Coming Out Podcast - Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

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12/31/20 • 78 min

We are joined by Nicole and Lauren from Coming Out Podcast! If you haven't heard them then you should definitely check them out (after you listen to this episode, of course)!
We discuss the teenage coming of age book Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz!
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Adaline - Boy Erased

This episode we discuss the book Boy Erased: A Memoir by Gerard Conley, with our outstanding guest, the musician Adaline. This episode comes with a trigger warning as it discusses religious trauma and conversion therapy.
The son of a Baptist pastor and deeply embedded in church life in small town Arkansas, as a young man Garrard Conley was terrified and conflicted about his sexuality. When Garrard was a nineteen-year-old college student, he was outed to his parents, and was forced to make a life-changing decision: either agree to attend a church-supported conversion therapy program that promised to “cure” him of homosexuality; or risk losing family, friends, and the God he had prayed to every day of his life. Through an institutionalized Twelve-Step Program heavy on Bible study, he was supposed to emerge heterosexual, ex-gay, cleansed of impure urges and stronger in his faith in God for his brush with sin. Instead, even when faced with a harrowing and brutal journey, Garrard found the strength and understanding to break out in search of his true self and forgiveness.
Adaline also hosts a podcast called Bad Believers in which people on the queer spectrum explore and challenge traditional religious views. Her experience as a queer person and the daughter of pastor gave her a unique perspective when discussing the book.
Intro and outro music is an original song by Kansas City based queer musician Nicole Springer.
Adaline - webpage: adalinemusic.com, Instagram and Twitter: @Adalinemusic and @BadBelieverPodcast on Instagram and @BadBeliever_ on Twitter
Music by Nicole Springer - webpage nicolespringersings.com, Facebook: Nicole Springer, and Instagram: @nicolespringersings
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