Episode 457: Dylan Stegall, Gay BYU-Idaho Student, Plans to Become a Doctor

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Richard Ostler

Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 839 Ratings

🗓️ 26 September 2021

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Summary

My friend Dylan Stegall (Age 23, Texan, RM for Chile Santiago East) shares his journey as gay Latter-day Saint. Dylan talks about being aware of this part about him before his mission but staying really busy/productive and kind of pushing it down. Dylan talks about his successful and enjoyable mission. Dylan talks about trying to date woman at BYU-Idaho and how he gradually came to feel that is not his path. Dylan shares starting to come out to others and then a deeply spiritual experience where Dylan has God how he felt about Dylan’s sexual orientation. That powerful experience let Dylan to come out in this Facebook post in August of 2021 https://www.facebook.com/dylan.stegall.3/posts/1199150057217305. Dylan talks about what is it like to be out at BYU-Idaho (mostly good experiences) and what BYU-Idaho is doing to including calling a chief inclusion officer (see https://byuicomm.org/byuiscroll/6-months-as-chief-inclusion-officer/). BYU-Idaho had a booth at the Rexburg Pride this past Summer (https://www.eastidahonews.com/2021/06/rexburg-pride-celebrate-unity-event-considered-huge-success-within-the-community/). Dylan has co-founded a non profit called Teton Light to help fund scholarships for LGBTQ BYU-Idaho students (check out tetonlight.org). Thank you for being on the podcast Dylan. You story bring hope and perspective for others. Respect for sharing your story and all the good work you have done to be in a good place. You are a good friend and I’m honored to have you on the podcast! ** 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.
0:09.1	My guest on today's podcast, joining me from BYU, Idaho, who is my friend Dylan Stiegel.
0:16.9	Welcome to the podcast, Dylan.
0:19.2	Thank you. It's good to be here. I'm glad you're having me.
0:22.9	Dylan's going to share his story as a gay Latter-day Saint and a BYU-Y-U-Ida-O-Doh student.
0:28.5	He is somebody that I've grown to really admire, respect, love.
0:32.7	We've known each other for a couple of years.
0:34.7	He felt safe enough to share a little bit of his story
0:39.2	with me a couple years ago, not long after he came home from his mission. I've just watched
0:43.6	him, um, on this journey that led to an August 20th coming outposts that I'll have Dylan Reed, but
0:52.3	just by more background, Gillen grew up in East Texas,
0:57.1	good athlete in high school, played football, basketball, but really a seldom cross-country
1:02.2	track and ended up getting a Division III offer and went to college. He'll talk about that,
1:08.6	then served admission in Chile, Santiago East, I believe, and then came back and went to B.Y. Idaho. So he is 23. He's a biomedical science. Is that right? Dylan? Say that for us.
1:23.6	Yeah, biomedical science. And preparing'm preparing to become a doctor.
1:28.1	So a bright young man, talented young man, really brave to be out at BYU, Idaho.
1:33.1	I've had many people tell me Dillon's role for good in their life as he is out at BYU, Idaho,
1:40.6	and a real example and strength of many that are out, not out, as he's been willing to step
1:47.2	forward and share his story.
1:49.2	So we set a prayer.
1:50.7	We hope that those of you that are closeted, that Dylan will have some insights that will
1:55.2	help you and give you hope if you're a parent, that Dylan will have some ideas that will help you.
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