Under Our Roof: A Podcast Jonathan Van De Loo

An open letter from playwright, Erin Claeys. 3 

Resources*: 

TrevorLifeline is a crisis intervention and suicide prevention phone service available 24/7/365 offered through the Trevor Project. If you or someone you love is seeking help please call 1-866-488-7386 or text “START” to 678678.

Trans Lifeline is a trans-led organization that connects trans people to the community, support, and resources they need to survive and thrive. Available 7am-1am PST / 9am-3am CST / 10am-4am EST. Call 877-565-8860

Born Perfect: The Campaign to End Conversion Therapy is a campaign of the National Center for Lesbian Rights focused on passing laws across the country to protect LGBT children and young people from the harm of sexual orientation and gender identity change efforts. Born Perfect drafts, introduces and passes legislation, spreads awareness through public education, media, and advocacy, and empowers conversion therapy survivors and their families.

Trevor Project provides 24/7 life-saving support via phone, text, and chat, as well as a safe space social networking site for LGBTQ youth, as well as creates and runs research, education and advocacy programs. In the effort to protect LGBTQ youth from conversion therapy in every state of the nation and countries around the world, Trevor Project has launched 50 Bills, 50 States.

PFLAG is the first and largest organization for LGBTQ+ people, their parents and families, and allies. Resources include webinars, and a free training toolkit to assist people looking to take action in the effort to protect LGBTQ people from conversion therapy in all its forms. 

The National LGBTQ Task Force’s Institute for Welcoming resources is an ecumenical group that aims to provide resources to facilitate a paradigm shift in multiple denominations whereby churches become welcoming and affirming of all congregants regardless of sexual orientation and gender identity.

Q Christian Fellowship is an ecumenical Christian ministry focused on serving lesbian, bisexual, gay, transgender, queer, and straight ally Christians. QCF seeks to cultivate radical belonging among LGBTQ+ people and allies through a commitment to growth, community, and relational justice.In keeping with its mission QCF has launched the UNCHANGED campaign as an affirmative counter to the damage wrought in the name of God through ex-gay theologies and conversion therapy. 

Transmission Ministry Collective is an online community dedicated to the spiritual care, faith formation, and leadership potential of transgender, nonbinary, genderqueer, and gender-expansive Christians. If you are looking for support or are in need of virtual community you will be able to find that through TMC’s text-based chat servers, video-based support groups, as well as their online Bible studies.

*More resources found at: https://www.prayawayfilm.com/resources

Welcome to Under Our Roof: A Podcast! Inspired by the world of Enter Under My Roof, an upcoming new play by Erin Claeys (she/they) put on by Vertigo Productions, tackling issues at the intersection of gender, queerness, and faith. 

Today, trusty host Jonathan (he/him), Erin, and fellow playwright Kathryn de la Rosa (they/siya/she), the mind behind upcoming WAVE Productions play Holy Virgins, take a deep dive into their plays, Catholicism, queerness, race, femme identifying characters/people, the history behind the institution of the Catholic church, and so, so much more. 

If you want to hear more about our show, running April 16-17, follow us on Instagram @enterundermyroofvertigo

If you want to hear more about holy virgins, running April 9-11, follow @h0lyv1r9inz

If you would like a transcript of the episode, email Jonathanvandeloo2023@u.northwestern.edu :)