Anyone who claims they can convert a homosexual into a heterosexual is wrong.

In fact, any priest or religious conservative who claims to do so will ultimately admit that they do not change a person’s sexual orientation, just their behaviour.

Ex-gay ministries, institutions that charge thousands of dollars to convert homosexuals into heterosexuals using highly physically and psychologically harmful techniques, have a success rate of three per cent, and that three per cent work within the industry itself. The founders of these places have come out admitting it’s a hoax, and the current leaders also admit that their promise is a lie. So let’s not fool ourselves. These things don’t work.

Only when a gay man/woman learns to see that they are prefect just as they are, and that there is nothing wrong with them and that they should accept themselves, do they go on to live a happy and healthy life. Pastors, priests and other conservatives might say otherwise, but they are mistaken.

I urge all gay teens, and anyone struggling with their sexuality, to find professional help, and to trust no one who says they can be “liberated” from it.