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Line 51: − + − − - 15 percent of subjects experienced substantial change − − - "23 percent said their conversion was successful and that homosexual attraction was either missing or "present only incidentally or in a way that does not seem to bring about distress." They were labeled "success: chastity." " − − - 29 percent of subjects experienced modest success − − - 15 percent of subjects experienced no change and were undecided about what to do next − − − - "4 percent had not changed and had quit the change process, but had not embraced the "gay identity." " − − - "8 percent had not changed, had quit the process and had embraced the "gay identity." " − − (Malfunctions in the taping of the interviews accounts for the remaining 5 percent) <ref>http://www.bpnews.net/bpnews.asp?ID=26429</ref>
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The study started out with 98 people with 72 of them being men and 26 of them being women.<ref>http://www.bpnews.net/bpnews.asp?ID=26429</ref> Some of the partipants quit the study because they believe they had positively changed and didn't see a need to continue while others quit because they decided they didn't want to change from a homosexual to a ex-homosexual. <ref>http://www.bpnews.net/bpnews.asp?ID=26429</ref> As a result, 73 subjects completed the study.<ref>http://www.bpnews.net/bpnews.asp?ID=26429</ref>
The study started out with 98 people with 72 of them being men and 26 of them being women.<ref>http://www.bpnews.net/bpnews.asp?ID=26429</ref> Some of the partipants quit the study because they believe they had positively changed and didn't see a need to continue while others quit because they decided they didn't want to change from a homosexual to a ex-homosexual. <ref>http://www.bpnews.net/bpnews.asp?ID=26429</ref> As a result, 73 subjects completed the study.<ref>http://www.bpnews.net/bpnews.asp?ID=26429</ref>
According to the Baptist Press here are the results:
According to the Baptist Press here are the results: 15 percent of subjects experienced substantial change; "23 percent said their conversion was successful and that homosexual attraction was either missing or "present only incidentally or in a way that does not seem to bring about distress." They were labeled "success: chastity."; 29 percent of subjects experienced modest success; 15 percent of subjects experienced no change and were undecided about what to do next; "4 percent had not changed and had quit the change process, but had not embraced the "gay identity."; "8 percent had not changed, had quit the process and had embraced the "gay identity."; and Malfunctions in the taping of the interviews accounts for the remaining 5 percent) <ref>http://www.bpnews.net/bpnews.asp?ID=26429</ref>
==Oprah Winfrey and the Claim of "Born Gay"==
==Oprah Winfrey and the Claim of "Born Gay"==