Overview
- Recent episodes featuring Hyndman on the BBC series have renewed coverage of his activism without revealing plot details.
- Hyndman has said that at 24, while serving as a missionary at sea, private messages about his sexuality were emailed to roughly 100 congregants, including his family and pastor.
- He says mission leaders demanded therapy and a public confession before about 400 missionaries, and a former church later cancelled his membership over so‑called lifestyle choices.
- He co-founded Ban Conversion Therapy in 2020 after speaking publicly about his experience, arguing for UK legislation to criminalise attempts to change or suppress LGBTQ+ identities.
- The UK first pledged a ban in 2018, proposals shifted under subsequent governments, and despite a 2024 move by Labour toward legislation no comprehensive law has been enacted as of 2026.