‘The Family Sex Show’, a UK touring theatre production aimed at bringing sex education to “family audiences”, was recently cancelled, before it could even make its debut, after more than 40,000 people signed a petition against the production.
Media coverage suggested a battle between “woke” theatre producers and parents with safeguarding concerns. However, scratch the surface and there is another story altogether: the story of a vast web of fundamentalist and ultra-conservative actors, working together to undermine rights globally.
Take the organisation behind the petition. CitizenGo is an ultra-conservative Christian group, based in Spain, that campaigns globally against LGBTIQ and reproductive rights, and sex education. It has also sponsored the World Congress of Families summit, which brings together an international who’s-who of ultra-conservative leaders to strategise against abortion, LGBTIQ rights and migration.
