Greenbelt news : Then next hero our ‘Out at Greenbelt’ volunteer team have chosen to highlight du…

Then next hero our ‘Out at Greenbelt‘ volunteer team have chosen to highlight during #LGBTHistoryMonth is Jeremy Marks.

Jeremy has a unique and honourable place in LGBTQ history. In the late 80s, Jeremy started the Courage ministry, a live-in programme for men and women trying to become straight. In 2000, Jeremy realised that the programme was simply not working, that trying to change one’s sexuality was both futile and damaging, and instead turned Courage into an LGBTQ-affirming ministry, at enormous personal cost to himself and becoming a pariah in the Christian circles he had moved in. Ever since then, Jeremy has worked tirelessly offering counselling and support to a whole generation of… More