--- title: Timothy Schraeder Rodriguez | TIME description: Timothy Schraeder Rodriguez is a conversion therapy survivor, writer, and digital strategist based in New York City. He is the author of Conversion Therapy Dropout: A Queer Story of Faith and Belonging (Broadleaf, 2026). canonical: https://time.com/author/timothy-schraeder-rodriguez/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/timothy-schraeder-rodriguez/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Timothy Schraeder Rodriguez ## Timothy Schraeder Rodriguez Timothy Schraeder Rodriguez is a conversion therapy survivor, writer, and digital strategist based in New York City. He is the author of [_Conversion Therapy Dropout: A Queer Story of Faith and Belonging_](https://www.broadleafbooks.com/store/product/9798889835431/Conversion-Therapy-Dropout) (Broadleaf, 2026). ## Timothy Schraeder Rodriguez *  Mar 18, 2026 ### [LGBTQ Conversion Therapy Harms Us All](https://time.com/article/2026/03/18/lgbtq-conversion-therapy-harms-us-all/) If the Supreme Court strikes down state bans on conversion therapy in Chiles v. Salazar, all America... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Oct 8, 2025 ### [I Spent Eight Years in Conversion Therapy](https://time.com/7324188/conversion-therapy-supreme-court-case-scotus/) Chiles v. Salazar isn't about free speech. It's about harm, writes Tim Schraeder Rodriguez. [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: {"meta\_title":"","meta\_description":"","og\_title":"","og\_description":"","og\_imageConnection":{"edges":\[\],"\_\_typename":"SysAssetConnection"},"twitter\_card":null,"\_\_typename":"Seo"} ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/timothy-schraeder-rodriguez/","name":"Timothy Schraeder Rodriguez"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/timothy-schraeder-rodriguez/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/timothy-schraeder-rodriguez/"},"name":"Timothy Schraeder Rodriguez","jobTitle":"","description":"Timothy Schraeder Rodriguez is a conversion therapy survivor, writer, and digital strategist based in New York City. He is the author of Conversion Therapy Dropout: A Queer Story of Faith and Belonging (Broadleaf, 2026).","url":"https://time.com/author/timothy-schraeder-rodriguez/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```