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[edit] Homo

Homosexuality is a sexual orientation or sexuality directed towards those of the same sex. As a sexual orientation, it specifically denotes an "an enduring emotional, romantic, sexual, or affectional attraction toward others" which may or may not correspond with other aspects their sexuality.[2] However, in the more general sense, it includes a broad range of homosexual experiences and expressions, including sexual contact and other sexual behavior, same-sex attraction, sexual identity, sexual orientation, cultural expressions, and participation in a gay community. Homosexuality is contrasted with heterosexuality, bisexuality, asexuality, and pansexuality.

[edit] Ex-gays

[edit] Rich Wyler

Rich Wyler (Glenn Wyler) is the founder and executive director of People Can Change, a nonprofit organization[1] for men who want to "reduce or eliminate their homosexual desire.[2] With the help of David Matheson, he created Journey into Manhood, a retreat sponsored by People Can Change. He established Higher Path Life Coaching and began coaching professionally in 2005,[3] and leads a telephone-based coaching group called "A Wife's Journey: Caring for Yourself and Your Family When Your Husband Struggles With Homosexuality or Addiction."[4]

[edit] Personal life

Deseret News information. Cheat on his wife. Ex-communicated from LDS church. Was re-baptized. Started JiM to help. Was keynote speaker at the Evergreen International conference in 2007.

[edit] People Can Change

Ran a couple surveys. Made some comments. Others made other comments. Basically a lot of comments all the way around.

[edit] Views on Homosexuality

  • Rich Wyler was excommunicated, but has since rejoined the LDS church.[5] He was married and then widowed. He is the founder and executive director of People Can Change and co-creator and leader of Journey into Manhood. He established Higher Path Life Coaching and began coaching professionally in 2005.[6] He leads telephone-based coaching group called "A Wife's Journey: Caring for Yourself and Your Family When Your Husband Struggles With Homosexuality or Addiction."[7]

After years of struggling with his own sexual identity, Glenn Wyler says he's finally at peace. He's married, with two children, and says he's 100 percent heterosexual.

The transition was a difficult one for Wyler, of Virginia and a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

He turned to God, praying, hoping his homosexual urges would end. He tried therapy and eventually did adopt what he calls the gay lifestyle, but his life still seemed chaotic.

"My hope was that God would change me without me having to do any of the work," he said. "My struggle was secretive for a long time. . . . I think the biggest realization I came to was reparative therapy."

Wyler said reparative therapy is based on the theory that homosexuality is caused by a lack of healthy same-sex bonding as a child.

"The same-sex attraction is a desire to sort of fill in the gap of what was missing earlier in life," he said. "Our philosophy is if the core needs are met in non-sexual ways, male bonding among other things, the desire for the sexual attraction diminishes."

Wyler said his attraction to men has gradually decreased. He said 60 percent of those who have gone through his weekend seminars since they started about two years ago have seen at least some increase in their opposite-sex attraction.

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  • not Wyler, but Jim (anti) [15]
  • rebuttal to above [16]

[edit] Víctor Jorquera

  • ex-gay from Chile [17]

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[edit] Rich Goddard

[edit] Kristin Johnson

[edit] Alan Medinger

[edit] David Matheson

  • Matheson, David. “The Transition from Homosexuality: The Role of Evergreen International.” AMCAP Journal 19 (1993): 106, 107.[24]
  • Should be psychological, not spiritual.[10]
  • With Larsen[11]
  • Wife's name is Peggy.
  • Gay No More? Cruising the Ex-gay Movement produced by Bill Hussung and his wife Hishara Cosino-Hussung.
  • On People Can Change study [25]
  • Ex-gay study [12]

[edit] Randy Thomas

  1. ^ NonProfit/Tax Exempt Organization
  2. ^ People Can Change
  3. ^ New Page 1
  4. ^ NW World News Prayer Network
  5. ^ 17th Annual Evergreen Conference
  6. ^ New Page 1
  7. ^ NW World News Prayer Network: #4680
  8. ^ Stack, Peggy Fletcher. "LDS Church to publish new look at same-sex attraction", Salt Lake Tribune, 9/19/2007. 
  9. ^ Stack, Peggy Fletcher. "LDS Church to publish new look at same-sex attraction", Salt Lake Tribune, 9/19/2007. 
  10. ^ http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0706/27/pzn.01.html
  11. ^ Luo, Michael Some Tormented by Homosexuality Look to a Controversial Therapy New York Times Feb 12 2007
  12. ^ http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/15/AR2007101500807_2.html
  • w/ Brenna Kate Simonds Boston Globe [27] [28]
  • SFGate [29]
  • New Man Mag [30]
  • Christian Book Good Life [31]
  • Associated Baptist Press [32]
  • Christian Post [33] [34]
  • NYBlade [35]
  • Miami New Times [36]
  • Dallas Observer [37]
  • Huffington Post [38]
  • Rocky Mountain News [39]

[edit] Mike Haley

Mike Haley is the Youth and Gender Analyst for Focus on the Family.[1] was living as a gay man for 12 years, and at one point was arrested for gay prostitution. He left gayhood when he was 28.[2] After what he calls a long and painful struggle, he made a switch to heterosexuality. Today, he's married with three children.[3]

[edit] Books

[edit] Melissa Fryrear

Welcomed in Tucson

[edit] Joe Dallas

  • w/ Joe Dallas - radio [61]
  • Baptist Press [62]
  • PRWeb [63]
  • Christianity Today [64]
  • Moody Broadcasting Network [65]
  • Pure ONline [66]
  • Christian Examiner[67] [68]
  • PCUSA [69] [70]
  • Christian Post[71]
  • Book - Dirty Little Secret [72]
  • Book - Irreconcilable Differences [73]
  • Agape [74]
  • Reviewing his book [75]
  • The Daily Texan [76]
  • Greenville Online [77]
  • Baltimore City Paper [78]
  • Atlantic Free Press [79]
  • North Caroline Family Policy Counsel [80]


[edit] Misc

  • Citizen Link [81]
  • Throckmorton Klup newstalk [82]
  • Conferences [83]
  1. ^ [1]
  2. ^ Rodríguez, Cindy. ""Ex-gay" stood by to testify at Dobson vigil", The Denver Post, 2006-07-24. 
  3. ^ Cooper, Anderson. "Sex and Salvation", Anderson Cooper 360°, 2007-04-05.