Your visit to HeartStrong is confidential.  Unlike what you are used to experiencing in your home, church or school, there is no Honor Code here.  We want to keep your visit to our site as confidential as possible and you can help.  Visit our confidentiality page to learn more about making your visit safe.

An Important Message from Marc Adams

HeartStrong is a truly unique organization.  You will not find another place solely for students from religious schools who are struggling with feeling that they are gay.

I founded this organization over six years ago because I wanted to make sure that no one from a religious school, college or university ever had to struggle alone.

This site is just a part of our efforts to reach out to those of us who have attended or are attending religious schools and colleges who deal with being gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgendered (GLBT).  Make sure you read our confidentiality statement so you can make sure that no one else has to know that you visit our site.

Because we were once students at religious schools, we know what it is like to struggle to survive. Especially when you struggle with feeling that you may be gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgendered.

We know what it is like to feel the pressure to be like everyone else. We know what it feels like to hide all of your feelings and hope that no one notices anything about you that might make them think you are struggling with this. We know what it is like to feel so lonely and discouraged that it doesn't seem like life is worth living.

We also know that struggling with this and being at a religious school means that you may have to deal with someone outing you to the deans and we know what they can make you do. We know it is not easy and we know about the pain. That is why we are here.

We want you to know that you are not alone. No matter how dark it gets, no matter how much pain there is inside, and no matter what they make you do, there is hope, love and peace in life. And we want to help you find it.

HeartStrong, Inc., is not about trying to make you gay or trying to take your faith from you. We know what it is like to feel that someone doesn't understand this journey. We are here to talk to you, be your friend and let you ask us questions about how we have walked through this and found our hope, love and peace.

This is a process that we have had to work through and we are here to help you work through it as well. Please read through the other pages of our site and email us if you like. We are hear to listen and to share how we have made it through some very difficult times. We want you to make it, too.  Let us help.

Need to talk to someone?  You may email us here.  Or if you have AIM you can reach us at AIM: HeartStrongOrg.

Remember, you are not alone.

If you are thinking about reparative, restorative or exgay therapy, please read this first.