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In this high-energy sixth episode of Quite Frankly, host Frankie Val takes listeners on a whirlwind tour through geopolitics, Catholic intrigue, and the collapsing credibility of the media and political establishment. He kicks off with personal stories from Liberation Day and family life before diving into an illuminating conversation with nutritionist Jay Gulanello and rancher Eric Perner on the life-saving potential of regenerative agriculture. Frankie then brings in polling expert Rich Barris for a deep-dive conversation that spans the papal election of Leo XIV, the weaponization of immigration by the Catholic Church, the captured U.S. Senate, and Trump's under-the-radar victories, like the UK trade deal and a seismic political grovel by new Canadian PM Mark Carney. The duo discusses GOP corruption, the rise of populism, the deep state's entrenchment, and why Trump's executive orders may be laying the groundwork for dismantling the bloated federal bureaucracy. The episode peaks with a gripping theological and political breakdown with Timothy Gordon, analyzing the selection of the new pope, Francis' court-packing strategy, the Lavender Mafia's influence, and whether the Vatican is being manipulated to fall in line with globalist aims. From Fatima to Windswept House to the legacy of Pope John Paul I, it's a firehose of Catholic lore, conspiracy, and sobering reality. Add in some wild sidebars on UFOs, secret societies, and prophetic Marian visions, and you've got a two-hour tour de force of unapologetic conversation, cultural reflection, and critical analysis you won't hear anywhere else. This is Quite Frankly at full throttle.

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In this episode, we have a conversation with LGBTQ+ Mindset Coach and host of the Queer Consciousness Podcast, Kit Sargent! They reflect on their experience of this year's QCF Conference and talk about their “fundie lite” upbringing (they had a True Love Waits Ring!). We discuss the sexualization of prepubescent girls' bodies and all the things that are wrong with that.They talk about their experience of realizing their queer identity (crushing on best friends and totally being oblivious to that), and questioning and examining their beliefs in order to find their true self during the pandemic, and how The Lavender Mafia podcast helped them come out (shout out to Jess Grace Garcia and Jonathan Quinn!). We talk about how the Bible is living and active which means by its nature the way we interact with it changes over time, and how Jesus is the Word of God, not the Bible. We also talk about reclaiming our divinity–we are spiritual beings having an integrated mind-body-spirit human experience. Kit shares about the work they do as a mindset coach to help LGBTQ+ people figure out who they really are. You can find Kit on Instagram @sargent.says and their podcast here. We have merch! Get your Bible Dyke Energy Tee and more here: https://www.redbubble.com/people/rtgardenpodcast/shop  Our social media: @reclaimingthegarden on Insta, @RtGardenPodcast on Twitter, and Reclaiming the Garden on Facebook. Our personal accounts: @thatpunchabletheaternerd, @April_TheWriter (April is on Twitter and Insta). Also, our podcast account follows a bunch of awesome folks + podcasts in the exvangelical/deconstruction world and progressive Christian world, so if you're looking for more resources, that's a great place to start!

In this episode, we have a conversation with worship pastor and queer Christian podcaster Jess Grace Garcia at the 2023 Q Christian Fellowship Conference! Jess talks about their faith journey and with it their evolving relationship with worship music. Likewise, we also dive into Jess' journeys with gender and sexuality and how it has impacted their life, and we learn about the amazing concept of “Do be do.” You can find Jess on Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok @jessgracegarcia. You can find the podcast they host with Jonathan Quinn, Lavender Mafia, wherever you listen to podcasts. And of course, if you want some affirming worship music in your life, you can find Q Worship Collective on Instagram and Spotify! We have merch! Get your Bible Dyke Energy Tee and more here: https://www.redbubble.com/people/rtgardenpodcast/shop Our social media: @reclaimingthegarden on Insta, @RtGardenPodcast on Twitter, and Reclaiming the Garden on Facebook. Our personal accounts: @thatpunchabletheaternerd, @April_TheWriter (April is on Twitter and Insta). Also, our podcast account follows a bunch of awesome folks + podcasts in the exvangelical/deconstruction world and progressive Christian world, so if you're looking for more resources, that's a great place to start!

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth interview with Luke Yankee, Playwright, Author, “The Art of Writing for the Theatre: An Introduction to Script Analysis, Criticism and Playwriting” About Harvey's guest: Today's special guest, Luke Yankee, is a highly accomplished playwright, director, producer and author, who last appeared on our show to discuss his wonderful memoir, “Just Outside the Spotlight:  Growing Up with Eileen Heckart”, which I've said before and I'll say again, is the BEST celebrity memoir I've ever read.    Our guest studied at the Juilliard School of Drama, NYU, Circle in the Square and Northwestern.  And he holds a Masters of Fine Arts degree in playwriting and screenwriting from the University of California Riverside.  He's written many critically acclaimed plays that have been produced all over the country, including “A Place at Forest Lawn”, The Lavender Mafia”, “The Man Who Killed the Cure”, “The Last Lifeboat”, and my favourite, “Marilyn, Mom & Me”, which won the prestigious Stanley Award for Drama this year.   Our guest has been the assistant director for SIX Broadway plays, and he's directed and produced Off-Broadway AND at regional theatres throughout the country and abroad.  He served as the Producing Artistic Director of the Long Beach Civic Light Opera in California, AND the Struthers Library Theatre in Pennsylvania.   He's also a highly sought-after guest director, and he teaches playwriting at California State Fullerton, and Chapman University.   He's here to discuss his brand new book, entitled “The Art of Writing for the Theatre: An Introduction to Script Analysis, Criticism and Playwriting.”  The book provides practical advice for aspiring playwrights and theatre critics.  In addition to the wealth of instructive material, the book contains fascinating pearls of wisdom from interviews the author conducted with 18 internationally acclaimed playwrights, lyricists, librettists and critics.  The book is rapidly becoming required reading in university theatre courses, but as you're about to find out, the book is of interest not only to those aspiring to write for the theatre, but to every theatre lover, because it provides illuminating insights into the creative process. For more interviews and podcasts go to: https://www.harveybrownstoneinterviews.com/https://yankeehillproductions.com/https://twitter.com/lukebyankeehttps://theartofwritingforthetheatre.com/https://www.facebook.com/luke.yankeehttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLsLZBOiO81LJ89uTCJVpgghttps://www.instagram.com/lukebyankee #LukeYankee   #yankeehillproductions  #harveybrownstoneinterviews

Our stories today include: (1) the resignation of Dr. Anthony Fauci (effective this December), the man best known for his role in pushing masks, lockdowns, and vaccines since the arrival of COVID, after nearly 40 years as the Director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID); (2) the upcoming consistory in Rome this Saturday, during which Pope Francis will create 21 new cardinals, 16 of whom will be eligible to vote in a conclave; (3) the death of Archbishop Rembert Weakland (formerly of Milwaukee), a notorious member of the Lavender Mafia within the Church's hierarchy, and his sordid legacy (including high-level involvement in the post-Vatican II liturgical revolution); (4) a Vatican theologian who claims that Paul VI's Humanae Vitae (1968 Encyclical on contraception) and Pius XI's Casti Connubii (1930 Encyclical on marriage) contain "reformable doctrine"; and (5) the annual Mother Cabrini Pilgrimage in Denver (organized by the local SSPX priory).

This week Jess & Jack have a conversation about time. We talk about time travel: whether it's possible and where/when we would go if we could. We also talk about the ways in which queer people relate to time differently from our cishet counterparts: the what and why of “Queer People Time,” as well as how milestone events in queer lives often occur later or in different orders than those in straight lives. Visit linktr.ee/lavmafia for our IG, Twitter, Facebook community page, Discord, and Patreon, and go to lavmafia.com to order your very own Lavender Mafia merch!

This week Jess & Jack have a conversation about queer friend break-ups. We talk about how queer friendships often blur lines between friendship and romantic/sexual relationships, and how that complicates the ending of friendships among queer people, as well as how to navigate a friend break-up when everyone knows everyone else. We also talk about some of the reasons queer friendships come to an end, reflect on some friend break-ups that we're particularly painful, and what it would take for us to reconcile with those friends. Visit linktr.ee/lavmafia for our IG, Twitter, Facebook community page, Discord, and Patreon, and go to lavmafia.com to order your very own Lavender Mafia merch!

This week Jess & Jack have a conversation about evangelism. We talk about The Eyes of Tammy Faye, what we think of when we think of evangelists, and the ways our previous faith contexts used shame and fear to push evangelism strategies of emotional manipulation. We also talk about why our current faith contexts have no place for evangelism, why universalism doesn't have to be anti-evangelistic,and how we can reclaim evangelism as an anti-colonialist and consent-respecting pursuit of queer liberation. Visit linktr.ee/lavmafia for our IG, Twitter, Facebook community page, Discord, and Patreon, and go to lavmafia.com to order your very own Lavender Mafia merch!

This week Jess & Jack respond to a listener question about what we think about trans people seeking to be re-baptized after transitioning. We talk about the meaning of baptism, how to weigh theological vs. pastoral concerns, as well as the ways that we are (and aren't) the same people after transition. Jess & Jack have a spirited disagreement, even disagreeing on what kind of disagreement they're having. ICYMI: we have merch! Go to lavmafia.com to order your very own Lavender Mafia shirt! Visit linktr.ee/lavmafia for our IG, Twitter, Facebook community page, Discord, and Patreon.

This week Jess & Jack have a conversation about faith. We talk about what it is (and isn't) and how our previous and current faith contexts talk about it, including whether it's like sitting on a chair. We also talk about what it looks like for each of us to put our faith into action, from social justice and advocacy to therapy and partaking of the Eucharist. ICYMI: we have merch! Go to lavmafia.com to order your very own Lavender Mafia shirt! Visit linktr.ee/lavmafia for our IG, Twitter, Facebook community page, Discord, and Patreon.

This week Jess & Jack respond to a queer listener who wants to know in what order it's best to come out: friends, then family, or vice-versa. We talk about how there's no one-size-fits-all order to coming out, the pros and cons of dipping a toe in the water vs. jumping in the deep end, and the family/friend social dynamics involved in coming out. We also talk about the importance of taking care of your emotional and mental health through the process, including establishing safety nets for yourself, if you can. ICYMI: we have merch! Go to lavmafia.com to order your very own Lavender Mafia shirt! Visit linktr.ee/lavmafia for our IG, Twitter, Facebook community page, Discord, and Patreon.

This week Jess & Jack have a conversation about cults. We talk about what they are, how to spot them, and the differences between cults and other religious groups. We also talk about the ways the churches of our conservative Christian were very cult-like, as well as the ways that progressive faith spaces replicate the same cult-like qualities of the churches we escaped from. ICYMI: we have merch! Go to lavmafia.com to order your very own Lavender Mafia shirt! Visit linktr.ee/lavmafia for our IG, Twitter, Facebook community page, Discord, and Patreon.

This week Jess & Jack share the story of Kit, a listener who grew up steeped in the purity culture of conservative evangelicalism, walked away from her faith in college, and came back to it recently, only to find their home church's teachings sickening (and not in the good way). By learning to queer Jesus, embracing God's love for her, and blowing up most of what she was taught in church, she's finding there are parts of Christianity she still wants to keep. ICYMI: we have merch! Go to lavmafia.com to order your very own Lavender Mafia shirt! Visit linktr.ee/lavmafia for our IG, Twitter, Facebook community page, Discord, and Patreon.

This week Jess & Jack have a conversation about the recent viral TikTok song and certified bop “God Is a Freak,” by Peach PRC. We talk about Christian purity culture's obsession with sex, how they project that onto God, and the ways God does (and doesn't) care about what you do/is done to you in your bedroom or on your couch. Visit linktr.ee/lavmafia for our IG, Twitter, Facebook community page, and Patreon, to help Lavender Mafia keep going and for rewards for backers.

This week Jess & Jack respond to a queer listener who wants to know if God is ever going to give her a spouse. We talk about how much or little we think God intervenes in our search for romantic and sexual partners, as well as some of the harmful things Christian purity culture teaches about God “bringing someone along when you're ready.” We also talk about ways to put yourself out there (even if you're a Calvinist). Visit linktr.ee/lavmafia for our IG, Twitter, Facebook community page, and Patreon, to help Lavender Mafia keep going and for rewards for backers.

This week Jess & Jack have a conversation about kink-shaming. We talk about our most shameable kinks, as well as the sexual activities we just can't see ourselves getting into and why. We also talk about when making ethical evaluations of sexual activity is kink-shaming (and when it isn't), as how motivations affect the morality of kinks (for better and for worse), and Jess finally gets sick of Jack's bullshit. Visit linktr.ee/lavmafia for our IG, Twitter, Facebook community page, and Patreon, to help Lavender Mafia keep going and for rewards for backers.

This week Jess & Jack share the story of Pip, a trans non-binary Christian listener from Minneapolis who matched with Jack on a queer dating app (no, not Grindr). They grew up in a small-town hellfire-and-brimstone church, were bullied for coloring outside the gender boxes, and ended up hearing the Christian message of God's love and grace toward all through falling for a cute boy, listening to a Semler EP, and subscribing to a queer Christian podcast you might be familiar with. CW: Sexual assault, physical and verbal abuse, suicidal ideation ICYMI: we have merch! Go to lavmafia.com to pre-order your very own Lavender Mafia shirt! Visit linktr.ee/lavmafia for our IG, Twitter, Facebook community page, Discord, and Patreon.

This week Jess & Jack have a discussion about polyamory from biblical & theological perspectives. Does the presence of poly relationships in the Bible mean that the Bible supports them? What about biblical prohibitions of poly relationships? We also talk about The Reformation Project, an LGBTQ Christian organization, their recent strongly anti-poly social media post, and how poly Christians are thrown under the bus by “The Good Gays.” ICYMI: we have merch! Go to lavmafia.com to pre-order your very own Lavender Mafia shirt! Visit linktr.ee/lavmafia for our IG, Twitter, Facebook community page, Discord, and Patreon.

This week Jess & Jack have a discussion about polyamory: what it means to be poly; different ways to be poly; and benefits, challenges, and misconceptions. We also talk about whether being poly is a choice or whether you're born this way, baby; and polyphobia in the church and in society. ICYMI: we have merch! Go to lavmafia.com to pre-order your very own Lavender Mafia shirt! Visit linktr.ee/lavmafia for our IG, Twitter, TikTok, Facebook community page, Discord, and Patreon.

This week Jess & Jack have a discussion about cheating: why people cheat on their partners, what “counts” as cheating to us, and how cheating is (and isn't) relative. We also talk about what evangelical purity culture says about cheating, “emotional affairs,” and the polyphobia and biphobia in cheating discourses. ICYMI: we have merch! Go to lavmafia.com to pre-order your very own Lavender Mafia shirt! Visit linktr.ee/lavmafia for our IG, Twitter, Facebook community page, Discord and Patreon, to help Lavender Mafia keep going and for rewards for backers.

For the second and last of our Advent series, Jess & Jack have a discussion centered on the third and fourth weeks of Advent. We talk about joy, how joy is different from happiness, and the queer anarchist energy of John the Baptist. We also talk about the different ways that both conservative and progressive Christians are wrong about what love is. Our website lavmafia.com is live! Go there for merch, bios, and more. Visit linktr.ee/lavmafia for our IG, Twitter, Facebook community page, and Patreon, to help Lavender Mafia keep going and for rewards for backers. Also make sure to go check out Jess's episode with our friends at Queer Theology while she talks about finding the Divine in Music! https://www.queertheology.com/podcast/411/

Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth interview with Son of Legendary Actress Eileen Heckart, Luke Yankee, Playwright/Producer/Director, Author of “Just Outside the Spotlight: Growing Up with Eileen Heckart”About Harvey's guest:Luke Yankee is the son of one of the most hardworking, beloved and revered actresses of stage, feature films and television – Eileen Heckart.  In a career that spanned almost 6 decades, she starred in some of the greatest Broadway shows of all time, including “Picnic”, “Barefoot in the Park”, “The Dark at the Top of the Stairs”, and her incredibly powerful multi-award winning swan song, “The Waverly Gallery”. On the big screen, she co-starred in blockbuster movies including “Bus Stop”, “The Bad Seed”, “Butterflies are Free” and many more. She appeared in dozens of television shows including “Backstairs at the White House”, “Love & War”, and of course, “The Mary Tyler Moore Show”, where she played Mary's brash and hilarious aunt Flo. She won an Oscar, a Golden Globe, a Tony, 2 Emmys, numerous theatre awards, and she was inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame. And if that weren't enough, she received 4 honorary doctorates. Luke is a highly acclaimed actor, playwright, producer, director and teacher, has written a fascinating and deeply poignant book entitled, “Just Outside the Spotlight: Growing Up with Eileen Heckart” (published by Random House, with a foreword by Mary Tyler Moore).  Critics have called it “One of the most compassionate, illuminating showbiz books ever written.”His play, The Last Lifeboat is published by Dramatists Play Service and has had more than 40 productions in North America.  His other plays include The Lavender Mafia, and The Man Who Killed the Cure. His play The Jesus Hickey is the winner of the TRU Voices Award, as well as the Joel and Phyllis Ehrlich Award, given for “a socially relevant, commercially viable, new work of theatre.”  He directed the Los Angeles premiere at the Skylight Theatre, starring Harry Hamlin. Luke's first play, A Place at Forest Lawn has been produced at several regional theatres around the country. It is the recipient of the New Noises Award as well as the Palm Springs International Playwriting Festival. It was developed in workshops in New York and Los Angeles featuring Betty White, Marion Ross, Tony Goldwyn, Marcia Cross, Barbara Rush, Pat Carroll, Frances Sternhagen, John Glover and Millicent Martin.He has taught and guest directed extensively at colleges, universities and conservatories throughout the U.S. and abroad. He holds an MFA in Playwriting and Screenwriting from UC Riverside. He is currently an adjunct faculty member at Cal State Fullerton and Chapman University. Luke also studied at the Juilliard School of Drama, NYU, Circle in the Square and Northwestern.For more interviews and podcasts go to: https://www.harveybrownstoneinterviews.com/https://yankeehillproductions.com/https://www.facebook.com/luke.yankeehttps://www.instagram.com/lukebyankee/http://twitter.com/lukebyankeehttps://www.linkedin.com/in/luke-yankee-1a71265https://justoutsidethespotlight.com/#LukeYankee  #EileenHeckart  #harveybrownstoneinterviews

This week Jess & Jack have a discussion centered on hope and peace, the two themes of the first two weeks of Advent, the time in which some Christian traditions prepare to celebrate the birth of Jesus. We talk about what hope and peace are, what we hope for (and against), and seeking inner peace vis-à-vis seeking the peace of the community or the world. Our website lavmafia.com is live! Go there for merch, bios, and more. Visit linktr.ee/lavmafia for our IG, Twitter, Facebook community page, and Patreon, to help Lavender Mafia keep going and for rewards for backers.

This week, Jess & Jack have a conversation about the recent Trans Day of Remembrance. Jack talks about a TDoR service he and his fiancé helped lead at their Episcopal church. They also respond to a listener question about how churches can love trans people better. Jess talks about helping her older mainline congregation figure out pronouns—human and divine, and Jack shares a favorite poem from trans Christian poet Jay Hulme's book The Backwater Sermons. Visit linktr.ee/lavmafia for our IG, Twitter, Facebook community page, and Patreon, to help Lavender Mafia keep going and for rewards for backers.

This week Jess & Jack respond to a listener who wants to know how churches could ever make it up to LGBTQ people for the history of oppression they've caused us. We talk about oppressors who seek “forgiveness” without ceasing to oppress, what makes a good LGBTQ ally, and getting that sweet, sweet queer reparations money. We also go off, sis, on churches' exploitation of unpaid (especially queer) labor. Visit linktr.ee/lavmafia for our IG, Twitter, Facebook community page, and Patreon, to help Lavender Mafia keep going and for rewards for backers.

On this “After Dark” episode, Jess & Jack have a conversation about body hair: our own (wo)manscaping regimens, hair we wish we had (or didn't), and our body hair preferences for our partners. We also talk about the idea that hairy is “natural,” and, therefore, good, and what that has to do with disabled and trans bodies and experiences. Visit linktr.ee/lavmafia for our IG, Twitter, Facebook community page, and Patreon, to help Lavender Mafia keep going and for rewards for backers.

This week Jess & Jack share the story of a straight(!) listener who is drawn to Lavender Mafia *because* it's created by and geared toward the LGBTQ community, because it helps her learn more about a community she's not a part of. She talks about gardening while listening and feeling like she's part of the conversation, being the same person on the inside and the outside, and her appreciation for Jess's talking about her marriage and for the dynamic between her and Jack. Visit linktr.ee/lavmafia for our IG, Twitter, Facebook community page, and Patreon, to help Lavender Mafia keep going and for rewards for backers.

This week Jess & Jack have a conversation about the afterlife: where it is, who goes there, and what it might be like to be a ghost. We also talk about our own experiences with the spirit realm, what the Bible and Christian tradition say about the afterlife—including that one ghost story in the Bible—and what we'll do if we end up as ghosts. Visit linktr.ee/lavmafia for our IG, Twitter, Facebook community page, and Patreon, to help Lavender Mafia keep going and for rewards for backers.

This week Jess & Jack respond to a listener who wants to know how Christian spaces can be more accessible to disabled and neurodiverse people. We talk about the physical obstacles to inclusion many disabled people experience in churches—since churches are exempt from ADA requirements—and compare those churches to Jesus' own ministry. We also talk about our own experiences being neurodiverse congregants and pastors, as well as co-leading a small group of neurodiverse LGBTQ people. Visit linktr.ee/lavmafia for our IG, Twitter, Facebook community page, and Patreon, to help Lavender Mafia keep going and for rewards for backers.

This week Jess & Jack have a discussion about sex work: Can it be ethical? Should it be legalized? What are our own experiences with sex work and sex workers? How can we support and protect the sex workers who are oppressed and marginalized? We also talk about the recent OnlyFans controversy and what we would do on our own OnlyFans profiles. Visit linktr.ee/lavmafia for our IG, Twitter, Facebook community page, and Patreon, to help Lavender Mafia keep going and for rewards for backers.

This week Jess & Jack respond to a listener who wants to know why queer people would stay involved with a religion (Christianity) in which most people are anti-LGBTQ. We talk about what has led each of us to stay involved in churches, what has made us want to leave, and when to stay and work for change vs. when to leave. If you have a question you'd like us to tackle or a story you'd like to share, email us at thelavendermafia@gmail.com or hit us up on social media! Visit linktr.ee/lavmafia for our IG, Twitter, and Facebook community page, or for our Patreon, to help Lavender Mafia keep going and for rewards for backers.

This week Jess & Jack have a conversation about hell: what we were taught about it, what's wrong with what we were taught about it, and what we believe now. We talk about how the concept of hell is weaponized against queer people, as well as what our own personalized hell (à la Dante's Inferno) would look like. Visit linktr.ee/lavmafia for our IG, Twitter, Facebook community page, and Patreon, to help Lavender Mafia keep going and for rewards for backers.

This week Jess & Jack respond to questions about the gender binary from a tweet one of our listeners tagged us in: “What led you to realize the gender binary was not for you? In what ways did the binary feel wrong?” If you have a question you'd like us to tackle or a story you'd like to share, email us at thelavendermafia@gmail.com or hit us up on social media! Visit linktr.ee/lavmafia for our IG, Twitter, and Facebook community page, or for our Patreon, to help Lavender Mafia keep going and for rewards for backers.

This week Jess & Jack have a conversation about sex toys: our firsts, our faves, and what we used as toys that aren't or shouldn't be toys. We also talk about how sex toys can be useful when one or more partners is disabled, we address the objection that using toys creates distance between the partners, and Jack makes an unusual connection between sex toys and the Eucharist. Visit linktr.ee/lavmafia for our IG, Twitter, Facebook community page, and Patreon, to help Lavender Mafia keep going and for rewards for backers.

This week Jess & Jack share the story of a listener who was homeschooled and Southern Baptist, tried to pray the gay away, was interviewed for a book, came out, was rejected by family and church, got gay married, became addicted to meth, went to prison, got sober, got out, and opened a bakery. As one does. If you have a story you'd like to share, email us at thelavendermafia@gmail.com or hit us up on social media! Visit linktr.ee/lavmafia for our IG, Twitter, and Facebook community page, or for our Patreon, to help Lavender Mafia keep going and for rewards for backers.

This week Jess & Jack have a conversation about death. We talk about how we want to go (and don't want to go) and what we want our funerals to look like. We also talk about our own brushes with death, loved ones we've lost, and how queerness means contemplating our own mortality and choosing joy over fear. Visit linktr.ee/lavmafia for our IG, Twitter, Facebook community page, and Patreon, to help Lavender Mafia keep going and for rewards for backers.

Jack Bates (he/they) is a bisexual, trans and non-binary Episcopalian, father, fiancé, drag queen, stand-up comedian, and theologian. He has a B.A. in Bible and Masters degrees in Philosophy and Religion as well as Historical Theology. They share about doing drag in faith spaces, the intersection of faith and disability, and the importance of a queer-affirming theology. You can find Jack on Twitter at @jackmb and listen to their queer Christian podcast, "Lavender Mafia," wherever you find podcasts.

This week Jess & Jack have a conversation about gay bars: our first times, our best times, and what they mean to us as LGBTQ people. We also talk about tips for getting the most out of your gay bar experience and how to find (or avoid) bars and other gay spaces where kinky public sex is on the menu. Visit linktr.ee/lavmafia for our IG, Twitter, Facebook community page, and Patreon, to help Lavender Mafia keep going and for rewards for backers.

This week Jess & Jack share the story of a queer trans listener who is rethinking their aversion to Christianity because of encountering LGBTQ Christians who show them a Christianity very different from that practiced by callous and judgmental people they have known. In getting to know Christians who embrace love and justice because of, rather than in spite of, their religion, this listener is coming to embrace the title “Christian.” If you have a story of gender, sexuality, and/or faith you'd like to share, email us at thelavendermafia@gmail.com or hit us up on social media! Visit linktr.ee/lavmafia for our IG, Twitter, and Facebook community page, or for our Patreon, to help Lavender Mafia keep going and for rewards for backers.

This week Jess & Jack talk about the crucifixion of Jesus. We talk about our experiences in evangelical Good Friday services, how churches talked about what happened on the cross, and how queerness gives us new perspectives on the crucifixion and its meaning. Visit linktr.ee/lavmafia for our IG, Twitter, Facebook community page, and Patreon, to help Lavender Mafia keep going and for rewards for backers.

This week Jess & Jack share the story of a trans listener who grew up as a conservative Catholic and whose preparation to become a monk led them to accepting their own queerness. If you have a story of gender, sexuality, and/or faith you'd like to share, email us at thelavendermafia@gmail.com or hit us up on social media! Visit linktr.ee/lavmafia for our IG, Twitter, and Facebook community page, or for our Patreon, to help Lavender Mafia keep going and for rewards for backers.

This week Jess & Jack tackle a listener-suggested topic: How are queer and straight dating different? We talk about having fewer gendered expectations, queer (and Christian!) baggage, and dating in a society set up for straight relationships and against queer ones. We also talk about the beauty in diverse kinds of queer relationships, how we both hate to pick up the check, and how queer people are more likely to try new things in the bedroom. Visit linktr.ee/lavmafia for our IG, Twitter, Facebook community page, and Patreon, to help Lavender Mafia keep going and for rewards for backers.

Archbishop Vigano has identified the root cause of the abuse crisis in the church to be a plague of homosexuality in the clergy and the hierarchy. This is not the first time the Church has been afflicted by the scourge of what His Grace calls a Lavender Mafia. An element of the wide corruption of the Church during the 11th century involved the sin of Sodom among clerics and in particular in monasteries. St. Peter Damian was a leading figure who fought to free the Church of this grave sin. Brian McCall and author Matthew Hoffman (who translated St. Peter Damian's work "The Book of Gomorrah") discuss the great saint and his successful plan to reform the Church of his day. His translation is available here https://www.amazon.com/Gomorrah-Damians-Struggle-Ecclesiastical-Corruption/dp/0996704205. 

This Memorial Day weekend, Jack and his fiancé August are traveling to meet Jack's very conservative family(!), so Lavender Mafia is taking it easy with our first mini-sode! Follow us on Instagram & Twitter at @lavmafia, and visit patreon.com/lavmafia to help us keep making good queer Christian content and for rewards for backers.

This Memorial Day weekend, Jack and his fiancé August are traveling to meet Jack's very conservative family(!), so Lavender Mafia is taking it easy with our first mini-sode! Jess shares a story from a listener from her tiny high school graduating class who is learning that queer liberation can liberate the straights, too. Jack shares a question from a listener wondering how to navigate relationships with non-affirming friends & family. Follow us on Instagram & Twitter at @lavmafia, and visit patreon.com/lavmafia to help us keep making good queer Christian content and for rewards for backers.

This week we announce some changes to the format of the podcast and talk about some new directions we're excited about, including bonus episodes with questions and stories from our listeners, as well as exclusive content for Patreon subscribers. Stay tuned for our main episode on Thursday! Follow us on Instagram and Twitter at @lavmafia, and visit patreon.com/lavmafia to help us keep making good queer Christian content and for rewards for backers.

Is it possible to pray the gay away? Jack Bates, cohost of the queer spirituality podcast, Lavender Mafia, joins Phil and Alex in tackling this question. The answer is obviously no - but the damage this abuse does can have large consequences down the road. We also hear stories from Scott, a gay man who bested a so-called conversion "therapist" in a battle of wits, and John, a gay man who exposed a notorious conversion clinic on the national stage.

Lavender Mafia After Dark is the series of short-form, sex-positive, adult-themed Lavender Mafia episodes. Put the kids, pups, and subs to bed; After Dark isn't for sensitive ears. And our moms: please don't listen to this. In this first episode, hosts Jess Grace Garcia and Jack Bates have a conversation about our “Best & Worst” sexual encounters. Jack discovers the life-changing magic of leaving bite marks, and one of his tops comes up short. Jess breaks some long-held orgasm records and manages to play strip Jenga without recognizing she's being flirted with. Follow us @lavmafia on instagram and twitter!

In the pilot episode of Lavender Mafia, hosts Jess Grace Garcia and Jack Bates have a conversation about what it means to us to be both queer and Christian, exploring the destructive and constructive effects of Christianity and queerness coming into contact with each other in our lives. In our segment “We Come…To Worship!” we talk about Christian music divas and practice queering a song that wasn't written for us—Jack Velasquez's “I Get On My Knees.” In our Q&A segment, we address a question from someone who slid into our DM's: “What should the future of queer Christianity look like?” Follow us @lavmafia on instagram and twitter

Hey! Here's a short introduction to who we are, what we're about and why we think there should be one more podcast in the world! Follow us on instagram and twitter at @lavmafia to Be fierce. Keep the faith. And DON'T fuck it up!

The LGBTQ lobby (or Lavender Mafia) both in the State and the Church tries to convince us that temptations to unnatural sexual acts and lifestyles are innate and normal tendencies that should be embraced not overcome. Turning truth on its head they argue that resisting such unnatural inclinations is unnatural and harmful. Their work over the past several decades has led to the social and legal acceptance of same sex "marriages" in the State and the toleration and even promotion of this intrinsic evil within the Church. Brian McCall speaks with Kim Zember, author of Restless Heart: My Struggle with Life and Sexuality, about her personal journey to overcome this lie. She shares how, notwithstanding her Catholic upbringing, she gave way to this temptation that was given to her. Sadly she shares how a Catholic priest encouraged this surrender to temptation rather than resistance. Thanks be to God her restless heart eventually found its way back to Catholic truth. The peace that she has found by converting from her former life--that was characterized by unhappiness and disturbance--is evident even in this short conversation. Her story is a sign of contradiction and a stumbling block to the LGBTQ lobby. Due to the subject matter of this interview it is not appropriate for younger audiences. Her book can be found here https://www.sophiainstitute.com/products/item/restless-heart 

Today's show begins with Chris's memories of three LGBT networks that existed in evangelical institutions. These are not hearsay stories, the people involved remain nameless, but Chris knew them personally. Most troubling was the way these networks recruited new members and initiated them. In each case theology was twisted to provide justification for what was occurring. The stories provide a basis for considering what is known as the "Lavender Mafia" in the Roman Catholic Church. For those unfamiliar with the term, "Lavender Mafia" is the name used by socially conservative Roman Catholics for a network of homosexual priests that many people believe exists in the Roman Catholic Church. Chris then wonders aloud, "Is it unreasonable to suspect that something similar may exist in some places among evangelical clergy?" This is a free-ranging discussion that includes reflections on some of the theological trends within evangelicalism and how those trends may serve these networks. As a bonus--this show is the first one recorded on the new recording equipment. The guys are still learning how to use it, so hopefully the sound quality will improve with each episode going forward. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-theology-pugcast/support

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When the duo of Art Kulik and Ashton Bingham created Trilogy Media, a YouTube channel featuring live skits to annoy and generally waste the time of incessant telemarketing calls they were being besieged with, they didn't realize that they were starting a social media juggernaut which also provided instruction to viewers seeking to avoid the scams. The team now makes live appearances across the country at such places like nursing homes where the most vulnerable victims of these scams reside so they can teach these audiences how to avoid falling into these traps. As the holiday season approaches, these scams will even increase with a wave of fake charity callers looking to raise funds. Both Ashton and Art will join me to talk about their work. Milo Yiannopoulos has a new book out, Diabolical: How Pope Francis Has Betrayed Clerical Abuse Victims Like Me—and Why He Has To Go, and in Diabolical, Milo levels his critical eye at the Catholic Church, an institution he reveres but which, under the leadership of what he calls a "Lavender Mafia", has become shambolic and depraved. Milo delves into “Who is the real Pope Francis?” “And can the Church survive him?” Yiannopoulos traces the origins of the Church's descent into sin and shame, pointing the finger at left-wing reformers, trendy progressive bishops, gay clergy, and ultimately, Francis himself. Milo will join me to discuss the book. Don't forget about the Edwards Notebook and the Veteran's Tip of the Day! 

When the duo of Art Kulik and Ashton Bingham created Trilogy Media, a YouTube channel featuring live skits to annoy and generally waste the time of incessant telemarketing calls they were being besieged with, they didn't realize that they were starting a social media juggernaut which also provided instruction to viewers seeking to avoid the scams. The team now makes live appearances across the country at such places like nursing homes where the most vulnerable victims of these scams reside so they can teach these audiences how to avoid falling into these traps. As the holiday season approaches, these scams will even increase with a wave of fake charity callers looking to raise funds. Both Ashton and Art will join me to talk about their work. Milo Yiannopoulos has a new book out, Diabolical: How Pope Francis Has Betrayed Clerical Abuse Victims Like Me—and Why He Has To Go, and in Diabolical, Milo levels his critical eye at the Catholic Church, an institution he reveres but which, under the leadership of what he calls a "Lavender Mafia", has become shambolic and depraved. Milo delves into “Who is the real Pope Francis?” “And can the Church survive him?” Yiannopoulos traces the origins of the Church's descent into sin and shame, pointing the finger at left-wing reformers, trendy progressive bishops, gay clergy, and ultimately, Francis himself. Milo will join me to discuss the book. Don't forget about the Edwards Notebook and the Veteran's Tip of the Day! 

Archbishop Vigano said that there is a “plague in the priesthood” that has led to decline in the pews, decline in chastity, and decline in orthodoxy. Why are disordered priests over-representing the priestly demographic?

Archbishop Vigano said that there is a “plague in the priesthood” that has led to decline in the pews, decline in chastity, and decline in orthodoxy. Why are disordered priests over-representing the priestly demographic? Is it true that over 51% are SSA? Dr Taylor Marshall and Timothy Gordon discuss the strategy to infiltrate the Catholic […] The post 176: Plague in the Priesthood: Vigano vs. Lavender Mafia [Podcast] appeared first on Taylor Marshall.

Episode Content Rating Warning! No Children Allowed! In this episode we discuss a topic which has been well documented and yet continues to hide in plain sight, supported by Beta Narcissists and both the willing and obliviously ignorant: the Lavender Mafia. Trading the contemplation of eternal things for earthly power, sins of the flesh, and mutually assured blackmail, the clerical legacy of "Cardinal Leonardine" is not only still with us but more powerful than ever, and don't kid yourself, the Lavender Mafia overculture transcends the liberal-conservative-Trad spectrum. Links, reading, and YouTube: https://www.barnhardt.biz/2014/07/28/the-one-about-the-bernardin-alinsky-obama-nexus/ Antipope Bergoglio Intentionally Surrounds Himself With Blackmailable Sycophants Don’t Be Dumb. Obedience Has Nothing To Do With It. They’re All Blackmailable. Decoding the Character Names in Windswept House Joseph Sciambra on "being and leaving" gay Feedback: please send your questions and comments to podcast@barnhardt.biz

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