Resources
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Resources for Continuing Religious Trauma Healing
Reclamation Collective
Virtual groups led by Victoria Leon, MSW, ASW (she/they) this Summer on Thursdays from 5:00-7:00 PM PDT
Virtual Support Group
https://www.reclamationcollective.com/queers-deconstructing-together
Relationship Freedom
Virtual groups led by Mary Clark, Religious Trauma Coach
Sliding scale rate as low as $45 / 75 minute session
https://www.relationshipfreedom.org/relationshipanarchycoachpricing
Rainbow Health
Virtual groups led by Lee Start, MSW, LICSW, LADC
Every Tuesday 6:30-8:00pm, Virtual Therapy Group
The cost to attend is $50 per person, per group session.
Most insurance accepted and sliding scale fees are available.
https://rainbowhealth.org/event/healing-from-religious-trauma-virtual-therapy-group/2024-01-16/
Woven Trauma Therapy
Blog on Queer Religious Trauma, Internalized Homophobia/Transphobia, and other related topics
https://woventraumatherapy.com/blog/queer-religious-trauma?format=amp
Highland Park Therapy
Blog on Cultivating Acceptance and Healing for LGBTQ+ Individuals with Religious Trauma
Books
Young Adult
Milo and Marcos at the End of the World by Kevin Christopher Snipes
Only This Beautiful Moment by Abdi Nazemian
The Lesbiana’s Guide to Catholic School by Sonora Reyes
Let’s Call it a Doomsday by Katie Henry
Autoboyography by Christina Lauren
How to Repair a Mechanical Heart by JC Lillis
Into the Light by Mark Oshiro
The Dangerous Art of Blending In by Angelo Surmelis
Hell Followed With Us by Andrew Joseph White
Adult
Queer Jihad: LGBT Muslims on Coming Out, Activism, and the Faith by Afdhere Jama
Leaving the Fold: A Guide for Former Fundamentalists and Others Leaving Their Religion by Marlene Winell
Camp Damascus by Chuck Tingle
Boys of Alabama by Genevieve Hudson
A Shot in the Dark by Victoria Lee
Yes, Daddy by Jonathan Parks-Ramage