John Corvino, an ethics professor at WSU suggests that if a person wants to go through an ex-gay program, he should have that choice without condemnation. However, for that person to make an ethical choice he must get honest information out of the ex-gay industry. There are three ways these programs play with the facts. (1) Unfortunate experiences of a few ex-gays ("I left behind sexual abuse and drug addiction.") are implied to represent the "before" life of all gays. (2) They abuse science: practitioners are not trained or licensed, tend to base their therapies on discredited theories, don't report their success rate, and confuse science, religion, and politics. (3) They promote a "cure" which implies homosexuality is a disease or psychological disorder. Billboards advertising ex-gay programs say, "Change is Possible." Possible? Maybe. Likely? No. Desirable? Not for me.
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