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“I sought help through talking therapy and overcame panic disorder and unhealthy relationship patterns.” I have been observing the oral submissions being made against the birth certificates bill. As a few of the speakers have already pointed out, sexual abuse can lead to various sexual behaviours in children/adolescence which re-enforce the negative self images developed […]

I struggled in my late teens and early twenties to reconcile my lesbian sexuality and relationships with my other identity factors including my Christian identity.  I surrounded myself with people who would celebrate my lesbian sexuality and tried to tell myself that it was bold and great and that it was who I was. Nonetheless,

“Don’t ban the kinds of help that enabled me to be free, happy and well.” I grew up in a household that was in many ways loving, but my mother also suffered an addiction which deeply affected my father who became very distant as my parents divorced. I first felt same-sex attraction at thirteen, with

A recent trip to my barber reminded me of the importance of finding services we can trust. The government should not ban services Canadians need, whether it’s support for our hairstyles or our mental health. Canada’s counseling ban, called Bill C-6, would ban not just harmful counseling but discriminate against LGBTQ Canadians by preventing them

Everyone agrees we ought to ban harmful and coercive counseling. But Canada’s Bill C-6 uses a definition of conversion therapy that no other country or even medical group, uses. It’s the only definition that bans counseling just to help someone like Emmanuel, reduce behaviours he no longer wants to engage in. Canadians deserve the right

CBN News 24 May 2021 Laura Perry believed at a young age that she should have been born a boy. She completely transitioned into living and legally being a male. But a chance request by her mother to design a Bible study website put her on the path to discovering her true identity. Here’s what

“My dad told me that if I wanted his love, then I should become his little boy” When I was 8 years old, my dad told me that if I wanted his love, then I should become his little boy. He said that girls were useless and worthless.  I wanted his love, so, I did

“Those that are not comfortable with this should be free to get the help they need for themselves – as I was!” From when I can remember I felt like I never belonged! either with my family, at school, I actually thought I was adopted. The family scene was quite emotionally abusive, My parents were

“This same-sex attraction was unwanted and caused huge amounts of distress and mental anguish including suicidal thoughts.” I was born in Hamilton NZ, and at the age of 18 moved to the UK to live. I am bisexual. At least that’s how some people would describe me – though I wasn’t born this way. For