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Holy Homo Healing Hour

Holy Homo Healing Hour

Hosted by Elise and Kari, Holy Homo Healing Hour is a storytelling podcast that creates space for honest and vulnerable conversations about faith, identity, and healing. Each episode features LGBTQIA+ guests sharing their experiences in religious spaces, unlearning shame, and reclaiming joy, belonging, and spirituality on their own terms. Through open dialogue, empathy, and a touch of humor, we explore what it means to deconstruct, rebuild, and find wholeness after religious trauma. More than just

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00:51:54

Queer in Appalachia: What It Costs to be Honest and...

Holy Homo Healing Hour ·

2026/01/08

We sit down with Shelly Ayers who is a high school counselor, Appalachian writer, and “true mountain child” from Stinking Creek, Tennessee (yes, it’s real). Shelly talks about the deep pull of Appalachia: the clan-like ties to land and kin, the pressure to protect your people, and what it means to tell your truth.Together, we unpack growing up Pentecostal and all the shouting, speaking in tongues, fear of hell, and lingering “spiritual warfare” wiring that can take years to unlearn. Shelly shares

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00:57:15

Leaving Mormonism: The Coffee Rule, The Baptism Ban,...

Holy Homo Healing Hour ·

2025/12/31

Rachel (she/her) joins Holy Homo Healing Hour to talk about leaving Mormonism. A lifelong LDS member, Rachel breaks down the everyday realities of Mormon culture: the pressure to perform obedience, the gendered power structure of the priesthood, missions, and the way purity culture shapes adults long after they’re married. She also unpacks the moment everything shifted in 2015 with the LDS baptism policy that barred children of openly gay parents unless they disavowed their family, and the real harm

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00:47:43

Hangout Hour #2 | Toxic Relationships: The Quiet Red...

Holy Homo Healing Hour ·

2025/12/17

In this Holy Homo Hangout Hour, Kari and Elise continue their relationship mini-series by diving into toxic relationships, especially the subtle, covert kind that makes you feel like you’re losing your mind. They unpack love bombing, hidden emotional manipulation, and the “small” comments and behaviors that slowly chip away at your confidence (until you’re monitoring moods, walking on eggshells, and blaming yourself for everything).They also talk about why toxic dynamics can feel addictive, how

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00:49:06

Be Gay, Do Witchcraft: Pagan Roots & Inclusive Wicca...

Holy Homo Healing Hour ·

2025/12/10

In this episode, we sit down with author, blogger, and long-time witch Yvonne Aburrow (they/them).Yvonne shares their journey out of high-control Christianity, through atheism, and into paganism and Wicca, unpacking what it looks like to rebuild your beliefs after religious trauma. We discuss the many books they have written and how their work centers on queer, trans, disabled, and neurodivergent folks who still want real spiritual depth without the shame.We also get into the Satanic Panic, what

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00:46:00

Hangout Hour #1 | First Loves, Lost Loves, and Dirty...

Holy Homo Healing Hour ·

2025/12/03

In their very first Holy Homo Hangout Hour, Kari and Elise finally hit record on the conversations they usually have after the podcast ends. This time, they are talking about first queer relationships, especially when those firsts happen later in life.They unpack puppy love that shows up “late,” why lesbians get stereotyped for U-hauling, secret first loves that never got closure, and the messy overlap of best-friend love and romantic love. They also talk about the particular grief of breakups

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00:45:37

Theo | From Rapture Nightmares to a Transmasc Glow-up

Holy Homo Healing Hour ·

2025/11/26

TW: Rapture anxiety, hell imagery, exorcism, depression, suicidal ideation, self-harm Theo (they/he) grew up Pentecostal in rural southeastern Kentucky, where church meant all-day services, speaking in tongues, and constant warnings about the rapture. As a kid, they went to bed terrified that a blood-red moon meant Jesus was coming back and leaving them behind. In this episode, Theo shares how fear-based faith, “journey through hell” church events, and even a nearly staged exorcism shaped their

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00:57:58

MaryB. | Queer Christian

Holy Homo Healing Hour ·

2025/11/20

TW: Purity culture In this episode, we sit down with Mary B. (she/her) who is a New York City–based speaker, author, and host of the Found Family podcast. Mary B. traces her winding spiritual journey: from small-town Episcopal and Methodist pews, through Young Life and the World Race, into the soft patriarchy of “reasonable” evangelical spaces where certainty felt safer than questions.Together we talk about purity culture, sexual shame, and the quiet “gay panic” of Subarus, flannels, and sapphic

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00:57:54

Luke Wilson on Conversion Therapy, Deconstruction,...

Holy Homo Healing Hour ·

2025/11/12

Lucas Wilson, editor of Shame-Sex Attraction: Survivors' Stories of Conversion Therapy, joins us to unpack how conservative Christianity frames the world in stark binaries and how those behavioral scripts police gender, sexuality, and personal identity throughout our society. We swap Liberty University party stories and trace the difference between official conversion therapy programs and everyday conversion practices. This episode offers some clarity for anyone unlearning scripts that they never

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00:50:59

Freddy | Exploring the United Church of Christ

Holy Homo Healing Hour ·

2025/11/05

TW: Suicidal Ideation, Parental Death Freddy (he/him) is a teacher, activist, and comic-book community builder from Washington DC. He identifies as a queer Christian and is currently exploring the United Church of Christ. We talk about holding faith and queerness together, moving from rigid church spaces to fully affirming community, and why “love your neighbor” has to look like action. Freddy also shares a provocative interpretive take, a queer reading of the Gospels that includes his theory that

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00:57:47

Jess | Recovering Southern Missionary Baptist

Holy Homo Healing Hour ·

2025/10/29

TW: Death of a parent at a young age Jess (she/her) grew up where church wasn’t just on Sundays, it was in the air. In this conversation, the ex–Southern Missionary Baptist, queer mom, grad student, and aspiring horror novelist traces a path from small-town indoctrination to hard-won clarity. We talk about the rumor-mill “witch hunt” that trailed her as a teen, losing her dad and carrying adult grief too early, and why deconstruction sometimes happens in two waves. Jess wrestles the pull between

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00:47:58

Adam | Recovering Independent/Southern Baptist

Holy Homo Healing Hour ·

2025/10/22

TW: Conversion therapy, domestic violence, sexual assault of a minor, spiritual warfare, and cult dynamics. Adam revisits his journey from Independent/Southern Baptist upbringing to agnostic spiritualist. He shares early church memories alongside the trauma that shattered his safety there. Adam recounts being outed twice, pushed into conversion therapy, and scapegoated during a year-long missions program. Finally living openly and four years of therapy reframed worthiness, love, and consent. Today,

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00:55:34

Danielle | Recovering Evangelical

Holy Homo Healing Hour ·

2025/10/15

TW: Purity culture, spiritual warfare, cult themes, abuse, drugs In this episode of Holy Homo Healing Hour, Danielle shares her journey from a non-religious upbringing to a deep involvement in church life. She reflects on her time in various churches, her political awakening, and the process of deconstructing her faith. She also navigates her LGBTQ+ identity and the dynamics within her family, ultimately finding a supportive community outside the church. The conversation highlights the importance of

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00:51:31

Chloé | Recovering Southern Baptist

Holy Homo Healing Hour ·

2025/10/08

TW: Drug Addiction, Abuse, Hate SpeechIn this episode of Holy Homo Healing Hour, Chloé shares her journey as an activist and her experiences with religious trauma, coming out, and finding community. Chloé discusses her work in domestic and sexual violence services, her reflections on her evangelical upbringing, and the impact of her faith on her identity. She emphasizes the significance of love, acceptance, and personal growth in her life and work.Music Credit: VAAMP

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00:52:08

Alpha | Recovering Catholic

Holy Homo Healing Hour ·

2025/10/01

TW: Abuse, Suicide, Death, Birth Trauma, InfertilityIn this episode of Holy Homo Healing Hour, Alpha shares her journey from a strict Catholic upbringing to realizing her bisexuality and becoming agnostic. Alpha discusses the struggles with faith, the impact of abuse, and the journey towards healing. They reflect on the lessons learned from a near-death experience and the importance of finding purpose and meaning in life.

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00:01:45

A Brief Introduction

Holy Homo Healing Hour ·

2025/09/17

In this short intro episode, hosts Elise and Kari share the heart behind the podcast — a space for LGBTQIA+ folks and allies navigating faith, religious trauma, healing, and self-discovery.

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