that promote homophobia and self-hatred 
You are not alone.
If you are struggling with gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgendered feelings, you need to know that there are millions of us who have shared your journey.
You do not have to believe what are you being told about yourself in your counseling or restorative therapy.
Like others, I, Marc Adams, learned the journey to peace began with accepting myself. There is freedom from the cycle of pain, shame and fear caused by restorative therapy.
If you're gay or think you might be gay, you don't have to allow yourself to be recruited into a simulated heterosexual lifestyle.
Self-acceptance is the only real way to end the relentless and dangerous rollercoaster of reparative/restorative therapy.
Tired of pretending? Tired of lying to yourself and others? Tired of living a dual life?
The journey to self-acceptance begins here.
However, when researcher Dr. Robert Spitzer went looking for well-established ex-gays to study in 2000-2001, he only found 200 people eligible to participate in his study -- even though he publicized his study through ex-gay ministries and reparative therapists for 16 months.
Most ex-gay leaders say that it's possible to change from gay to straight, and a few sincerely believe they have changed their orientation. Most ex-gays, however, report they have only modified their behavior, not their sexual attractions.
Few leaders in the ex-gay movement claim a success rate any higher than 20 to 30 percent -- and they do not clearly define what constitutes success.
In any event, they do not discuss what happened to the other 70 to 80 percent. Many of those who did not "succeed" have organized an "ex-ex-gay" movement with its own ministries to encourage tolerance, sexual moderation, and spiritual healing from wounds they say were caused by intolerant fundamentalism and prejudice.
REPARATIVE THERAPY: A PSUEDO SCIENCE
Jeffry G. Ford
He has specialized in addressing the complexities involved with the anti-gay theory known both as Reparative Therapy and Sexual Conversion Therapy, which purports to prevent and cure homosexuality. He speaks from experience as one who studied and practiced reparative therapies for years. Because of his personal and professional experience, Ford is able to offer accurate answers and powerful insight. He provides useful skills and tools to challenge the dangerous use of pseudo scientific theories like these and other discrediited methods. He is a frequent workshop presenter and guest lecturer He was formerly the executive director of OUTPOST an "ex-gay" ministry located in Minneapolis, MN. For almost 10 years Jeff claimed to be a "former homosexual". For many years he was a national speaker for Exodus International, which remains the governing Board and communication hub for most ex-gay ministries.
We are a group of concerned Memphians who have come together to work towards educating society about the existence of "ex-gay" ministries.
