Episode 455: Jakob Schramm, Gay Latter-Day Saint

Listen, Learn & Love Hosted by Richard Ostler

Richard Ostler

Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 839 Ratings

🗓️ 22 September 2021

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

My friend Jakob Schramm (Age 23, RM from the Mexico Monterrey West Mission, Mechanical Engineering at University of Utah and Utah Valley University) shares his journey as a gay Latter-day Saint. Jakob talks the journey to understand and accept this part of himself and then the thoughtful and methodical process to figure out his best path forward. Jakob talks about working through two suicidal times of his life and how he is now in a much better place thanks to the support he is receiving from others. Jakob is honest about his relationship with the LDS Church and is not yet sure how to reconcile his membership in the Church and his sexuality, though he still maintains a relationship with God. Thank you for being on the podcast Jakob. You are a good man doing your best to find your best path forward. Thanks for being you and all the good you bring into this world. ** 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. It's the month of September. We're releasing a little, a few more podcasts than we usually do about every two days, but there's so many people with so many wonderful stories to tell. We're trying to make sure that all the stories that we can share are being shared.
0:23.7	People ask what you can do to support this podcast.
0:26.2	And it's really just support the people that come on the podcast, listen to their stories.
0:31.1	They're the real heroes of the podcast.
0:33.1	You can't donate.
0:34.8	But the things you can do is share the podcast with people.
0:37.3	And also give a rating on the
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0:42.1	You can give it a one to five star and you can also, and perhaps more importantly, write
0:46.7	a written review.
0:47.8	You can also support our book, Listen, Learn, and Love, Embracing LGBTQ Latter-day
0:53.2	Saints by leaving a review at Desert Book and
0:56.2	also at Amazon. So that's my housekeeping announcement for one minute. I'd like to introduce my
1:02.8	guest, Jacob, welcome to the podcast, Jacob. Thanks for having me. Tell our listeners how to spell your
1:08.7	very cool spelling of your name.
1:11.3	All right.
1:15.9	So Jacob is J-A-K-O-B, because we wanted to honor the German heritage.
1:16.7	It would be unique.
1:20.7	And then Schram is a last name that comes from Germany as well,
1:24.2	S-C-H-R-A-M, like Mother, like Mother.
1:25.5	That's great.
1:30.3	So we're recording us on a Sunday, and it's a beautiful day here in Salt Lake City.
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