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Disclaimers

Exploration of Experiences and Psychological Health of Same-sex Attracted Latter-day Saints John P. Dehlin, Katie Peterson and Renee V. Galliher , USU Bill Bradshaw (Retired), BYU. Disclaimers. (all numbers are preliminary). Sexual Orientation Change Efforts (SOCE).

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Disclaimers

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  1. Exploration of Experiences and PsychologicalHealth of Same-sex Attracted Latter-day SaintsJohn P. Dehlin, Katie Peterson and Renee V. Galliher, USUBill Bradshaw (Retired), BYU

  2. Disclaimers (all numbers are preliminary)

  3. Sexual Orientation Change Efforts (SOCE) “Reparative therapy”“Conversion therapy”“Reorientation therapy”

  4. Demographics

  5. Sexual Identity Development

  6. Milestones • 9.6 years – Began to sense a difference • 13.9 years – First realized same sex attracted • 19 years – First same-sex romantic or sexual experience (n=1436) • 22.5 years – First told someone of SSA • 24.1 years – First labeled self as LGBTQ (n=1452)

  7. “I was watching a sesame street and there was two guys hugging. I got an erection from watching the to men hug and wanted a romantic relationship with another man.”

  8. “I had a crush on my 5th grade male teacher.”

  9. “Sleeping over at a friend's house, wanting greater-than-normal physical contact with her, checking her out when she was changing, feeling very tense when we had to share a bed.”

  10. “I first realized I was attracted romantically & sexually to other women when I was 12. I had a close friend who I spent a lot of time with growing up and can remember wishing she would kiss me or sleep in the same bed with me. At first I thought it was silly but realized after a few months that it was because I had a "crush" on her.”

  11. Relationships

  12. Disclosure • About 40% of your LGBT family members and friends haven’t come out to you yet • About 70% of your LGBT church associates have not come out to you yet

  13. “I have only come out to a select few close friends (most of who are also GLBTQ identifying) and my mother and stepfather. My mother prefers not to discuss the issue at all, but we have a wonderful relationship and are very close.”

  14. “Because I know that my biological father and siblings would not understand my GLBTQ issues because of bigotry and prejudice against GLBTQ persons, so I do not tell them, even though they are not actively LDS. My extended are largely LDS and that is why I don’t tell them, because of their religious prejudices and misunderstandings.”

  15. Percentage of total sample who were in mixed orientation marriage at some point 31% n=500

  16. Percentage of total sample who are still in original mixed orientation marriages today 13% n=216, Average Length of these marriages: 16.7 years

  17. Current divorce rate of first mixed orientation marriages 57% 216/500

  18. Avg. length of mixed orientation marriages that ended in divorce 13.7yrs

  19. “Lifestyle”

  20. Percentage in committed relationships 51%

  21. Percentage sexually active outside of committed relationships 18%

  22. Efforts to Understand, Cope With, or Change Sexual Orientation

  23. Avg. Yrs. 7.0 7.5 3.9 2.7 4.5 2.7 4.1 9.2 11.0 6.6

  24. “I attempted to "change" myself through righteous behaviors.  However, when the attractions remained despite how often I prayed, read scriptures, served others, attended church meetings, or was obedient, I became more depressed and felt more distant from God and others.”

  25. “I was waiting for Him to fix me. When I realized that it wasn't going to go away, I lost trust in Him and felt like He didn't love be because He wouldn't make me right.”

  26. “By living righteously in my view, my depression left.  My desire to change same-sex attraction became acceptance to it as I learned more about it.”

  27. Percentage who indicated that their SSA changed in some way through psychotherapy, personal righteousness, or other individual effort 3.6%

  28. “Very mixed feelings, although through the process I’ve accepted my SSA more. I had hoped for change and a decrease in sexual attraction to other men.  That didn’t happen.”

  29. Descriptions of SSA Change (n=22) ” While the same-sex attraction is still stronger than heterosexual attractions, the frequency and intensity and duration of those attractions have lessened.” “I feel like I have been forgiven for my sexual behavior. I think of a same sex relationship every day but I don't act on it.” “The chemistry [SSA] diminished and eventually, I was able to feel attraction to men again” “My SSA is dramatically diminished and different from when I started. “ “I have felt so much strength from God to control myself.” “Same sex attraction diminished, but never went away.”

  30. Percentage who indicated that their SSA went away through psychotherapy, personal righteousness, or other individual effort 0%

  31. Support

  32. Religiosity

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