What Proportion of Heterosexuals is Ex-Homosexual

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ID13664447
AuthorsPaul Cameron (0000-0002-1906-6945, Family Research Institute, Inc., corresponding author), P D Cameron (corresponding author), Kirk Cameron (Family Research Institute, Inc.)
Year2002
Volume91
Issue3_suppl
Pages1087-1097
Publication date2002-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePsychological Reports (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2466/pr0.2002.91.3f.1087
PMID12585518
OpenAlexW2031878155
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited5

How many heterosexuals are ‘ex-homosexuals’? In 1984, a random sample of Dallas adults indicated that 8 (2.7%) of 294 currently heterosexual men and 4 (1.0%) of 393 currently heterosexual women said that they were ex-homosexual. Of an urban sample from 5 additional cities, 0.5% of current heterosexuals reported that they had been homosexually ‘married’. It thus appears that perhaps 1–2% of heterosexuals are ex-homosexuals. Proportionately more adults than teenagers and more men than women moved from homosexuality to heterosexuality. Of the 18 who changed, 12 became heterosexual and 6 bisexual, suggesting that perhaps two-thirds of those who abandon “being” homosexual ‘become’ heterosexual and a third ‘become’ bisexual. Because labeling oneself ‘homosexual’ is so mutable and value-laden, the term ‘omnisexual’ is suggested

Developmental psychology · Heterosexuality · Homosexuality · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV · Male Homosexuality · Men who have sex with men · Psychoanalysis · Same sex · Sample (material · Sociology · Clinical Psychology · Demography · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Medicine · Psychology · Reproductive Health and Technologies · Sexual Differentiation and Disorders · Virology

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