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"LGBTQ people need to know God loves them regardless of who they are attracted to."

"LGBTQ people need to know God loves them regardless of who they are attracted to."

A Surviving Purity Culture Interview with Bridget Eileen Rivera

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Camden Morgante
Sep 20, 2024
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Welcome to Surviving Purity Culture, a mini-series of interviews with purity culture survivors and diverse experts. These are the full-length transcripts of the interviews I conducted for my book, Recovering from Purity Culture.1

Today’s Surviving Purity Culture Interview is with author and activist Bridget Eileen Rivera on Purity Culture’s Effects on Queer Christians. Here is a line-up of this Mini-Series.

Experts:

  • Brittany Broaddus-Smith, a Christian sexologist: Purity Culture's Effects on Black Women

  • Bridget Eileen Rivera, an activist and author: Purity Culture’s Effects on Queer Christians

  • Sarah McDugal, an advocate and coach: How to Recognize Unhealthy or Abusive Relationships

Survivors’ Stories:

  • “Carrie”: prolonged singleness

  • “Nicole”: divorce and marital rape

  • Emily: dating and reconstructing your sexual ethic after the death of your spouse

  • “Elizabeth”: dating and your sexual ethic after divorce

  • Alisha: abusive marriage and remarriage after divorce

  • Hanna: vaginismus in marriage

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In order to protect both the women’s stories and the material in my book, this mini-series will only be available to paid subscribers or members of my launch team. You can subscribe for $5 per month or $50 per year for exclusive content and community.

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