G Charles Wright: Growing up Bisexual, Natural Disasters & Abusive Parenting

Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation

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🗓️ 22 June 2022

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Casting director and former Christian G Charles Wright talks about growing up Christian and struggling with his sexuality, a natural disaster he was caught in the middle of, why he calls his mom a psychopath, and how he shed the influence of his upbringing and finally accepted himself and his sexuality. Got your own story about cults, extreme belief, or abuse of power? Leave a voicemail or text us at 347-86-TRUST (347-868-7878?) OR shoot us an email at Trust Me Pod @gmail.com FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM: @trustmepodcast @oohlalola @vibehigherbitch OR TWITTER: @trustmecultpod @ohlalola

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0:00.0	If you have your own story of being in a cult or a high control group or if you've had
0:04.1	experience with manipulation or abuse the power that you'd like to share, leave us a message
0:08.4	on our hotline number at 347-86 trust. That's 347-868-7878 or shoot us an e-mail at TrustMePod
0:18.2	at gmail.com. Trust me. Trust me. Trust me. Trust me. Trust me. I'm like a smart person.
0:24.9	I've never lied to you. I've never had lied. If you think that one person has all the answers,
0:31.6	don't! Welcome to TrustMe. The podcast about cults, extreme belief, and the abuse of power from two
0:37.3	troubled teens who've actually experienced it, I am Lola Blonk. And I'm Megan Elizabeth.
0:41.9	And today our guest is G Charles Wright. So for Pride Month, we wanted to highlight some LGBTQ
0:47.8	stories. Today one of the stories is his. So he is a casting director and he's a former Christian
0:53.2	and he's going to talk to us about growing up Christian and struggling with his sexuality,
0:57.3	how he felt like he couldn't be himself in the face of the all-too-common religious stigma
1:01.6	against the LGBTQ community and some of the strict rules he had to go along with when going to church.
1:06.7	We're also going to go on a fascinating tangent about a natural disaster he was present for,
1:12.1	why he calls his mom a psychopath, plus how he shed the influence of his upbringing and finally
1:18.1	accepted himself and to sexuality. He is awesome. We've recorded this a while ago actually.
1:23.1	We've been waiting for the right time and the time is now. The time is now. I'm really excited
1:28.1	about this one. He's incredible. It's true. It's true. Before we dive in with G Charles, are we
1:33.7	supposed to call him G or Charles or G Charles? I call him G Charles. G Charles, that's cool.
1:39.0	I know. Okay, I'm kind of jealous. I want people to call me M G, but no one will.
1:44.9	El Blanc. El Blanc just sounds like the Blanc. You can call me the Blanc if you want.
1:52.7	Okay, Megan, tell me your cool teased thing. Oh, okay. Well, it's kind of sad. I'm reading a
1:58.4	story right now about this school in Missouri. It's called the Agape School and it's closing. It's
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