Matt Sexton

Chasing Brownie Points: How the Anglican Church and Conservatives Fell for Gender Ideology

Gillian Philip examines the similarities between the Conservative Party and the Anglican Church and shows how they became captured by gender identity ideology.

The Church of England’s schism over same-sex blessings: A Primer

Mark Chater delves into the long, complex maze of church politics and the theology that has overtaken same sex blessings.  He challenges the latest schismatic threats and asks what can be done.

The Cass Review: Will Activism Hinder its Implementation?

Dr Carole Sherwood shares concerns about the fate of the Cass Review if its future is determind by an activists agenda. How have the major therapeutic networks responded?

Back to Nazareth: The Christian case for LGB Inclusion

Mark Chater appeals for a broad and generous reading of the relevant biblical texts in the light of the current schism between orthodox and liberal christians in the Church of England over the blessing of same sex unions.

Public servant sued for saying sex is binary

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A colleague is taking me, a government department and the Arms-Length Body (ALB) where I work to an Employment Tribunal. I am being sued for expressing gender critical beliefs at work. The claimant is also trying to shut down the gender critical SEEN (Sex Equality and Equity Network) staff network that I co-chair.

Press Release: Proposed CofE Guidance for Schools:  Contested viewpoints need further consideration

Lesbian, Gay and Bi Christians and our friends has submitted its response to the Church of England’s consultation on proposed new guidelines for schools regarding bullying. The consultation, affecting 4,630 Church of England schools and 200 church schools in Wales, closed yesterday. We welcome ‘Flourishing for All: Anti-bullying Guidance for Church of England Schools’, but ...

Hounded out of my job in publishing

Ursula Doyle has worked in book publishing for over thirty years, including at Hachette UK since 2008. She founded her own imprint, Fleet, in 2016, which has published award-winning books. In 2020, Ursula published Kathleen Stock’s “Material Girls,” leading to severe backlash from colleagues, who accused her of bigotry and transphobia, often tagging her employer, ...

Media Release: Church of England plays fast and loose with Cass Review

Press release in response to the proposed anti-bullying guidance for use in Church of England schools. We are concerned that the concerns expressed in the Cass review have not been properly addressed.

Victimised after whistleblowing over Civil Service impartiality

My name is Eleanor Frances and I was forced out of the Civil Service after whistleblowing about discrimination and breaches of impartiality on sex and gender issues.

The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness

By Jonathan Haidt   Available from Penguin

After more than a decade of stability or improvement, the mental health of adolescents in many countries around the world deteriorated suddenly in the early 2010s. Why have rates of depression, anxiety, self-harm and suicide risen so sharply, more than doubling in many cases? In this book, Social Psychologist Jonathan Haidt argues that the decline of free-play in childhood and the rise of smartphone usage among adolescents are the twin sources of increased mental distress among teenagers. Haidt delves into the latest psychological and biological research to show how, between 2010 and 2015, childhood and adolescence got rewired. As teens traded in their flip phones for smartphones packed with social media apps, time online soared while time engaging face-to-face with friends and family plummeted, and so did mental health. This profound shift took place against a backdrop of diminishing childhood freedom, as parents over-supervised every aspect of their children’s lives offline, depriving them of the experiences they most need to become strong and self-governing adults. The Anxious Generation reveals the fundamental ways in which this shift from free-play to smartphones disrupts development – from sleep deprivation to addiction – with separate in-depth analyses of the impact on girls and boys. Grounded in ancient wisdom and packed full of cutting-edge science, this eye-opening book is a life raft and a powerful call-to-arms, offering practical advice for parents, schools, governments, and teens themselves.