Editing Christianity and homosexuality (section)

== Ex-gay movement ==
Various Christian organizations have been involved in the [[ex-gay movement]].<ref name="Abbie E. Goldberg 2016, p. 384">Abbie E. Goldberg, ''The SAGE Encyclopedia of LGBTQ Studies'', SAGE Publications, USA, 2016, p. 384</ref> Love in Action, founded in 1973, was the first in the US.<ref name="Abbie E. Goldberg 2016, p. 384"/> In 1976, its members founded [[Exodus International]], a Christian organization (more specifically [[Protestantism|Protestant]] and [[Evangelicalism|Evangelical]]) in the [[United States]] and in various countries of the world.<ref>Jeffrey S. Siker, ''Homosexuality and Religion: An Encyclopedia'', Greenwood Publishing Group, USA, 2007, p. 122</ref> The [[Catholic]] organization [[Courage International]] was founded in 1980.<ref>Paul A. Djupe, Laura R. Olson, ''Encyclopedia of American Religion and Politics'', Infobase Publishing, USA, 2014, p. 207</ref>

[[Conversion therapy|Conversion therapies]] for people wishing to change sexual orientation have been associated with the movement.<ref>Abbie E. Goldberg, ''The SAGE Encyclopedia of LGBTQ Studies'', SAGE Publications, USA, 2016, p. 385</ref> Conversion therapy has been widely criticized and denounced by many major medical associations as pseudoscientific and harmful.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Policy and Position Statements on Conversion Therapy |url=https://www.hrc.org/resources/policy-and-position-statements-on-conversion-therapy |access-date=2022-11-05 |website=Human Rights Campaign |language=en-US |archive-date=5 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221105230151/https://www.hrc.org/resources/policy-and-position-statements-on-conversion-therapy |url-status=dead }}</ref> Studies have found that LGBTQ individuals who experienced conversion therapy reported significantly higher rates of [[Major depressive disorder|depression]], [[suicide attempt]]s, and [[substance abuse]] than their peers who did not.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Forsythe |first1=Anna |last2=Pick |first2=Casey |last3=Tremblay |first3=Gabriel |last4=Malaviya |first4=Shreena |last5=Green |first5=Amy |last6=Sandman |first6=Karen |date=2022-05-01 |title=Humanistic and Economic Burden of Conversion Therapy Among LGBTQ Youths in the United States |journal=JAMA Pediatrics |volume=176 |issue=5 |pages=493–501 |doi=10.1001/jamapediatrics.2022.0042 |pmid=35254391 |pmc=8902682 |issn=2168-6203|doi-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Christensen |first=Jen |date=2022-03-08 |title=Conversion therapy is harmful to LGBTQ people and costs society as a whole, study says |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/07/health/conversion-therapy-personal-and-financial-harm/index.html |access-date=2022-11-05 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=thisisloyal.com |first=Loyal {{!}} |title=LGB people who have undergone conversion therapy almost twice as likely to attempt suicide |url=https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/press/lgb-suicide-ct-press-release/ |access-date=2022-11-05 |website=Williams Institute |language=en-US}}</ref>