Timothy Schraeder Rodriguez: Conversion Therapy Dropout

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❤️ If you love the podcast and benefit from it, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠please consider joining our Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. 🎉 It’s Fady Joudah week on the podcast!🙏🏽 Fady is the author of [...], a finalist for the National Book Award and winner of the Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize. His other poetic works include: The Earth in the Attic; Alight; Textu, a book-long sequence of short poems whose meter is based on cellphone character count; Footnotes in the Order of Disappearance; and Tethered to Stars. He has translated several collections of poetry from Arabic and is the co-editor and co-founder of the Etel Adnan Poetry Prize. He was a winner of the Yale Series of Younger Poets competition and has received the Jackson Poetry Prize, a PEN award, a Banipal/Times Literary Supplement Prize from the UK, the Griffin Poetry Prize, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and the Arab American Book Award. He lives in Houston, with his wife and kids, where he practices internal medicine.  And today, we discuss his new book, Exhibit G: Poems, Essays, and Photographs of Gaza. A truly devastating yet wildly hopeful book. Buy a copy or two or ten today.✅ Follow Fady Joudah on Instagram✅ Buy Exhibit G: Poems, Essays, and Photographs of Gaza ✅ Support Gaza Soup Kitchen----------------✊🏽 Join the Let’s Give A Damn community on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!👕 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Buy some of our merch⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!🔥 Follow Let’s Give A Damn on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.✉️ Sign up for our weekly ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Substack⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.📱 Reach out anytime: [email protected].❤️ Have an amazing week, friends! Keep giving a damn. Love y’all!

❤️ If you love the podcast and benefit from it, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠please consider joining our Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. 🎉 It’s The Committee for the First Amendment week on the podcast!🙏🏽 This week on the show, I have the honor of speaking with Anjuli Kronheim Katz (Executive Director of TCFA), Bruce Cohen (Film, TV, and Theater Producer and part of the steering committee of TCFA), Wilson Cruz (Actor and Activist), and PepperMint (Actor, Singer, Drag Queen, and Activist) about Rise Up concert and about the work The Committee for the First Amendment is doing to defend free speech and expression during the rise of fascism that we are witnessing on a daily basis. ✅ Follow The Committee for the First Amendment!✅ Watch Rise Up, Sing Out - A Concert for the First Amendment on YouTube!✅ Take Action with TCFA!----------------✊🏽 Join the Let’s Give A Damn community on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!👕 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Buy some of our merch⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!🔥 Follow Let’s Give A Damn on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.✉️ Sign up for our weekly ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Substack⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.📱 Reach out anytime: [email protected].❤️ Have an amazing week, friends! Keep giving a damn. Love y’all!

❤️ If you love the podcast and benefit from it, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠please consider joining our Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. 🎉 It’s Jess Janz week on the podcast!🙏🏽 Jess is a writer, community facilitator, the creator of With Strangers, and a damn good human. Also, she’s one of my favorite Canadians. Jess started Dinner With Strangers in 2017 with her friend Ryan at his hair studio to invite people who didn’t know each other to get past small talk and get inspired by each other’s stories. They wanted to create spaces where people could slow down, speak honestly, and remember that they weren’t alone. 📚 After hosting dozens and dozens of dinners with over 1000 people and counting), Jess wrote a book called The Table Where We Meet which was released into the world this week and you must run, not walk, to go get your copy today. It’s absolutely fantastic. ✅ Follow Jess Janz on Instagram.✅ Visit Jess' website.✅ Buy The Table Where We Meet today!----------------✊🏽 Join the Let’s Give A Damn community on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!👕 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Buy some of our merch⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!🔥 Follow Let’s Give A Damn on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.✉️ Sign up for our weekly ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Substack⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.📱 Reach out anytime: [email protected].❤️ Have an amazing week, friends! Keep giving a damn. Love y’all!

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❤️ If you love the podcast and benefit from it, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠please consider joining our Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. 🎉 It’s Roger Waters & Mona Miari week on the podcast!🇵🇸 ⁠ On June 12, 2026, the legendary Roger Waters and acclaimed Palestinian musician Mona Miari release a re-imagined version of the iconic song Comfortably Numb, 47 years after the original was released, with new Arabic verses that transform the Pink Floyd classic into a powerful battlecry to bring global attention to the continued genocide in Gaza.This new interpretation amplifies the song’s original message of rejecting extreme alienation and apathy and brings in new Arabic arrangements and melodies that evoke feelings of resistance and solidarity—themes that are increasingly relevant to the genocidal Israeli war waged against the Palestinian People.Comfortably Numb in 2026 is a direct response to the genocide in Gaza and affirms solidarity with the oppressed in Palestine and beyond. The project centers the responsibility of artists to reflect the world around them and to speak openly about injustice, humanity, and collective suffering. It demands an end to silence.🎧 Listen to Comfortably Numb Re-imagined📺 Watch Comfortably Numb Re-imagined🔥 Learn more here!----------------✊🏽 Join the Let’s Give A Damn community on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!👕 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Buy some of our merch⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!🔥 Follow Let’s Give A Damn on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.✉️ Sign up for our weekly ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Substack⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.📱 Reach out anytime: [email protected].❤️ Have an amazing week, friends! Keep giving a damn. Love y’all!

❤️ If you love the show and learn from it, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠please consider joining our Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. 🎉 It’s Timothy Schraeder Rodriguez week on the podcast! 👉🏽 ⁠ Timothy Schraeder Rodriguez spent almost a decade in gay conversion therapy—all while working behind the scenes at some of the most influential Evangelical Christian megachurches. After embracing his identity as a gay Christian and stepping away from church work, he co-founded Church Clarity, an organization that helps queer people find affirming faith communities. A writer and commentator focused on the intersection of faith, sexuality, and belonging, Tim has contributed to TIME, Oprah Daily, Harper’s Bazaar, Religion News Service, and The Advocate, and he was a 2026 GLAAD Media Award nominee for Outstanding Journalism.✅ Follow Timothy on Instagram!✅ Purchase a copy (or two!) of Conversion Therapy Dropout!✊🏽 Join the Let’s Give A Damn community on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!👕 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Buy some of our merch⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!🔥 Follow Let’s Give A Damn on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.✉️ Sign up for our weekly ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Substack⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.📱 Reach out anytime: [email protected].❤️ Have an amazing week, friends! Keep giving a damn. Love y’all!

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❤️ If you love the show and want to support us, ⁠⁠⁠⁠please consider joining our Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠. 🎉 It’s Pattie Gonia week on the podcast! 👉🏽 ⁠ Pattie is a critically acclaimed drag queen, environmentalist, and advocate for inclusivity and diversity in the outdoors. She is the co-founder of the Outdoorist Oath (a non-profit that gets BIPOC, LGBTQIA+ and femmes into the outdoors through community and education) and the Founder of the Queer Outdoor and Environmental Job Board (a free tool queer individuals can use to get hired and therefore diversify the fields). Pattie has raised almost $5 million for LGBTQIA+, BIPOC and environmental non-profits. And if that isn’t enough, she has made films and has made music with other incredible artists like Yo-Yo Ma and Imogen Heap. 🌍 Also, Pattie is on tour right now. Go see them in a city near you! ✅ Follow Pattie on Instagram.✊🏽 Join the Let’s Give A Damn community on ⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠!👕 ⁠⁠⁠⁠Buy some of our merch⁠⁠⁠⁠!🔥 Follow Let’s Give A Damn on ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠.✉️ Sign up for our weekly ⁠⁠⁠⁠Substack⁠⁠⁠⁠.📱 Reach out anytime: [email protected].❤️ Have an amazing week, friends! Keep giving a damn. Love y’all!