Episode 504: Dr. Tyler Lefevor & Sam Skidmore. Research to better support LGBTQ Members

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Richard Ostler

Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 839 Ratings

🗓️ 19 February 2022

⏱️ 61 minutes

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My friends Dr. Tyler Lefevor (Utah State Professor) and Sam Skidmore (Utah State PhD Student) join us to talk about their new research to help Ward/Stake Leaders better support their LGBTQ members. If you are interested in learning more about Tyler and Sam’s research, you can find more at www.4optionssurvey.com or www.lgbtqmormonresearch.com. Tyler and Sam have also put out a one-page handout of “best practices” for ward and stake councils in ministering to LGBTQ+ members that you can find at usu.box.com/s/vpjyc7pl1yfolcm66olic0k746mytv89. They are currently recruiting LGBTQ+ Latter-day Saints to be part of a 10-year study to understand how gender, sexuality, and faith impact health over time, which you can learn more at www.4optionssurvey.com. They are also looking to share what they have learned about ministering to LGBTQ+ members with ward and stake councils, which you can learn more about at lgbtqmormonresearch.com/participate-in-research/. I wish I had read their research before a gay Latter-day Saint walked into my office in 2014 to share his story. It would have helped me better lift his burden versus possible add to his burdens because of my lack of training. I encourage local leaders, parents and all church members to listen to this episode and connect with their research (https://usu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0wZctI2sKCGVhhs) It will help you to better minister to LGBTQ Latter-day Saints—giving them more support, understanding and hope. When we know better, we do better. Thank you, Tyler and Sam for your great work. Look forward to learning more from both of you!

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0:00.0	Welcome listeners to another episode of Listen, Learn, and Love hosted by Richard Osler.
0:09.4	Sometimes we have episodes focused on real thoughtful people that are doing research.
0:14.8	By training, I'm a marketing research.
0:16.7	So I'm most fascinating in research is trying to understand qualitatively and quantitatively issues and approach it from an objective standpoint.
0:27.5	And so we have two researchers that have done wonderful work to better minister to LGBTQ Latter-day Saints.
0:34.0	This podcast is targeted at Warden State Councils, Bishop, State Presidents, but the entire Warden State Council, but the principals, my guest share would be helpful for parents.
0:47.4	And with that, I'll introduce, we have two guests joining me via Zoom.
0:52.1	First one is my friend, Dr. Tyler Lefevre. I'm mispron my friend Dr. Tyler Lefevre.
0:55.7	I'm mispronouncing your name.
0:57.5	Lefevre.
0:58.5	Lafevre.
1:00.3	And he is a university, Utah State University professor with the PhD in psychology from the University of Miami.
1:10.9	And Tyler has shared his story on episode 296 as a gay Latter-day Saint.
1:17.1	We also have a PhD candidate, if that's the right vocabulary.
1:22.5	I'll take it.
1:23.6	You'll take it who's working, I think, as part of Tyler's stewardship or under Tyler or however that works, a PhD student at Utah State University.
1:36.1	Tell our, and this is my friend Sam Skidmore, tell our listeners a little bit about your PhD.
1:42.5	Oh, yeah, I'm a second-slash-third year in the program, working in Tyler's lab.
1:50.3	So it's a bit of classes.
1:52.8	It's a lot of research focus.
1:55.1	So doing these studies, like we'll talk about today with Tyler, and then starting clinical
1:59.5	work.
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