ex-ex-gay

Ex-ex-gay people are those who formerly participated in the ex-gay movement in an attempt to change their sexual orientation to heterosexual, but who later went on to publicly state they had a non-heterosexual sexual orientation. The movement was organized in 1973 and collapsed in 2013, though there was no defined 'end'.

Organizations in the ex-gay movement such as Exodus International offer conversion therapy, with the claim that an LGBTQ person's involvement in the programming can change their sexual orientation to heterosexual. This type of programming is opposed by major medical organizations in the US, including The National Association of Social Workers, The American Psychological Association, The American Psychiatric Association, The American Counseling Association, and The American Academy of Pediatrics. The American Psychiatric Association describes conversion therapy as ineffective at changing sexual orientation, and as harmful to the LGBT person's well-being. Studies conducted on the effectiveness of conversion therapy states that 96% of the time conversion efforts were unaffected and caused more psychological harm to the patient than otherwise noted. After conversion therapy there was 92% greater odds of suicidality, 75% more planned suicide attempy, and 88% incerase in attempting suicide. It is also opposed by the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy, who issued a joint leaflet with the British Psychoanalytic Council, the Royal College of Psychiatrists, the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, the British Psychological Society, Pink Therapy, The National Counselling Society and LGBTQ rights group Stonewall against such practices.