Bravery in the Midst of Cultural Barriers (with VJ)

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All Out in the Open, Questions from the Closet

Latter-day Saint, Christ, Society & Culture, Mormon, Gay, Religion & Spirituality, Faith, Lgbtq, Transgender, Church Of Jesus Christ, Christianity, Lgbt, Lds

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🗓️ 16 September 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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This week in our OUT and About episode, VJ Aguilar shares his journey growing up in Mexico, immigrating to the U.S., and coming out as bisexual amid cultural pressures and familial expectations. From hiding his identity to proudly leading a Pride parade, VJ’s story inspires us to be brave.

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0:00.0	All right.
0:10.7	Aloha.
0:11.1	Welcome everybody to our podcast out and about.
0:13.6	I'm your host, Yassie Wilson, where we're going to go on a tour to different cultures within the church.
0:18.6	And here, LGBTQ's experiences of new individuals, people who we've not heard their stories before.
0:25.7	And we are venturing now back to Mexico, but a different perspective from my dear friend, Vijay.
0:33.3	Say hi to everybody, Vijay.
0:35.6	Hello, everyone.
0:36.6	How are you all doing?
0:38.9	How are they doing?
0:39.9	What?
0:40.5	We're doing well.
0:44.0	Well, I'm just used to that.
0:47.9	So, as you can tell already, Vijay and I have a really fun relationship.
0:53.0	He's a really good friend of mine.
0:54.9	Vijay, why don't you tell us a little bit about yourself and maybe a little bit how we became
0:58.3	friends?
0:59.6	Okay.
1:00.6	So I found this guy on the street and...
1:03.8	Oh, stop.
1:06.0	No, I'm from Mexico, from Estella de Mexico or Mexico State. And what else? I am 24 years old. I am studying
1:18.5	animation and arts and communication. A lot of things. What else? I love art, as you can imagine.
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