Studies of judgment, stability, reliability, and social and vocational adaptiveness all show that gay men and lesbians function every bit as well as heterosexuals. The American Psychiatric Association and The American Psychological Association, July 1994. Efforts to change sexual orientation are ineffective and can be harmful. Research findings suggest that efforts to repair homosexuals are nothing more than social prejudice garbed in psychological accouterments. No scientific evidence exists to support the effectiveness of any therapies that attempt to convert homosexuals to heterosexuals.
All attempts fail when gay people try to become heterosexual.
Groups who try to change the sexual orientation of people through so-called conversion therapy are misguided and run the risk of causing a great deal of psychological harm to those they say they are trying to help. Raymond Fowler, American Psychological Association Executive Director Clinical experience suggests that any person who seeks conversion therapy may be doing so because of social bias that has resulted in internalized homophobia, and that gay men and lesbians who have accepted their sexual orientation positively are better adjusted than those who have not done so. The incidence of homosexuality is constant regardless of new laws or social attitudes. Contrary to what some imply, the incidence of homosexuality in a population does not appear to change with new moral codes or social mores. Gay and lesbian youth are at greater risk of committing suicide.