Tim Rymel

Tim Rymel is a former ex-gay leader who worked as the outreach director of Memphis, Tennessee ex-gay ministry Love in Action, between 1991–1996.[1] Rymel quietly came out as gay in 2008.[2] In 2014, he released his memoir, Going Gay My Journey from Evangelical Christian Minister to Self-Acceptance, Love, Life, and Meaning, for which former Love in Action executive director, John Smid, wrote the forward. Rymel was previously married to a woman and has two children from that marriage.[3]

In July 2014, he signed a statement condemning reparative therapy for minors, along with eight other former leaders and founders of ex-gay ministry.[4] The statement was released through the National Center for Lesbian Rights as part of the #BornPerfect Campaign.[5]

In November 2018, Rymel released his third book, Rethinking Everything When Faith and Reality Don't Make Sense[6] in which he addresses the toxic beliefs of fundamentalist Christianity.

Rymel is social justice writer who writes on the confluence of religion, politics, and sexuality.[7] His work has appeared in The Good Men Project, Huffpost, Medium, Church and State, Ravishly and other publications. He continues to publicly denounce the ex-gay movement, and call for an end to reparative therapy.[8] Rymel is the co-host of the Recovering from Religion Podcast.[9] He is also the author of the business book Everything I Learned About Management I Learned from Having a Kindergartner,[10] and he lives with his husband Northern California.[11]

References
  1. Ford, Zack. "How A Former Advocate Of Ex-Gay Therapy Is Working To Protect Others From Harm". ThinkProgress.org. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  2. Rymel, Tim (June 12, 2014). Going Gay My Journey from Evangelical Christian to Self-Acceptance Love, Life and Meaning. Elk Grove, CA: CK Publishing. ISBN 978-0985758028.
  3. Colmes, Alan (August 8, 2014). "The Alan Colmes Show". Fox News. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
  4. Rhodan, Maya. "9 Ex-Leaders of the Gay Conversion Therapy Movement Apologize". Time.com. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  5. "Former Ex-Gay Leaders Unite in Opposition to Conversion Therapy". nclrights.org/. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  6. results, search (2018-11-01). Rethinking Everything: When Faith and Reality Don't Make Sense. CK Publishing.
  7. "About Me | Tim Rymel, M.Ed". Tim Rymel, M.Ed. Retrieved 2018-11-22.
  8. "The Good Men Project". http://goodmenproject.com/author/tim-rymel/. Retrieved 16 January 2015. External link in |website= (help)
  9. "Podcast — Recovering from Religion". Recovering from Religion. Retrieved 2018-11-22.
  10. Rymel, Tim (July 1, 2012). Everything I Learned About Management I Learned from Having a Kindergartner. Elk Grove, CA: CK Publishing. p. 192. ISBN 978-0985758004.
  11. Rymel, Tim. "About Me". TimRymel.com. Retrieved 16 January 2015.


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