Episode 583: Clare Dalton, Gay Latter-day Saint, Seminary Teacher

Listen, Learn & Love Hosted by Richard Ostler

Richard Ostler

Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 839 Ratings

🗓️ 9 November 2022

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Summary

My friend Clare Dalton joins us to bravely share her story. Clare grew up and lives in Arizona, served as a missionary in the Spain Barcelona Mission, earned a Linguistics degree from the University of Arizona, and now teaches high school seminary as a CES employee. Clare talks about her decision to come out in this public Facebook post in October of 2021: https://www.facebook.com/clare.dalton.71/posts/pfbid02QKAncqLVxmKc4fWAfiZkYc86pdzZMJoykaU2FZH94qkvNMBbKL1ej1SofXMgYoa6l Clare talks about her testimony of the love of our Heavenly Parents and the role of the Savior in our lives. Clare talks about principles to better support LGBTQ Latter-day Saints and create belonging. Some of the subjects Clare discusses are how silence sends a loud message, making choices out of faith vs. fear, creating Zion, caring more about truth than gossip, and creating safe spaces. This is a powerful podcast. Clare is a pioneer in a space that hasn’t been walked. If you are a queer Latter-day Saint or someone who wants to better support our queer members, please listen to this podcast. And if you want to better connect with our doctrine of loving Heavenly Parents and a Savior who walk with us, please listen to this podcast. Thank you, Clare, for being on the podcast. You are very courageous. Our Church and world are a better place with you and all your talents to bless others. Links mentioned in the podcast: Clare's podcast on Questions from the Closet: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/am-i-needed/id1504990147?i=1000582275449 Church resources for ministering to LGBTQ Latter-day Saints: https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/counseling-resources/same-sex-attraction?lang=eng ** 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.
0:09.8	My guest joining us via Zoom from her home in Arizona is my friend Claire Dalton.
0:14.6	Welcome to the podcast, Claire.
0:16.8	Thanks, Richard. It's good to be here.
0:18.7	Tell our listeners how to spell your first name because it can be spelled a few different ways, just so we can get it in their mind right.
0:25.7	Oh, that's awesome. Yes. So my full name is Clarissa, but nobody calls me that except for my dad. So I go by Claire, which is C-L-A-R-E.
0:34.7	If you just think of dropping the ISA and adding an E at the end.
0:37.7	That's how I got it.
0:38.6	I like that.
0:39.7	So I've been looking forward to having Claire on the podcast for a while.
0:43.9	In fact, about three or four people have reached out to me and said, you got to have
0:49.1	Claire on the podcast.
0:50.3	And then I met Claire at a meeting.
0:52.6	And I thought, there she is, she is, this people, this very
0:55.5	person that people have been talking about. So, um, I've been aware of Claire and I'm really
1:01.2	looking forward to having on the podcast so that you can hear her story. She's going to stare
1:06.1	her story as a gay Latter-day Saint. Just a little background on Claire.
1:16.7	She grew up, I believe you grew up a little bit in Mesa, but then made your home in Tucson.
1:17.4	So you would claim Tucson as your home.
1:19.2	Is that right?
1:20.2	Yes, I would.
1:20.9	Yep.
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