Many of us that have left high-control religious groups were not allowed any sex education as children, and relationship education was restricted to 'one-man-one-woman-marriage' only. But what should children be taught about sex and relationships? The well-known human rights campaigner, active since 1967, and best known for his work with LGBT social movements, will speak to Faith to Faithless on this topical subject. Peter will start by speaking about his own journey being raised as a Christian and subsequently leaving the religion.

There will be a question-and-answer section at the end where you will be free to ask questions to Peter. These events are quite informal and have been designed so that they address the interests of those who have left religious groups. No question is silly, and your voice is important.

This online event is free of charge, open to all of our service users and volunteers, and is also open to anyone in the UK who has left a high-control religious group.

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About Peter Tatchell

Peter Tatchell has been campaigning since 1967 on issues of human rights, democracy, LGBT freedom, and global justice. From the late 1970s onwards, he proposed a single, comprehensive Equal Rights Act to harmonise the uneven patchwork of equality legislation, to ensure equal treatment and non-discrimination for everyone. This proposal was eventually secured with the passage of the Equality Act 2010.

In 1994, he named ten Anglican bishops and urged them to 'Tell The Truth' about their sexuality; accusing them of homophobia and hypocrisy. The same year he was arrested for saying the Islamist extremist group Hizb ut-Tahrir espoused Nazi-like views about women, and LGBT and Jewish people. Four years later, he interrupted the Easter Sermon of the then Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr George Carey, in protest at his opposition to gay equality.

In 1999, in London, he ambushed the motorcade of the Zimbabwean President, Robert Mugabe, attempting a citizen's arrest on charges of torture. A repeat attempt in Brussels in 2001 resulted in him being beaten unconscious by Mugabe's bodyguards.

In 2009, he co-proposed a UN Global Human Rights Index, to measure and rank the human rights record of every country – with the aim of creating a human rights league table to highlight the best and worst countries and thereby incentivise governments to adhere to human rights standards and improve their ranking.

He coordinated the Equal Love campaign from 2010, in a bid to overturn the UK’s twin legal bans on same-sex civil marriages and opposite-sex civil partnerships – helping win same-sex marriage but, not yet, opposite-sex civil partnerships.

He is Director of the human rights organisation, the Peter Tatchell Foundation (PeterTatchellFoundation.org). He is a humanist who was raised Christian and has spoken publicly about leaving religion, and he is a patron of Humanists UK.