85. LGBTQ+ and Porn with TJ Thomas

Overcome Pornography for Good

Sara Brewer

Christianity, Sexuality, Religion & Spirituality, Health & Fitness

5 • 679 Ratings

🗓️ 29 August 2022

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Discover new insights and perspectives around the relationship between the LGBTQ+ community, the Church, and viewing pornography. We’re discussing how religion impacted TJ’s experience of processing his sexual orientation, why pornography use doesn’t influence your sexual orientation, and the importance of dismantling the internalized homophobia that makes acknowledging and exploring one’s sexuality so difficult.

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0:00.0	You are listening to the Overcome Pornography for Good podcast, episode 85, LGBTQ plus and porn with T.J. Thomas. Welcome to the Overcome
0:11.8	Pornography for Good podcast where we take a research-based, trauma-informed, and results-focused approach to quitting porn.
0:21.2	This approach has been revolutionary and changed thousands and thousands of lives.
0:26.7	I'm your host, Sarah Brewer.
0:30.4	Hey, you guys, welcome to the podcast episode this week.
0:32.9	I am so excited for you to hear this interview that I just did with TJ. I love this guy. I've
0:40.6	been following him on Instagram for a little while. Really love his stuff. Really, really love
0:46.9	what he has to share with you today, especially about being LGBTQ plus and pornography use.
0:53.0	Or, you know, for those of you who are, I get questions
0:55.9	like this occasionally like, I'm viewing gay porn or I'm viewing this type of porn. Does this
1:02.1	mean I'm gay? We're going to talk about these hard questions. And TJ has a lot of personal
1:08.5	experience around this. He is a therapist. He has a lot of experience with
1:13.2	this. And I'm really excited for you to hear this interview. So please listen and enjoy it.
1:20.8	Okay, you guys, welcome to the episode this week. I'm so excited because I get to interview
1:26.0	TJ. And I don't even, your last name's Thomas.
1:29.5	Yeah.
1:30.4	TJ Thomas. I just know you as TJ counseling because that's how I see you on.
1:35.1	I always tell people, I'm like, oh yeah, my friend TJ posted this thing on Instagram,
1:39.8	even though we've never talked. This is our first time.
1:43.2	We're all friends. It's great. Yeah, I really,
1:45.8	really like his Instagram page. And anyways, he's awesome. So TJ is a therapist. And you just
1:52.5	opened your private practice. Is that correct? Uh-huh. Yep. About a week ago, I finally got my license.
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