Content note: This episode discusses conversion therapy, religious trauma, emotional abuse, aversion therapy, suicidal ideation, and church harm.
In this episode of The Inclusive Faith Podcast, Kade Rogers talks with his husband, Dr. Gregory S. Neal, about surviving conversion therapy as a teenager.
Greg shares what happened after he was outed as a young person and sent into a religious program that used shame, fear, Scripture, and aversion practices to try to change him.
Together, Kade and Greg reflect on the lasting effects of religious trauma and spiritual abuse, alongside the faith and relationships that helped Greg survive. Greg remembers the support of his great Aunt Witchy, who reminded him that God loved him exactly as he was.
This personal conversation explores survival, LGBTQ+ identity, and reclaiming faith after harm.
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