Overview
- Recent episodes showed him proposing a risky deal to be recruited by the Traitors and to target another player, prompting renewed coverage of his past and advocacy.
- He says a leaked email outing him to about 100 congregation members led mission leaders to demand therapy and a public confession before roughly 400 missionaries.
- He refused those demands, later received a church letter canceling his membership for “lifestyle choices,” and left to rebuild his life in London before settling in Edinburgh.
- In 2020 he launched a campaign known as Ban Conversion Therapy/Practices urging a law against efforts to change or suppress LGBTQ+ identities.
- Despite government promises dating back to 2018, including a 2024 draft under Labour, the UK still has no legislation that bans conversion practices.