Every year, hundreds of gay men and lesbians join ex-gay ministries in an attempt to convert to non-homosexual Christian lives. This study of the transnational ex-gay movement focuses on the everyday lives of men and women at New Hope Ministry, a residential ex-gay program.

"Straight to Jesus" exposes how the Christian Right attempts to repudiate gay identity and political rights by using the ex-gay movement as evidence that 'change is possible'. Instead, Erzen reveals, the realities of the lives she examines actually undermine this anti-gay strategy.

List of Abbreviations
Introduction
1. Steps Out of Homosexuality
2. New Creations
3. A Refuge from the World
4. Arrested Development
5. Testifying to Sexual Healing
6. Love Won Out?
Conclusion: Walking in a Dark Room
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index.