Episode 712: The Struggle of Being Myself with Gregory Elsasser-Chavez

Gregory is gay Christian man who was divorced from his ex-wife in 2019 and subsequently lost his children. Before that he had gone through fifteen years of aversion and reparative “ex-gay” therapy, such as sniffing dog feces, “defeating issues of masculinity” by playing sports with other gay men, completing ex-gay courses, and being placed into two mental hospitals.<br /><br />Gregory talks to people about coming out later in life and dealing with the trauma of religious reparative therapy and the entire ex-gay movement.<br /><br /><br /><b>In This Episode</b><br /><ul><li>@GregoryElsasser</li><li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Terms-Estrangement-Gregory-Elsasser-Chavez-ebook/dp/B09MZS652D?ref_=ast_author_dp" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Terms of Estrangement</a></li></ul>---<br /><br />What’s new with The Trauma Therapist Project!<br /><ul><li><a href="https://thetraumatherapistproject.squarespace.com/the-trauma-5" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Trauma 5</a>: gold nuggets from my 600+ interviews</li><li><a href="https://bit.ly/3LoJcAE" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Trauma Therapist Newsletter</a>: a monthly resource of information and inspiration dedicated to trauma therapists.</li></ul><br /><br />This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at <a href="https://www.spreaker.com/show/5739761/advertisement">https://www.spreaker.com/show/5739761/advertisement</a>