Episode 610: Kali Olsen, Bisexual, Active Latter-day Saint

Listen, Learn & Love Hosted by Richard Ostler

Richard Ostler

Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 839 Ratings

🗓️ 3 February 2023

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

My friend Kali Olsen (RM, BYU-I student, married to a man) shares her story as a bisexual Latter-day Saint. Kali talks about her journey to understand and then accept her sexual orientation. Kali also shares coming out to her fiancé McKay and his support (they were married in April 2022). Kali goes on to discuss why she decided to come out more broadly on social media to help support other LGBTQ people. Kali then talks about how we can do better as Latter-day Saints to support our LGBTQ members and create a safe space for people of all political parties. If you are an LGBTQ Latter-day Saint or want to know how to support them better, I encourage you to listen to Kali’s podcast. Great job Kali! Your story will help so many. Thank you for your courage to be on the podcast. Links mentioned in the podcast: Kali’s Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kali.crawford.7/ Kali’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kali.j.olsen/ Kali’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/kalic_justine

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0:00.0	Welcome listeners to another episode of Listen, Learn, and Love hosted by Richard Osler.
0:09.2	Grateful for you listeners that listen and especially grateful for our guests that bravely stepped forward and share their stories.
0:16.3	And I got an email from our guest a few months ago and got her on the calendar to share her story.
0:22.6	Now it's time for my friend Callie Olson, who's joining us via Zoom to share her story.
0:28.8	Welcome, Callie, to the podcast.
0:31.3	Thank you. I'm excited to be here and to kind of share my story.
0:36.1	And I'll introduce Callie a little bit, and then I'll let her take over, listeners.
0:40.0	She is in her early 20s.
0:43.1	She's currently a student at BYU, Idaho, in history education.
0:47.8	She's a return missionary from San Jose.
0:50.9	She's going to share her story as a bisexual Latter-day Saint.
0:54.6	She is married to a man, and she's going to talk about that journey.
0:59.2	She's going to talk about coming out to him prior to marriage
1:02.1	and how he responded and how they're navigating this road together.
1:06.8	And I think our joint prayers, this podcast will be helpful for you if you're LGBTQ and walking this road or if you're someone trying to help people that are walking this road.
1:18.5	And I'm just grateful for brave people like Callie.
1:22.2	It takes a lot of courage to share your story with all these listeners out there.
1:28.0	And on behalf of all the listeners, Callie, thank you for your courage.
1:32.3	And I will turn it over to you to just kind of start.
1:36.3	Okay.
1:37.7	Yeah, no, I'm excited to be here and to just share my story.
1:42.3	My goal isn't like for attention or anything like that.
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