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Religious leaders call for Victorian Conversion Act to be clarified

Posted on 02/06/2026 by John Sandeman
VLRC review logo

Victoria should amend the Change or Suppression (Conversion) Practices Prohibition Act 2021 to clarify what a conversion practice is, following the guidelines NSW and SA laws, according to a submission by religious leaders to a Victorian Law Reform Commission (VLRC)… Continue Reading →

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The stresses of lifelong celibacy for gay Christian leaders

Posted on 30/05/2026 by John Sandeman
Alan chambers arrested

Following the same-sex attracted conservative minister and author Sam Allberry’s removal from ministry in the light of revelations about “an inappropriate relationship with another man,” comes the news that a former leader of ex-gay ministry Exodus has been arrested in… Continue Reading →

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Christian campaigns that have not been thought through: Public toilets and sex selection abortions

Posted on 28/05/2026 by John Sandeman
Camperdown Rest park toilets

OPINION At first sight, campaigning around male and female toilets, and the issue of sex selection abortions are rallying points for social conservatives. But both campaigns will generate noise, but will have little practical effect even if successful. Maybe making… Continue Reading →

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Tickle and Giggle, a serious ruling on gender identity

Posted on 17/05/2026 by John Sandeman
Roxanne Tickle and Sali Grover

The Full Court of the Federal Court has upheld the discrimination finding against a “women-only” socil media app called Giggle for Girls, doubling the damages awarded to $20,000 and ruling there was direct discrimination involved in refusing a trans woman… Continue Reading →

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The nuanced world of celibate Gay Christians

Posted on 08/05/2026 by John Sandeman

The Other Cheek got a good schooling this week when covering the story of author and prominent conference speaker Sam Allberry, a strong advocate for ceilibacy about what he would call “same-sex attracted Christians.” The elders of his church, Immanuel,… Continue Reading →

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No rocks, Romans 7, and Chaste gay Christians Christians

Posted on 07/05/2026 by John Sandeman
stones

“There are no rocks being thrown from this corner,” says Dominic Steele on a special edition this week of his Pastor’s Heart podcast. Sydney Anglicanism’s leading podcaster is speaking about Sam Allberry, a strong advocate for celibacy among LGBT Christian… Continue Reading →

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Finnish study shows increased psychiatric morbidity after trans treatment

Posted on 08/04/2026 by John Sandeman
Transgender flag

A Finnish study following up the cohort of transgender referred adolescents between 1996 and 2019, against matched controls, “showed significantly higher psychiatric morbidity.” The study “Psychiatric Morbidity Among Adolescents and Young Adults Who Contacted Specialised Gender Identity Services in Finland… Continue Reading →

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Päivi Räsänen: ‘no one has to agree with me in order to defend my right to express my views’

Posted on 31/03/2026 by John Sandeman
Päivi Räsänen by Hanne Salonen

Finnish MP Päivi Räsänen responds to the Finnish Supreme Court finding that a church pamphlet she co-wrote in 2004 was hate speech against gay people. The Supreme Court has today, 26 March 2026, issued its decision in a freedom of… Continue Reading →

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Finnish MP found guilty of hate speech crime over church pamphlet

Posted on 28/03/2026 by John Sandeman
Päivi Räsänen 2026

The Finnish Supreme Court has found MP Päivi Räsänen guilty of hate speech related to her expression of her Christian beliefs on marriage and sexual ethics in a 20-year-old church pamphlet. Räsänen has been criminally convicted with her co-author alongside… Continue Reading →

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Trans prisoner assault of a fellow prisoner in a Victorian women’s jail

Posted on 07/02/2026 by John Sandeman
Trans prisoner, Herald Sun

A secret payment by the Victorian Government to a female inmate of Tarrengower women’s prison who was sexually assaulted by a trans-identifying male murderer in 2022 has been revealed in a Herald Sun story.The murderer was moved to the minimum-security… Continue Reading →

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