Australia has ratified the UN Charter on the rights of the child, women, anti discrimination and people with disabilities. It is the task of all members of the community to ensure that all members of our neighbourhood are able to enjoy this freedom.

Away from the rhetoric is hard statistical evidence of people without hope or the ability to see a future for themselves taking their own lives as they are unable to attain the standards set by their spiritual leaders.

Many do not realise that these spiritual leaders are themselves hypocrites setting standards which they do not attain.
The gap between the leader and the follower is an impasse which has no physical or psychological bridge. It is into this gap which the follower falls, suffering mental illness or more soundly still choosing to end their own lives rather than bridging the gap.

Chatting with a young ‘Freedom_2be’ person recently I was overjoyed that he had survived his 2 suicide attempts. This world did not lose a beautiful, caring, loving altruistic young man who had broken free from the shackles of childhood religion.

Furthermore, his family though not fully supportive, are at least no longer negative except him for who he is; a young gay Australian.

Obviously when you comprehend and empathise with your ‘1000’ gay friends the comprehension and empathy are at the correct levels.

I think that you are a person who tends to exaggerate about your analysis of other people’s actions and your own experiences.

Good points.

Just thought I’d let you know this is a freedom 2 b[e] ( ) initiative not ACON’s.

ACON has very generously allowed us to use their premises for the last 5 years for our monthly chapter meetings. For this we are very grateful. We usually get around 40 attending our meetings so without ACON’s help we would find it hard to meet……and get over 4000 visits a month to our website.

All this is about de-constructing the myths, saving lives and empowering LGBT people from faith backgrounds to live authentically.

For many of our special nights like this one LGBT who don’t come from faith backgrounds also come along as they find it relevant.

Possibly your parents might not be ready though to attend a meeting like this. From what you have said they might not be in a place where they would be open to look at other possibilities…..but worth a try asking. PFLAG might be more relevant to them at this stage.