Why do i constantly hear this about my SSA

[Thorolfr]

Fast forward to today, and I don’t have the slightest inkling of SSA. I still can’t explain why or how this changed within me, it just did. And all those changes within me came about long before I returned to the Church. At the time, this was not something I thought needed to change, nor was I trying to.

I don’t believe people are born this way. Perhaps there is some genetic predilection, but if that were the case, SSA should still hold some interest or desire for me. But it doesn’t.

That doesn’t mean that everyone else can change their sexual orientation or that change is likely to happen in most cases, even for people who desperately want to change. That’s why Alan Chambers, the former president of Exodus International, the largest ex-gay group had this to say at Exodus International’s 38th annual meeting in 2013:

I am sorry for the pain and hurt many of you have experienced. I am sorry that some of you spent years working through the shame and guilt you felt when your attractions didn’t change. I am sorry we promoted sexual orientation change efforts and reparative theories about sexual orientation that stigmatized parents.

Exodus closed down in 2013.