Yvette Cantu Schneider's guest appearances

Yvette Cantu Schneider

Heretic Happy Hour

Recovering From Religion

Renoites

Rob Palmer

Bryce Blankenagel

Chris West

Hector Garcia

Andrew Seidel

Mandisa Thomas

Dave Warnock

Lloyd Evans

Chris Johnson

Anthony Magnabosco

Darrel Ray

Nick Rogers

Seth Andrews

Cass Midgley

David Fitzgerald

OwlTail

Netflix recently released the documentary "Pray Away," the story of the religious belief that it's possible or desirable to "convert" LGBTQ people to heterosexuality. The story is told by the former leaders of that movement, who have since spoken out against ex-gay ministry and churches that still fail to affirm the gender and sexual orientation of their members. One of those former leaders featured in the film is Yvette Cantu Schneider, who rose to lead women's ministry at Exodus International, the large umbrella organization of the ex-gay movement in the United States. Since leaving Exodus over a decade ago, before it was shuttered in 2013, Yvette has worked with GLAAD and other organizations to push for more affirming churches. Conor and Yvette discuss her path from being out and proud and not religious into being a leader of the Christian ex-gay movement, tactics her organization and others used to control people, the physical toll of anxiety and PTSD from leading an inauthentic life,  the media that gave endless airtime to ex-gay groups, why it's actually the churches that need to change, and so much more. Please watch Pray Away, now streaming on Netflix. Thank you for listening!     Additional Resources - Please have a look, especially if you or anybody you know attends a church that tells you it's wrong to be yourself: https://www.prayawayfilm.com/resources 

Netflix recently released the documentary "Pray Away," the story of the religious belief that it's possible or desirable to "convert" LGBTQ people to heterosexuality. The story is told by the former leaders of that movement, who have since spoken out against ex-gay ministry and churches that still fail to affirm the gender and sexual orientation of their members. One of those former leaders featured in the film is Yvette Cantu Schneider, who rose to lead women's ministry at Exodus International, the large umbrella organization of the ex-gay movement in the United States. Since leaving Exodus over a decade ago, before it was shuttered in 2013, Yvette has worked with GLAAD and other organizations to push for more affirming churches. Conor and Yvette discuss her path from being out and proud and not religious into being a leader of the Christian ex-gay movement, tactics her organization and others used to control people, the physical toll of anxiety and PTSD from leading an inauthentic life,  the media that gave endless airtime to ex-gay groups, why it's actually the churches that need to change, and so much more. Please watch Pray Away, now streaming on Netflix. Thank you for listening! Additional Resources - Please have a look, especially if you or anybody you know attends a church that tells you it's wrong to be yourself: <a href="https://www.prayawayfilm.com/resources" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.prayawayfilm.com/resources </a>

Yvette Cantu Schneider on "Pray Away" and the Ex-Gay Movement

Author Yvette Cantu Schneider recalls her work as policy analyst for the right-wing, politico-religious organization, the Family Research Council, and shares the family crisis that forced her to re-examine her faith. You can find Yvette's book, "Never Not Broken" here: https://tinyurl.com/y6twaoyl--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/recovering-from-religion/message

Author Yvette Cantu Schneider recalls her work as policy analyst for the right-wing, politico-religious organization, the Family Research Council, and shares the family crisis that forced her to re-examine her faith. You can find Yvette's book, "Never Not Broken" here: <a href="https://tinyurl.com/y6twaoyl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://tinyurl.com/y6twaoyl</a> --- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/recovering-from-religion/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/recovering-from-religion/message</a>

E3: Fundamental Politics with Yvette Cantu Schneider