£1 million in taxpayer funds for LGBT lobby group which opposes Cass Review

May 10, 2024 by Jill

from The Christian Institute:

UPDATE: The Telegraph has published a correction to its story. It originally said that £200,000 had been given to fund a course for religious leaders, rather than the conferences. It now clarifies that £20,000 was granted to secure a “suitable academic institution” to deliver the course.

This £20,000 is in addition to £187,500 which was used by the Foundation to fund its two GIC+ conferences.

An LGBT lobby group which opposes the findings of the landmark Cass Review into NHS gender services in England was promised almost £1 million in taxpayer funds by the Foreign Office.

The Ozanne Foundation has already received sums of £137,500 and £50,000 for two conferences titled the Global Interfaith Commission on LGBT+ Lives (GIC+). These sought to promote LGBT ideology in faith settings and advocate for a new law against so-called conversion therapy. The larger conference was attended in person by just 80 activists.

The Foundation claims the Foreign Office “agreed in principle” to provide a further £805,000 to fund a future project to launch a course to teach religious leaders acceptance of LGBT issues. That sum is understood to be currently under review.
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The Foundation’s Director, former Church of England General Synod member Jayne Ozanne, has publicly criticised the findings of the Cass Review, which concluded that giving trans drugs to children is based on “remarkably weak evidence”.

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