Anthony Venn-Brown OAM
@gayambassador.bsky.social
Faith/sexuality thought leader-author of the bestseller #ALifeOfUnlearning - speaker - LGBTQ+ consultant/trainer. Founder and CEO of Ambassadors & Bridge Builders International (ABBI) #ABBIorg links you'll need here: https://linktr.ee/gayambassador 🏳️🌈
Self-hatred is either turned inward and creates harm or projected outward and attacks. www.abbi.org.au/2026/07/self...
Self-Hatred has Two Destinations – Inward and Outward - ABBI
Self_hatred has two destinations. When self-hatred is turned inward. • When self-hatred is projected outward. How to find healing and freedom
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UFC fighter Josh Hokit shouted, “Michelle Obama is a man. Am I right, America?” into the microphone during his post-fight interview at Trump’s birthday party 🤪. FO Josh Hokit.
A reflection on the arrest of former Exodus International leader Alan Chambers, and an examination of his history, the ex-gay movement, and its long shadow. thebigsmoke.com.au/2026/06/05/a...
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From “Pray the Gay Away” to “Gay Without the Lay.” Same outcome? Softer branding? My latest on Sam Allberry's fall from grace, celibacy culture, and the movement reshaping evangelical Christianity. www.abbi.org.au/2026/05/sam-...
SAM ALLBERRY, GAY CHRISTIAN AND PREACHER OF CELIBACY, WASN’T - ABBI
SAM ALLBERRY, GAY CHRISTIAN AND PREACHER OF CELIBACY, WASN’T. Find out what this means for the advoates of you can be gay but...........
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The headlines were loud: “Conversion therapy laws struck down.” But that’s not what the Supreme Court actually did. This decision didn’t endorse these practices. It did something subtler—and more dangerous. . READ MORE www.abbi.org.au/2026/04/the-...
The Supreme Court grants freedom to harm youth - ABBI
The Supreme Court grants freedom to harm youth. The headlines were loud: “Conversion therapy laws struck down.”
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This #IDECT I’ve found that there are lots of people who really don’t know what conversion “therapy” is. This should sort things out and end the confusion. www.abbi.org.au/2017/10/what...
What is conversion 'therapy' (and what it's not) - ABBI
Some people are confused about what "conversion therapy" is. Here we talk about what it actually is and what it's not, separating the confusion.
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January 7 marks the inaugural International Day to End Conversion Therapy (#IDECT) www.abbi.org.au/2026/01/inte...
International Day to End Conversion Therapy (IDECT): January 7th - ABBI
January 7 will be the inaugural International Day to End Conversion Therapy (#IDECT). It’s a day pf rememberance, awareness and action.
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Be the change you want to see in the world
It's not too late to book for tomorrow's webinar Non-members of LGBTIQ+ Health Australia can book here www.lgbtiqhealth.org.au/non_members_...
Policy and Research Webinar. LGBTQ+ conversion practices and healing: supporting LGBTQ+ people of faith
This webinar will explore the lived experiences and long-term impacts of so-called LGBTQ+ conversion practices, often referred to as “ex-gay” or “reparative therapy.”
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See you Sunday? FULL DETAILS AND TICKETS HERE www.abbi.org.au/2025/06/an-i... Anthony Venn-Brown OAM - Author
My feed is full of photos and videos of friends at #NoKings protests. Warms my heart. What is needed of course is a change in this insane, lawless, evil administration. It’s a beginning #WeLiveInHope #Resist
“Better to live one day being true to yourself than an entire lifetime which is a lie.” That one truth reshaped everything for me. 🌈 Pride Month isn’t just about parades—it’s about healing, truth, and hope. 👉 Read: tinyurl.com/2cejtqrg #PrideMonth #ComingOutStory #LGBTQHope
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"Every single courageous act of coming out chips away at the curse of homophobia. Most importantly, it’s destroyed within yourself, and that act creates the potential for its destruction in friends, family, and society." READ MORE tinyurl.com/2cejtqrg #HappyPride #HappyPrideMonth
"PRIDE is a beacon of hope for those still living in shame. Every time we march, speak out, or simply live authentically, we shine a light into the dark places where shame still hides. Pride says, ‘You are not alone—and there’s nothing wrong with you.’” #ABBIorg READ: www.abbi.org.au/2025/06/prid...
Pride was not born out of a need to celebrate being gay. It evolved out of our struggle to break free of oppression and exist without being criminalised, imprisoned, pathologised, institutionalised, and persecuted. READ MORE: www.abbi.org.au/2025/06/prid...
Why we need visible and vocal allies. Silence and invisibly are killers. Thank you for standing up and speaking out. 🏳️🌈#HappyPrideMonth 🏳️🌈 @nakedpastor.bsky.social
Pride Month is a beacon. My initial coming out was not with a sense of pride but reluctant acceptance. It would take several more years before I could fully break free from the deeply entrenched internalised shame and self-loathing that had ruled my life. READ MORE: www.abbi.org.au/.../pride-mo...
I know there’s a lot going on nationally & internationally ATM, but wouldn’t it be special if our PM @AlboMP wished the LGBTQIA community, friends, family and allies a HAPPY PRIDE MONTH. You know, like Obama used to do and Trump never will. Wishing and hoping. #ABBIorg
Canberra and Hamilton Baptist Churches have been officially expelled from the NSW/ACT Baptist Association. Their “offence”? Daring to fully welcome and affirm LGBTQ people in their communities. www.abbi.org.au/2025/05/canb...
Canberra Baptist and Hamilton Baptist expelled over gays - ABBI
Canberra Baptist and Hamilton Baptist churches expelled. Not because of right and wrong, but inclusion instead of exclusion.
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