The General Synod office had allocated a time for a fringe meeting, being organised by Rebecca Hunt, a lay member for Portsmouth diocese, a barrister, and centre manager of Christian Legal Centre. The original title for the meeting was ‘People Change: sexual identity transformation’, but it was changed to ‘Journeys of Identity: Faith, Sexuality and Personal Experience’ at the behest of York University. Following her reply to them, the Archbishops agreed that the fringe meeting could proceed, since it was to be held in a private room. that people can change – would be seen as in conflict with what the General Synod has previously decided”. This was a reference to a General Synod debate in 2017 in which the motion claimed that so-called ‘conversion therapy’ was “potentially harmful”.