Episode 450: Liv Mendoza Haynes, Queer Latter-day Saint

Listen, Learn & Love Hosted by Richard Ostler

Richard Ostler

Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 839 Ratings

🗓️ 12 September 2021

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

My friend Liv Mendoza Haynes, who spoke with the Relief Society General Presidency at BYU Women’s Conference, shares her story. Liv (who is a convert, RM, Lawyer, Young Woman’s President and expectant mother), shares her journey which included coming out as queer church-wide at Women’s Conference in April 2021 as part of the Relief Society goal to help everyone belong (see https://www.thechurchnews.com/leaders-and-ministry/2021-04-29/byu-womens-conference-relief-society-a-safe-place-belonging-211785 and https://www.sltrib.com/religion/2021/04/29/help-all-women-including/). Liv talks about being queer and why they label works for her, advice to other queer/LGBTQ women, advice to parents of LGBTQ children, supporting all types of marriages, better sitting with people in their pain, how to better mourn, develop compassion on not judge. Liv also explains why being queer is not a problem. She believes this is how her Heavenly Parents intended for her to be created. It is a beautiful part of her identity. The problem is the reaction of others and how we can improve and better create Zion following the invitation of the Relief Society General Presidency. Thank you Liv for being on the podcast. You and your husband Matthew are awesome. Your story is helping so many. Keep being you! ** Please Check Out My Book At: ** 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 listeners to another episode of Listen, Learn, and Love, hosted by Richard Osler.
0:06.7	My guest on today's podcast in my home is my friend Liv Mendoza Haynes.
0:13.1	Welcome to the podcast, Liv.
0:14.7	Thank you.
0:15.7	I'm really excited.
0:16.7	I became aware of Liv because she spoke at Women's Conference at BYU in April of 2021.
0:24.6	And I'm looking at a picture with Liv on the stage with the Release Society General Presidency,
0:31.6	and they're giving a talk about creating belonging and creating Zion within the release society organization and
0:37.5	they introduced you as part of that event as a queer Latter-day Saint and and you
0:44.8	shared a little bit of your story and they talked about the need to create
0:47.6	belonging for all members of the church and particularly in the release
0:51.7	society and this and I just love what happened that day and thought it would be wonderful if you would come
0:59.5	on the podcast and share more of your story.
1:02.4	By background, Liv is married to Matthew, who's actually here in the home supporting
1:08.5	her.
1:10.0	Always like it when guests come.
1:12.0	They are been married just under two years.
1:15.7	They have gone through the, how do you, IV, what's it called in vitro?
1:20.0	IVF, in vitro fertilization.
1:22.9	And tell our listeners what where you are with that.
1:27.0	Well, we started our process, I believe in January this year, and we are happy that we're
1:34.6	currently pregnant, 27 weeks in, and expecting our little miracle baby boy.
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