From September 2011 until the end of November, 2012, 417 people filled out the ex-gay survivors survey (averaging one person a day for just over a year).

400 participants out of 417 answered this question

Other gender identifications written in the blank box option:

415 participants out of 417 answered this question.

Other orientation identifications written in the blank box option:

 

379 participants out of 417 answered this question. They were only given a blank box to write their responses. 25 people wrote either “mixed race” or put a combination of races like “asian/british” which were placed in the same “mixed race” category.

333 - White / Caucasian

25 - Mixed Races

11 - African / Black

5 - Hispanic

2 - Asian Pacific

2 - Native American

1 - Middle Eastern

We allowed people to be free and diverse in the use of labels in these categories. Still there clearly emerged an overwhelming, and not surprising majority of white gay males. More than 60% labeled themselves gay. More than 71% labeled themselves male. More than 87% identified as white/Caucasian. These numbers place emphasis on the longstanding question of why SOCE's are predominantly filled with this specific population, except for the obvious reason that this is the same population that fills many of the churches where ex-gay ministries reside.

412 out of 417 answered this question.

The mean average length of time spent involved with SOCE’s for these participants was 6 years and 10 months, with a range of fifty years (19 people only attended a month or less while one person maxed the scale out at 50 years). The rounder numbers were, not surprisingly, more popular:

32 people at 6 months

31 people at 1 year

50 people at 2 years

50 people at 3 years

31 people at 5 years

33 people at 10 years

19 people at 15 years

17 people at 20 years

2 people at 30 years

2 people at 35 years

2 people at 40 years

398 out of 417 answered this question.

The mean average age of these participants beginning to actively pursue SOCE’s was 22.4 years old, with a range of 43 years.

 

373 participants out 417 answered this question.

It would appear that not many of the survey participants spent much money on their SOCE (almost half only spent under $500). However, when the numbers are added up, it suggests that these participants spent in total between, $1,240,091 and $2,088,627.

392 participants out 417 answered this question.

Participants were given the option to write in their own specific affiliation which included: Nondenominational (5), Church of God, Nazarene (3), Seventh Day Adventist (2), Episcopal (4), Mennonite (3), Christian Reformed Church, Christian Scientist, Unitarian, Interdenominational Charismatic (2), Plymouth Brethren (2), Christian & Missionary Alliance (2), Assembly of God (2), Foursquare (3), Church of Christ (4), Eastern Orthodox, Evangelical (3), Reformed Church in America, Vineyard (2), The Salvation Army, Muslim, Scientology, Word of Faith, Anglican, Baha'i Faith.

 

335 participants out of 417 answered this question.

Participants were given the option to write in their own specific affiliation which included: Anglican (3), Pantheism (2), Science of Mind, spiritual (12), none (23), Religious Scientist, Episcopalian (16), Non-denominational (6), Christian Reformed, believer/follower in Jesus Christ (32), Pentecostal, Unitarian Universalist (10), Humanist (3), Interdenominational Charismatic Inclusive Affirming, Monotheist, Unsure (5), United Church of Christ (3), Christian & Missionary Alliance, Wiccan (2), Grace Communion International (formerly Worldwide Church of God), Emergent, New Thought (2), reformed judaism (2), Gnostic, Quaker (3), The Salvation Army, New Age, Deist, Discordian, Mennonite, Orthodox Christian, homospiritual.

During their SOCE experiences nearly all who answered question 4 (392) were affiliated with a Christian-related denomination. Then, question 16 asked what was their present religious affiliation, which only 335 people answered it (57 fewer answers than question 4). All of the denominations dropped in numbers from question 4, some by half, while categories like atheists and agnostics grew, some as much as tenfold. Further, in the written option of question 16 there were several labels such as “spiritual,” “none,” “Humanist,” “unsure,” while these labels did not appear at all in the written portion of question 4. The difference between these two results seems to indicate that SOCEs may have a negative/destructive effect on religious affiliations.

 

 

226 participants out of 417 answered this question.

27 from California

20 from Texas

12 from New York

11 from Washington State

10 from Florida

8 from Tennessee

7 each from Missouri and North Carolina

6 each from Illinois, Indiana and Oregon

5 from Georgia

9 from Canada

6 from the UK

4 each from the Netherlands and South Africa

3 from Australia

1 each from Brazil, Egypt, Germany, Mexico, Peru, Trinidad, Taiwan, Turkey, and Uganda.