Episode 513: Gay Latter-day Saint Women, Age 18, Anonymous

Listen, Learn & Love Hosted by Richard Ostler

Richard Ostler

Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 839 Ratings

🗓️ 7 April 2022

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Summary

My friend joins us via Zoom to share her story as a gay Latter-day Saint in this anonymous podcast. My friend shares her story to come out to herself, to others, to her parents on this deeply spiritual journey. She talks about the IG account she started @to_all_the_latterday_gays and the associated blog. My friend talks about how her relationship with her Heavenly Father helped her accept being gay and is key to removing shame and bringing peace. This is an excellent podcast from one of my youngest guests who insights, maturity and perspective well beyond her years. I encourage everyone to listen to this powerful podcast. ** 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	We have a guest on the podcast that will be anonymous.
0:12.5	We won't talk about her name, but she will tell her story as a gay or queer Latter-day Saint.
0:19.1	She's really brave to tell her story. She's 18. She's born in Idaho.
0:25.5	She'll be either attending BYU or BYU, Idaho in the fall, the fall of 2022, studying athletic
0:32.7	training. And she'll tell her story, and our hope is that as you hear her story, it'll help you if you're
0:39.5	walking this road and if you're an ally or a parent, the things my guests will share with
0:44.6	you will be helpful for you.
0:47.2	It's always brave for someone to come on at age 18.
0:51.0	I'm kind of new on this road, but I recognize more people are sort of becoming at peace with who they are and willing to share their stories with others.
1:00.0	My guest will also link you to an Instagram that she has started, and as a support organization, I'll let her kind of define that.
1:08.0	Is that okay for an introduction?
1:11.0	No, that's perfect.
1:12.1	We both said a prayer this podcast to be helpful, so we'll just kind of get started.
1:17.6	I don't do a lot of housekeeping, but the way you can support this podcast is you can't
1:23.4	donate, so it's not that. And you can't even offer to donate. It's not that either. It's just to
1:29.8	leave a review for the podcast, or we have a couple books out, both under the Listen, Learn, and
1:35.9	love name. One is called Embracing LGBTQ Latter-day Saints and a new one that came out in March of
1:42.4	22, improving Latter-day Saint culture.
1:46.2	So getting those books, they're at Amazon and Desert Book, sharing them with others,
1:51.3	but also leaving a review for the books so more people connect with them.
1:55.1	Both those books are just trying to help us create Zion,
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