Episode 306: Jeff Derricott, Age 26, RM, BYU Grad, Gay Latter-day Saint

Listen, Learn & Love Hosted by Richard Ostler

Richard Ostler

Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 839 Ratings

🗓️ 26 August 2020

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Summary

My friend Jeff Derricott joins us to share his story. Jeff, who came out to his parents before his mission, shares trying everything to fall in love and marry a woman. In late 2018, Jeff’s world came crashing down as he realized that path was not within his control. Facing feelings of lost hope and some thoughts of suicide, Jeff shares his story to find hope and a path forward. For Jeff, that path of hope and healing includes a deep relationship with his Heavenly Parents, relying on the Atonement, a network of family and friends, and working towards a monogamous same-sex marriage. I encourage everyone to listen to Jeff’s story to develop better empathy for our LGBTQ members. He is a great man doing his best to walk a complicated road. Jeff reports his family, friends and Church leaders are excellent. Jeff (and our LBTQ members) deserve our love and support.

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0:00.0	Welcome to another episode of Listen, Learn, and Love, hosted by Richard Osler.
0:10.4	I just want to update listeners on the book I've written.
0:14.9	It's called Listen, Learn, and Love, Embracing LGBTQ Latter-day Saints.
0:19.6	It is either released or going to be released, depending on when
0:23.1	you're listening to this podcast. The release dates roughly about the third week of September.
0:28.2	It's on Amazon. It's on Cedar Fort. The Kindle version is available now on Amazon. If you
0:34.1	want to read the book, right now you can go to Amazon. I'm really pleased with all of you
0:39.1	that are ordering the book. The Kindle version is currently the number one new release in LDS books at
0:45.8	Amazon and number eight and current books in the LDS Church at Amazon. So I appreciate all you listeners
0:52.3	that are buying the book, inviting others to
0:56.4	buy the book, and please check it out at Amazon. You can just put in my name, Richard Osler,
1:02.9	at Amazon, or listen, learn, and love at Amazon, and the book will come up. My guest on today's
1:09.2	podcast is my friend Jeff Dericada.
1:12.1	Is that your last name?
1:13.3	Yeah, that's right.
1:13.9	Yeah.
1:14.3	We've been visiting for quite a while, and I never asked Jeff how to pronounce his last
1:17.8	name, so I lucked out.
1:19.5	Let me just give you a bio on Jeff.
1:22.3	He is 26 years old.
1:23.9	He's a gay, Latter-day Saint.
1:25.9	He grew up in Bountiful, went to Bountiful High,
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