We once identified as LGBTQ. We know
LGBTQ is an agenda,
not an identity.
Sexual minorities are not born into a fixed subculture. They have real choices. CHANGED Movement exists to give legislators the language, data, and evidence needed to protect freedom, conscience, and informed care.
Policies should protect people not ideologies.
LGBTQ is not a neutral descriptor of a people group. It is an ideological framework rooted in postmodern progressivism that redefines human identity, sexuality, and even reality itself around fluid social constructs rather than empirical biology, psychology, or personal agency. This framework insists individuals are “born this way” and must remain locked in — a narrative that overrides choice, suppresses evidence of change, and harms those who seek alternatives.
We provide elected officials and staff with clear, evidence-based language that separates ideology from people, protects vulnerable youth and adults, and upholds constitutional principles of free speech, conscience, and informed consent. The data show sexual orientation and gender identity are multifactorial — heavily influenced by environment, trauma, culture, and personal decisions — not immutable. Policymakers who understand this can craft better laws that expand options rather than close them.
CHANGED Movement brings firsthand experience to policy conversations across the US.
Co-founders Ken Williams & Elizabeth Woning have testified before legislative committees on issues including counseling freedom, sexual orientation change, and client-directed therapy. They both have personally left LGBTQ identity and it’s subculture.
Our team has contributed to discussions surrounding legislation such as:
• Help Not Harm legislation
• Save Girls’ Sports initiatives
• Counseling freedom and speech protections
Most recently, CHANGED Movement submitted an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court in Chiles v. Salazar, a case addressing whether licensed counselors have the constitutional right to provide therapy aligned with a client’s goals.
Our goal:ensure lawmakers hear perspectives often missing from the policy debate.
ISSUE 1
LGBT Is an Agenda, Not a People Group
It is an ideology people are being pressured into — not an innate, immutable characteristic. Our goal is to dismantle this progressive framework so every person retains genuine freedom to choose their path.
The “born this way” narrative is a political tool, not settled science. Large-scale genetic research (Ganna et al., Science, 2019) shows environmental and cultural factors are twice as influential as genetics, with no single “gay gene.” Identification rates have exploded — from ~2% among Baby Boomers to nearly 25% of Gen Z — driven by social contagion and ideological framing, not biology. Legislators who accept this reality can reject coercive policies and restore individual agency.
ISSUE 2
The Harms of Banning Change
Banning voluntary counseling that allows for change is not protection — it is viewpoint discrimination that leaves trauma unaddressed and traps people in unwanted distress.
“Conversion therapy” bans lack a clear, evidence-based definition and rely on flawed studies that ignore pre-existing mental health issues. Reanalyses (Sullins, 2021; Rosik et al., 2021) of major datasets show change-allowing talk therapy actually reduces suicidality. Bans stifle free speech, block trauma-informed care, and contradict the 85% desistance rate among gender-dysphoric youth under watchful waiting. Legislators must hear the stories of those denied help because the law assumed identity was fixed.
ISSUE 3
Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) Change Is Possible
People change across the full spectrum — not only straight-to-gay, but fluidly in reverse. The data confirm attractions and identities are not fixed; individuals deserve the right to pursue change aligned with their goals.
Longitudinal research (Savin-Williams, Rosario & Schrimshaw) shows three-quarters of bisexual and mostly-heterosexual young adults shift identities, most toward heterosexuality. Sexual behavior is multifactorial; the largest genetic study ever conducted confirms environment and choice play the dominant role. Former LGBTQ-identified people routinely report sustained change. Policymakers who recognize this evidence can protect pathways to wholeness instead of mandating one narrative.
Real Voices, Real Change:
Stories Legislators Must Hear
Formerly LGBTQ-identified individuals who found freedom through choice, support, and personal agency, not ideology. Browse or search our growing collection of testimonies
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