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Recent addition

Darwin Naz recently made a large addition to the article. I accept that the addition was made in good faith and indeed much of it looks helpful. Unfortunately, the addition was in some ways misleading. It also involves an improper synthesis of sources, as described at WP:SYNTH. The first part of the addition lists the main goals of the ex-gay movement, including "coordination with individuals and organizations, particularly opponents of gay and lesbian civil equality to influence public perception and public policy" among other things. It is cited to Ex-Gay Research, a scholarly book edited by Jack Drescher and Kenneth Zucker. The second part states that "These goals rest in the claim that sexual orientation is a choice and that change for homosexuals is possible through therapy and prayer", and it is cited to an article in The Atlantic, a non-scholarly popular magazine. The content cited to The Atlantic is misleading, since it is not in fact true that supporters of the ex-gay movement all view sexual orientation as a choice, and nor is it supported by the source provided. The material makes it look as though the popular Atlantic article discusses the goals of the ex-gay movement as described in the scholarly book Ex-Gay Research and shows that they "rest in the claim that sexual orientation is a choice", which is not the case. What the Atlantic article actually states about "choice" is that, "Ex-gay leaders traveled to churches and appeared on television news programs citing a litany of examples of happily married “former homosexuals” to demonstrate that sexual orientation is a choice and that change is possible." That statement does not support the claim that the goals of ex-gay movement as described in Ex-Gay Research "rest in the claim that sexual orientation is a choice and that change for homosexuals is possible through therapy and prayer". FreeKnowledgeCreator (talk) 00:21, 6 September 2018 (UTC)

Potential addition to "People who no longer support the ex-gay movement"

Gerald Davison is perhaps one of the first psychologists who practiced conversion therapy, and disavowed it in the early 1970's. He was also the President of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies in the 1970's. There isn't much on his wikipedia page regarding this, however this article here on USC's student blog feautures a lot of quotes from an interview he did. I'm sure there is a better secondary source covering his shift elsewhere, in a book or a journal. At the time they didn't technically call it "ex-gay", but should he be included? He also later supported removing homosexuality from the DSM. --Sxologist (talk) 10:25, 22 March 2020 (UTC)

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Milo Yiannapolos

I think we should add Milo since he’s now ex gay Nlivataye (talk) 12:25, 31 May 2021 (UTC)

Merely identifying as "ex-gay" does not make one part of the movement; the people here encouraged folks to dehomosexualize themselves and/or offered training or counseling to do so. --Nat Gertler (talk) 12:54, 31 May 2021 (UTC)

Unsourced claims

@ServB1: You have repeatedly tried to insert this text:

There are also believers gathered in Christian organizations, such as Your Other Brothers or Voice of the Voiceless, who claim they have not been attracted to homosexuality since their new birth, without having recourse to a conversion therapy. They insist on the importance of welcoming and loving homosexuals, but believe that sexuality should be reserved for heterosexual marriage.

using this NBC source for "Voice of the Voiceless" claims and this Christian Post source on "Your Other Brothers". However, these sources do not actually support the statements that you make. The "Your Other Brothers" articles describe their writers not as being people who have not been attracted to homosexuality, but as "Christian men who experience same-sex attractions" -- no past tense there, nor any mention with regard to whether they've attempted conversion therapy. The Voiceless piece sites he president of the organization as claiming not to have undergone conversion therapy (as well as a couple other people who were not identified as members of the organization) but specifies that the organization has supported conversion therapy. It makes no statement about a stance regarding sex only being within marriage, nor on the importance of welcoming homosexuals. It makes no statement that the one identified member has not been attracted to homosexuality, much less that that is a defining aspect of the membership. There may be things to be said about these two groups, but not this text with these sources. As such, I am removing it (again). --Nat Gertler (talk) 00:56, 8 August 2021 (UTC)

@ServB1: And now you've reworked it and gotten rid of the "Your Other Brothers" material and included "Freedom March", which is the name of both an organization and of events they help organize (but are not sole backers of.) However, the NBC article mentions only the event, not the organizing group, which should not be assumed to include the same people. Neither source discusses them having "new birth" or being "born again" (which is not neutral-point-of-view language anyway.) The new text continues the claim about conversion therapy, when we still only have one person claiming that from Voiceless and the March group claiming only that most of them have not been through such therapy, not that it's a defining characteristic. As such, I am removing it (again). I suggest you discuss what you want to insert and find consensus for it before retrying. --Nat Gertler (talk) 03:18, 8 August 2021 (UTC)

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