While the homosexual lifestyle was exhilarating at first, after 25 years as a homosexual, Frank was ready to commit suicide. In the early 1970s God intervened, and ministry to former homosexuals was born. Today, Frank has found happiness in marriage which he once thought would never be his. From the experiences of Frank Worthen and others like him, we have learned a lot. Frank divides homosexuality into four parts.
Homosexual identity is the third part.
Lastly, lifestyle is what he calls the clothes, parades, bars, and organizations we often associate with homosexuality. Some, such as men in prison, exhibit the behavior without the desire. The degree to which the struggle with homosexuality becomes a central part of one's identity also varies from person to person. Her son or daughter might have been in the gay or lesbian lifestyle for quite a while, just now coming out to their family. Her daughter could be a lesbian after sexual or physical abuse by men, such as a father, brother, boyfriend or husband.