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    Welcome and Safety For All (Preventing Harm from Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Change Efforts (SOGICE) resource)

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    [...]embly Resourcing Unit
    2024

    Thanks to the SOGICE Task Group appointed by the 16th Assembly Standin[...]sland.

    Anthony Hinds is a victim-survivor of SOGICE (https://particularity.blog/) and a member of Bru[...]ia.

    Nicole Mugford is a survivor-advocate of SOGICE, a member of the 16th Assembly Standing[...]
    [...]ve approach than the principles of the recognised
    SOGICE Survivors Statement, which at this point do not s[...]not generally labelled as conversion practices in SOGICE advocacy globally.” (SOGICE Survivors,
    Calling for action on The LGBTQ[...]
    [...]en discussions about what has become
    known as SOGICE (sexual orientation and gender identity change ef[...]ry for the term ‘LGBTIQA+’ on page 15.)


    SOGICE was one matter considered by the Sixteenth Assemb[...]n and gender identity change efforts
    (SOGICE), often referred to as ‘conversion thera[...]how they
    can help prevent harm from SOGICE ideology and practice.

    A Task Group was appo[...]Uniting
    Church, seeking to prevent harm from SOGICE ideology and practice, by affirming and of[...]
    [...]ngs in different contexts.

    In the context of SOGICE, it is important to understand the differe[...]gral to our faith as Christians. The (Australian) SOGICE Survivor Statement of
    2022 delineates between[...]ause, in one sense, pastoral care and support for SOGICE survivors is no
    different to pastoral care for any other person. (There are specific matters for SOGICE survivors,
    and they are referred to below.) T[...]o professionals where appropriate.

    Regarding SOGICE survivors, and LGBTIQA+ people in general,[...]
    [...]the above framework, care for LGBTIQA+ people and SOGICE survivors needs to be
    cognisant of the wider chur[...]g LGBTIQA+ people”.

    Pastoral care with and for SOGICE survivors has a particular emphasis on lived expe[...]the situation of LGBTIQA+
    people in general, and SOGICE survivors in particular.

    In Australia, the Chris[...]an diversity.x


    Understanding the harm caused by SOGICE

    A 2018 Australian report, Preventing Harm[...]
    [...]ate and harmful
    prayer and pastoral care. The SOGICE Survivors report identify two risk factors to “[...]rs to be aware
    of the legal issues concerning SOGICE. Clergy or others providing pastoral care for LGB[...]he appendix.)

    Listening to the experience of SOGICE survivors
    As in all the Church’s social jus[...]are seeking to support and provide
    care. The SOGICE Survivor Statement is “written by surviv[...]
    [...]stories from UCA members with lived experience of SOGICE:

    “Olivia”

    Olivia (pseudonym) shared[...]
    SOGICE resources and websites

    Australian resources and websites relating to faith-based contexts:


    SOGICE Survivors’ Statement

    A statement wri[...]
    [...]Venn Brown is a former Pentecostal preacher and a SOGICE survivor. There
    are a range of res[...]
    [...]t Australia, 7.
    v
    Our Vision, page 27.
    vi
    SOGICE Survivors, Calling for action on The LGBTQA+ conv[...]conversion therapy in Australia, page 21.
    xii
    SOGICE Survivors, pages 7, 8.
    xiii
    SOGICE Survivors, page 4.
    xiv
    Timothy Jones,[...]

    MD

    [...]al Orientation and Gender Identity Change Efforts (SOGICE) resource)
    SOGICE Task Group (16th Assembly)
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