I recently found out that a registered charity that set up a body to provide sex and relationship education material to parents and schools has co-sponsored a 'gay cure' event.
In 2009 the charity co-sponsored a gay cure event attended by the notorious Joseph Nicolosi (google him!). See the flier and note the CARE logo:
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The same organisation recently launched a body to advise and provide information to parents, teachers and school leaders about sex and relationship education;
www.care.org.uk/news/sex-and-relationships-education-council-launched-in-parliament-this-week
What makes this important is that this is a registered charity, not any old group with a grudge. They also have a parliamentary intern programme from which 18 MPs have benefitted since the 'gay cure' event took place.
The accepted medical view (from the Royal College of Psychiatrists) is that there is no medical basis for any 'gay cure' claim and to suggest homosexuality can be cured is to create an environment in which discrimination can flourish. I am concerned that a registered charity would co-sponsor a 'gay cure' event and also that a number of MPs have accepted material support from such a charity.
I am not permitted due to group rules to post a link to the online petition I have made about this, but it's on change.org and search gay cure if you're interested, where there are links to more information.