This book would not have been possible without the encouragement and assistance of many friends and associates. First on the list is the wonderful group of friends that make up our regular Saturday night discussion group in our home: Ron and Jan Galla-Rini, Bob and June Shelly (it was Bob who really got me started on this book with a conversation about "gay" recruitment), Simon and Emily Cassar, Charles and Kathy Lowers, Joy Kim and Dale Dieleman. Thanks for bearing with me through many hours of talk about this project and for all your good suggestions and feedback. Special thanks go to friends who provided materials which we used here. Lou and Beverly Sheldon of Traditional Values Coalition, Richard Sweeny, Arthur Delaney, Peter LaBarbera, Betty McConkey, Dr. Charles Socarides, Josh Handschuh, Mark Pertuit, Kevin E. Abrams, Alan Medinger, Anthony Falzarano, Laurette Elsberry and Tres Kerns. Thanks to Joy Kim and Noah Lively for typing assistance. Lastly, I would like to thank the many ex-"gay" leaders and workers who responded with such positive feedback when they learned of this project. Your encouragement made this job a lot easier.