Daniel: “Who Taught You to Be Queer?” episode 12

About this episode

Daniel shares his journey from a Southern Baptist upbringing to navigating queerness and addiction, ultimately finding recovery.

We interview Daniel: a white Queer millennial male who's gone from graduating college to dealing meth and serving time in federal prison. Now, a recovering addict living on this side of life. From a deeply Southern Baptist cloistered background. Daniel came into queerness and attraction to other boys from an early age. Acting upon those attractions he suffered admonishment and rebuke for responding to who he naturally was. Navigating such a life and choices made, he survived to tell his tale ...

People in this episode

Host: juan t salter

Guest: Daniel

Topics covered

• queerness
• addiction
• recovery
• Southern Baptist background
• personal narrative

Keywords

• queer
• millennial
• addict
• federal prison
• Southern Baptist
• recovery
• personal story

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Here We Are

Places: Southern Baptist

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