Episode 586: Steven Kapp Perry, Gay Latter-day Saint, BYU Employee, Israel Tour Director

Listen, Learn & Love Hosted by Richard Ostler

Richard Ostler

Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 839 Ratings

🗓️ 18 November 2022

⏱️ 66 minutes

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My friend Steven Kapp Perry (host on Classical89.org and the “In Good Faith” podcast, married father of four, songwriter, and playwright) joins us to share his story as a gay Latter-day Saint. Steve shares being out for decades to his dear wife Johanne and then recently deciding to come out more broadly to family and close friends. Steve talks about how he has navigated painful church experiences, found his worth/stability in his relationship with Heavenly Father and Jesus, and his love for his wife Johanne. Steve talks about how we can do better (within our doctrine) to better support LGBTQ Latter-day Saints and reminds us these good members are in our ward/family circles citing a recent BYU survey where 13% of students indicated they are something “other than straight”. Steve talks about the March 2023 Tour of Israel he is directing for LGBTQ folks and their families, friends, and allies. I encourage you to check this out (see link in show notes). Thank you, Steve for being on the podcast and all you are doing to create Zion. Links mentioned in the podcast: Link to the March 2023 Tour of Israel https://www.mmetours.com/index.php/holy-lands/371-2023-celebrate-the-holy-land-tour-with-steven-kapp-perry-and-friends Link to Classical 89 http://www.classical89.org Link to the In Good Faith podcast http://www.byuradio.org/ingoodfaith Link to "From Cumorah's Hill" https://janicekappperry.com/?action=catalog&node=skp&id=26&phpsessid=f435cfaa42cee34c5f47cad65d700f6f BYU LGBTQ Student Research/13% https://universe.byu.edu/2021/03/11/recent-survey-finds-nearly-1000-byu-student-survey-respondents-identify-as-lgbtq/ Current Teachings vs Obsolete Teachings: https://meghandecker.com/resources-1/blog-post-title-one-2kxet ** 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.
0:09.2	My guest on today's podcast is my friend, and he's in my home, Stephen Cap Perry.
0:14.2	Welcome to the podcast, Stephen.
0:16.4	Thank you, Richard.
0:17.2	I'm glad to see where you actually live.
0:19.0	I've had all these pictures in my head.
0:21.5	Stephen is someone I've admired, and he's been open about his journey as a gay
0:25.8	Latter-day Saint. He'll talk about that, but he's also been contributing significantly in our
0:30.8	community for a long time, and that's how I became aware of him and his family. And Nata
0:35.9	haven't been our home. I'm a little bit of a fanboy to have Stephen Cap Perry and his wife is here, Joanne.
0:42.3	She's in the building, as we'd say.
0:44.3	This is Steve sharing his story, but she's here for support.
0:47.3	What I'll do as far as organization is I'll read Steve's bio.
0:52.3	Steve will then tell his story as an LGBTQ Latter-day Saint.
0:57.2	He will then talk about a tour he's doing.
1:00.0	He's a tour director for Murdoch Travel.
1:02.5	Is tour director the right vocabulary?
1:04.0	Yeah, that's a good term.
1:05.7	And he is doing a tour in March.
1:08.1	It's for LGBTQ folk, families, and friends. So it's the first of its kind.
1:13.5	We'll link to that in the show notes, but Steve will talk about that. And then he'll talk about other
1:18.2	things on how we can do better to support LGBTQ Latter-day Saints. I think our joint prayer is if
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