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[[Image:Schnieders.jpg‎|thumb|225px|Yvette Cantu Schneider and family]]

[[Image:Schnieders.jpg‎|thumb|225px|Yvette Cantu Schneider and family]]

'''Yvette Cantu Schneider''' is a former lesbian who underwent a transformative change and consequently has been out of the lesbian lifestyle since 1992. She married Paul Schneider in December 1999 and become a mom of two daughters, Jessica and Erica. Together with her husband, they minister in the [[St. Louis]], Missouri area to those desiring to overcome homosexuality.<ref name="AFT">{{cite web |title=Ex-Lesbian Yvette Schneider Testifies to ‘Complete’ and Permanent Change |author=Annetta Small et al. |publisher=Americans for Truth |url=http://americansfortruth.com/2007/06/22/ex-lesbian-yvette-schneider-testifies-to-complete-and-permanent-change/ |quote=Schneider, now a mom in St. Louis, was once a featured speaker on Focus on the Family’s “Love Won Out” tour highlighting the possiblity of change for homosexuals. |accessdate=30 Jun 2016}}</ref>

'''Yvette Cantu Schneider''' is a former ex-gay minister and recent LGBT activist. She married Paul Schneider in December 1999 and become a mom of two daughters, Jessica and Erica. Together with her husband, they used to minister in the [[St. Louis]], Missouri area to those desiring to overcome homosexuality.<ref name="AFT">{{cite web |title=Ex-Lesbian Yvette Schneider Testifies to ‘Complete’ and Permanent Change |author=Annetta Small et al. |publisher=Americans for Truth |url=http://americansfortruth.com/2007/06/22/ex-lesbian-yvette-schneider-testifies-to-complete-and-permanent-change/ |quote=Schneider, now a mom in St. Louis, was once a featured speaker on Focus on the Family’s “Love Won Out” tour highlighting the possiblity of change for homosexuals. |accessdate=30 Jun 2016}}</ref> However, she has since left the ministry and decried ex-gay teachings.<ref name="TWO">{{cite web |title=Former Ex-Lesbian Leader Yvette Cantu Schneider Slams 'Ex-Gay' 'Freedom' March |publisher="Truth Wins Out" |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YudXsfjMhwg&ab_channel=TruthWinsOut |quote=My name's Yvette Cantu Schneider and I'm an Ex Ex-Gay Leader. I've never seen anyone change from gay to straight, ever. Ever. [...] I would just implore anyone who's thinking of joining an Ex-Gay group not to do it. People don't change and it just oppresses them, so they end up in actually a worse situation than they were in to begin with. And instead of being free to be who you are, you're being forced to be someone that you're not |accessdate=8 Sep 2020}}</ref>

== [[Anti-Christian sentiment]] in college ==

== [[Anti-Christian sentiment]] in college ==

== Encountering Christians ==

== Encountering Christians ==

At the law firm where she worked, Yvette met an outspoken [[Christian]] who impressed her with his knowledge of [[Scripture]]. He could back up everything he believed about how to live daily life with the [[Bible]]. Yvette realized that after studying Eastern and Native American [[mysticism]], she still could not give one practical answer to life’s great questions, nor had she found fulfillment. On one occasion when she visited a Christian church, she was challenged with the [[Gospel]] message calling for [[repentance]]. Even though initially reluctant to accept it, still she surrendered to [[God]], confessed she have done terrible things with her life and in the end a tremendous relief swept through her.   

At the law firm where she worked, Yvette met an outspoken [[Christian]] who impressed her with his knowledge of [[Scripture]]. He could back up everything he believed about how to live daily life with the [[Bible]]. Yvette realized that after studying Eastern and Native American [[mysticism]], she still could not give one practical answer to life’s great questions, nor had she found fulfillment. On one occasion when she visited a Christian church, she was challenged with the [[Gospel]] message calling for [[repentance]]. Even though initially reluctant to accept it, still she surrendered to [[God]], confessed she have done terrible things with her life and in the end a tremendous relief swept through her.   

== See also ==

== See also ==