According to some ex-gays, who are supposedly “cured”, they must hide from us gays.
Quite frankly, in my opinion, they are more worried about being caught backsliding. [link]
Not only are they worried; the "reparative therapy" industry is also.
So after they are “cured” instead of being happy and proud, they go back into the closet!
After all, if the world knew who these people were then there could be problems for the “reparative therapy” phenomena when their “patients” fail.
Some ministries who participated in “reparative therapy” now publicly condemn it. [link]
Leaders in the “reparative therapy” phenomena have been caught lying and cheating in attempt to help their cause. [link]
Other leaders have been found guilty of crimes directly related to their involvement with “reparative therapy”. [link] [link]
Some are now speaking out about the dangers of “reparative therapy”. [link]
Richard Cohen, one of the main reparative therapists, is permanently excluded from the American Counseling Association (ACA).
With so many doubts regarding this unproven therapy you’d think children would be spared. Not so fast! [link]
As if all of this wasn’t enough, 477,000 medical professionals are against “reparative therapy”. [link]
Here’s a little history on “reparative therapy” (source: Truth Wins Out);
Love In Action was the first contemporary ex-gay ministry and was founded
in 1973 in San Raphael, CA, by three men: John Evans, Rev. Kent Philpott, and
Frank Worthen.
Evans ultimately denounced Love In Action after his best
friend Jack McIntyre committed suicide in despair over not being able to
“change.” Today, Evans assists people in healing from the psychological damage
incurred by the ex-gay industry. Frank Worthen still remains with the ex-gay
ministries.
Philpott, who is straight, wrote “The Third Sex? ” which featured six
people who supposedly converted to heterosexuality through prayer.
Eventually, it was revealed no one in his book actually had changed, but
the people reading it had no idea about the unsuccessful outcomes. As far as
they knew, there was a magical place in California that had figured out the
secret for making gays into straights.
As a result of Philpott’s book, within three years more than a dozen
“ex-gay” ministries spontaneously sprung up across America. Two leading “ex-gay”
counselors at Melodyland Christian Center in Anaheim, California - Gary Cooper
and Michael Bussee - decided to organize a conference where members of the
budding ex-gay movement could meet each other and network.
In September 1976, Cooper and Bussee’s vision came to fruition as sixty-two
“ex-gays” journeyed to Melodyland for the world’s first “ex-gay” conference. The
outcome of the retreat was the formation of Exodus International, an umbrella
organization for “ex-gay” groups worldwide.
The group was rocked to its core a few years later when Bussee and Cooper
acknowledged that they had not changed and were in love with each other. They
soon divorced their wives, moved in together and held a commitment ceremony. In
June 2007, Bussee issued an apology at an Ex-Gay Survivors Conference to all of
the people he helped get involved in ex-gay ministries.
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