Episode 497: Brittany(cisgender)& Maeve(transgender) Sechrist, Married LDS Couple

Listen, Learn & Love Hosted by Richard Ostler

Richard Ostler

Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 839 Ratings

🗓️ 15 January 2022

⏱️ 88 minutes

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Summary

My friends Brittany and Maeve Sechrist (married with three children) share their story with Maeve coming out to Brittany as transgender in July of 2021. Maeve shares feeling gender dysphoria for many years and what led her to finally come out to her wife. Brittany shares her reaction and subsequent journey to love, learn and support Maeve and how their marriage is strong, healthy and full of hope. Brittany and Maeve share the things they are learning, commitment to the Church, personal revelation, expectations for allies, and hope for their future. Their story is a beautiful love story. If you want to learn about and better support transgender Latter-day Saints, please listen to this podcast. It helped me and I believe will help you. If you are transgender and need hope for your future, this podcast will help you. Thank you Brittany and Maeve for being on the podcast and the courage to share your story. Great job my friends! ** 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 ** Want to develop church-supported LGBTQ activities in your local area? Please join our FB group below ** https://www.facebook.com/groups/1433556613672143

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0:00.0	Welcome listeners to another episode of Listen, Learn, and Love, hosted by Richard Osler.
0:10.0	Joining me on the East Coast via Zoom are my friends, Maeve and Brittany, See Christ.
0:17.1	Welcome to the podcast.
0:19.4	Thank you for having.
0:20.2	Yeah, we're super excited to be here.
0:22.6	They're going to share their story with Maeve coming out as transgender, a transgender woman
0:28.1	last year to her wife, Brittany. And they will share about their continued marriage that's been
0:35.6	going on for 10 years and they plan to have it
0:37.8	continue. They have three kids. They're active in the church, and they're willing to share this
0:43.6	story to help others that are walking a similar road or allies that want to know how best to
0:49.8	support a couple like this. By way of background, Brittany is a convert of the church. Mave is a lifelong
0:57.1	member. As I mentioned, they have three kids and live in Northern Virginia. Listeners, a lot of my
1:04.6	guests I don't know very well, so it's not like I spent hours learning their story. I'll learn it.
1:10.0	Kind as is, as you're learning it as we hear it
1:12.1	together. And we've said a prayer that this podcast will be helpful for all of us to come together as
1:19.0	the same human family. For those that are new to the transgender experience or hearing stories
1:24.3	for the first time I've learned, I need to hear from trans people to
1:28.1	understand gender dysphoria in someone who's trans. I can't learn that from cisgender people.
1:33.6	And I can't learn how this type of marriage, which I consider a beautiful, authentic marriage
1:39.5	can continue. If that's the right word, it is continuing. We may think these marriages would fall apart,
1:46.0	but this marriage continues. And we hope that this will help people understand the beauty of
1:52.4	this marriage and how people can continue to be happy as realities of their lives become more
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