Episode 510: David Shill, Queer BYU Student, LGBTQ+ Resource Advisor

Listen, Learn & Love Hosted by Richard Ostler

Richard Ostler

Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 839 Ratings

🗓️ 26 March 2022

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

My friend David Shill (RM Italy, 3rd-Year BYU Student, AZ native) joins us to share his story as a queer Latter-day Saint and someone who is very involved in the intersection of being at BYU as a queer student. He is co-founder of Cougar Pride Center (IG / FB @cougarpridecenter), an LGBTQ+ resource center for BYU students, and will soon be stepping into the role of Resource Advisor, which he discusses in today’s episode. Please consider following Cougar Pride Center on social media and donating by using the link in their bio. This will help connect more LGBTQ+ students to the resources they need. David talks about BYU’s recently released (March 2022) “Report of the Campus Climate Survey on Sexual Assault” (see https://t.co/CI8AKoMIv5). There is a subset of questions (see page 6) regarding the experience of LGBTQ+ BYU students (compared to straight students) that is eye-opening and helpful to improve the experience for BYU LGBTQ+ students. David shares insights on this survey and suggestions—all supportive of church doctrine—to help us do better. I encourage everyone to read this report, which could be used to discuss this topic in our circles of influence. David also offers suggestions to queer Latter-day Saints considering BYU and for parents and allies to better support LGBTQ Latter-day Saints. David is a remarkable man with great insights on being a queer Latter-day Saint and how to better create Zion and gather Israel—for Israel includes queer Latter-day Saints. You can connect with David on Facebook (facebook.com/davidrshill/); on IG @davidrshill; and on Twitter @davidrshill. Thank you, David, for being on the podcast and for your insights to help us do better. ** Please Check Out My LGBTQ 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.
0:09.0	My guest on today's podcast is a queer BYU student, joining me via Zoom, David Schill.
0:16.0	Welcome to the podcast, David.
0:18.0	Hey, Richard. It's great to be here.
0:26.2	David is going to share his story. It's kind of, we're going to cover a few topics in this podcast, just to give you a little bit of an outline. David's going to share his
0:30.9	experience. He's a return missionary from Milan, Italy, BYU student, third year in civil
0:37.3	engineering, international development.
0:40.0	He identifies his career.
0:41.2	He'll talk a little bit about that.
0:42.5	He'll talk about being a survivor of a sexual assault and how that plays into his gender identity, sorry, his orientation.
0:53.1	And so stay tuned for that.
0:54.6	It's a little bit of a trigger warning.
0:55.9	We're talking about sexual assault.
0:57.9	We're also going to talk about,
0:59.7	and David will give us insights on a report,
1:02.9	Brigham Young University published in March of 22,
1:05.7	called Report on Campus Climate Survey on Sexual Assault.
1:10.8	And within that survey results are some LGBTQ-related
1:15.8	research. And David will give us some insights into that, and that will be helpful. David will also
1:22.4	talk just a little bit about what's going on at BYU. I think this will be a helpful podcast.
1:29.0	If you're at BYU,
1:31.2	if you're thinking of going to BYU, if you're a parent,
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