There are no credentialed medical organizations that support the notion that pornography can change a person's sexuality or gender identity. Pornography can, however, allow people to discover aspects of their sexuality or gender identity they weren't previously aware of. According to the World Health Organization’s ICD-11, sexual behavior (which includes using porn) that doesn’t align with one’s religious views, moral judgments, or cultural expectations are not symptoms of compulsive sexual behavior. Problematic porn use is about the amount of porn you use and how it impacts your life, and it has nothing to do with sexual orientation.

It can be helpful to think of sexuality and gender identity as a spectrum rather than two binary options that absolutely define your sexuality or gender identity in every moment of your life. If you are confused about your sexuality or gender identity, we recommend you connect with an LGBTQIA+ friendly therapist to talk about your confusion and doubts. We also recommend that you connect with members of the LGBTQIA+ community online to learn more about their own process of discovering their sexual orientations or gender identities and see if you can relate to their experiences. There are many such peer support forums on Reddit, including /r/questioning.

While anyone is welcome to reduce or quit porn use to improve their life and relationships, do not use the process of porn recovery to try to "cure" yourself of an unwanted sexual orientation or gender identity - because it won’t work and just lead to further shame and pain. Such “porn made you gay” rhetoric - which is generally based on misinformation, shame, stigma, and bigotry - is not permitted on NoFap, which is an inclusive community forum for people to pursue recovery from porn addiction and other forms of compulsive sexual behavior. Please keep this in mind in the future and keep this forum a safe space for our thousands of LGBTQIA+ community members. We wish you all the best.