I think change is possible, but only for individuals who were never truly gay in the first place and who have a strong personal motivation to recover their heterosexuality.

The statement draws a sharp distinction between enduring sexual orientation and situational or misidentified experience. It suggests that what is often described as “changing” from gay to straight is more plausibly a case of someone who was not “truly gay” (e.g., bisexual, experimenting, or confused) and who is driven by strong incentives—social, religious, familial, or personal—to adopt a heterosexual identity. The quote implicitly challenges claims of sexual-orientation “conversion” by framing them as reclassification or motivated self-presentation rather than genuine transformation. It also reflects a skeptical stance toward the idea that sexual orientation is readily malleable, while acknowledging that individual narratives can vary.