychiatric Association CEO Reflects on Homosexuality’s Removal From DSM on 40th Anniversary On December 15, 1973, the American Psychiatric Association (APA) courageously decided to remove homosexuality as a mental disorder from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). In this video (below), APA CEO and Medical Director Saul Levin, M.D., M.P.A., recognizes [...]
The last person who came from the US telling us how horrible being a homosexual is, was Adam Hood. His meetings were closed down, he was sent home packing and seems to have disappeared off the planet. Maybe he returned to the dreaded 'homosexual lifestyle'. Now we have a visit from Wayne Blakely, approaching 60 [...]
I just came across this article by Bradlee Dean titled HOMOSEXUAL MANIFESTO: SATIRE OR REALITY? Bradlee Dean is an ordained preacher, talk-show host of the Sons of Liberty Radio, and has a ministry, You Can Run But You Cannot Hide International. He speaks in high schools and College campuses all over America and produced a documentary "My War". Dean's [...]
Evening meeting University of Hong Kong It's hard to believe that it is over a month now since I was in Hong Kong Have you had the feeling that you were really meant to do something? That's the feeling I got when I first heard about the Amplify Asia 2012 Conference. The amazing time in Hong [...]
ACON Honour Awards 2011 Community Hero Award Presented by ACON Ulo Klemmer – exceptional GLBT community health promoter, volunteer and fundraiser with over 25 years of service to the GLBT community Gina Wilson – groundbreaking intersex rights advocate with more than 15 years of service to Australia’s intersex community Dave Sergeant – over 35 years [...]
n 2009, Freedom 2 b[e] marched in the Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras for the 3rd time. Freedom 2 b[e] is a non-profit organisation which provides support and information for GLBT people from church backgrounds. Based in Australia, with meetings held in Sydney and Melbourne. There is also a growing international online community. The [...]
If every person who originally put their names down marched then there would have been 100 ministers marching in the Mardi Gras Parade, as an act of contrition. But as soon ecclesiastical and denominational hierarchies knew who was involved they threatened to excommunicate/defrock those who participated. For some, with families, mortgages etc to support the [...]
60 Minutes did a segment on being gay in a heterosexual marriage and the impact it has on the person, their partner and children. Millions around Australia got a look into a situation faced by 10,000’s of men and women around the world. Dad's coming out Reporter: Ray Martin Producer: Alex Hodgkinson Once "gay" was [...]