Episode 337: Bryce Larsen, Gay, Age 28, Sydney Australia RM

Listen, Learn & Love Hosted by Richard Ostler

Richard Ostler

Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 839 Ratings

🗓️ 30 October 2020

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

My friend Bryce Larsen, Utah State grad with career in marketing, shares his journey as a gay Latter-day Saint. Bryce shares his hopes that his mission (which he loved and blessed many) would make him straight. After returning, Bryce released that he is gay and gradually has come to a place of acceptance. Bryce shares his beautiful coming out letter from May 2018 to his family (and how they responded with love and support). Bryce feels his path is to find a life partner and plans to marry a man, stay close with his Heavenly Parents and his family. Bryce’s 2020 New Year’s resolution is be to authentic and being on the podcast is part of that commitment Thank you for being on the podcast Bryce. You are a great man, full of love and kindness for everyone, and with a great life ahead of you. Honored to have you on the podcast. ** Please check out my new Book** Deseret Book: www.deseretbook.com/p/listen-learn-and-love-embracing-lgbtq-latter-day-saints Amazon: www.amazon.com/dp/1462135773

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0:00.0	Welcome to another episode of Listen, Learn, and Love hosted by Richard Osler.
0:10.8	Before I introduce my guests, I just want to talk a little bit about the book that I wrote.
0:16.0	It's called Listen, Learn, and Love embracing LGBTQ Latter-day Saints.
0:20.6	Its goal is to amplify the voices of LGBTQ Latter-day Saints.
0:24.3	So those of you that have bought the book, I appreciate that.
0:27.5	I encourage you to continue to share it with others.
0:29.9	Post sections about it on Facebook or Instagram or Twitter.
0:34.5	If you have time, go to Amazon and leave us a review and appreciate all you're doing
0:40.0	to get the stories of LGBTQ Latter-day Saints out to others. My guest is on today's podcast,
0:46.6	and I better turn on his mic. I just realize it's not on. Now it's on is my friend Bryce Larson.
0:52.1	Welcome to the podcast, Bryce. Thanks for having me, Richard.
0:55.0	Bryce is going to talk about his story as a gay Latter-day Saint.
0:59.0	He is 28.
1:00.0	He has a double major from Utah State and Logan, Utah in marketing and business administration.
1:07.0	He's had a couple really good jobs.
1:10.0	Currently has a job with a corporate, with a company with their corporate headquarters
1:14.6	in Logan.
1:16.1	So he's a marketing guide well down his career, well along in his career.
1:22.9	We will just talk about his story.
1:25.1	He grew up in a small town in Idaho on a potato farm.
1:29.3	So some of us think about Idaho and potatoes, and that's probably a generalized stereotype.
1:34.3	But in Bryce's case, that's part of his family story, and that's a great part of his family story.
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