Episode 830: Nikki Andreasky, Non-Binary/Trans Latter-day Saint, Super Brave

Listen, Learn & Love Hosted by Richard Ostler

Richard Ostler

Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 839 Ratings

🗓️ 15 May 2025

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

My friend Nikki Andreasky (BYU-I grad, lives in AZ, they/them) joins us to share their story including: * Long-term gender dysphoria/chest dysphoria—and prayerful decision to have top surgery * Love of the temple * Learning of the handbook changes (Aug 2024) for transgender members weeks before the surgery leading to feelings of “being stabbed in the gut”, “betrayed” and “really hurt” * Meeting with local leaders * Proceeding with the top surgery—feelings of gender euphoria Pain of not being able to attend the temple and no chance of temple sealing * How North Star gave them a spiritual boost * Why they stay in the Church * Supportive mothers—grandma’s scriptures Nikki is one of my heroes—for their spiritual/emotional maturity and navigating an incredible complex road as a non-binary Latter-day Saint. I encourage everyone to listen to and share this episode so we can better understand, love and support non-binary/transgender Latter-day Saints. I believe they are needed members of the Body of Christ. Thank you for being on the podcast, Nikki. You are awesome. Links: North Star Voices of Hope: www.northstarsaints.org/voh-nikki-2022 Earlier Listen Learn and Love Podcast: soundcloud.com/user-818501778/episode-320-lynsie-andreasky-active-lds-asexual-aromantic-and-gender-queer/sets Nikki’s Tic Tok: www.tiktok.com/@scattering_sunshine?_t=ZT-8w1g82Dlqsl&_r=1 Nikki’s Facebook: www.facebook.com/share/16HB8rwVrQ/?mibextid=wwXIfr

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0:00.0	Hello, welcome listeners to another episode of Listen, Learn, and Love hosted by Richard Osler.
0:09.1	My guest on today's podcast, joining from their home in Arizona is my longtime friend, returning podcast guest, Nikki Andrioski.
0:20.4	Welcome to the podcast, Nikki.
0:23.1	Hey.
0:25.0	Just a little background on Nikki.
0:27.0	Their pronouns are they them?
0:31.9	And I'll try to do a good job of that, the rest of the podcast.
0:35.3	They identify as non-binary trans.
0:39.3	Nikki was on the podcast in episode 320 and also did a great North Star Voices of Hope.
0:46.2	And we'll link to those in the show notes. And she'll talk about those and a little bit in her podcast.
0:53.2	They graduated from BYU, Idaho in 23 with a music degree,
1:00.2	and Nikki lives in Arizona and works at a community college.
1:06.1	Nikki's bravely going to talk about just gender dysphoria, obviously, but talk a little bit about
1:12.2	chest dysphoria and how to navigate just gender affirming care and how that.
1:18.9	I'm not going to tip the cards and let you know exactly how that worked out, but I'll let
1:23.0	Nikki share that.
1:24.9	That's going to be something they discuss, and it'll be part of the, part of
1:32.1	the journey with, you know, how that butts up against church teachings and navigating that.
1:38.5	Nikki is an active member of the church, and they attend church and do the best they can i met nicky at north star
1:45.7	um most recently in march and just reconnected with this wonderful person and her her beauty um their
1:53.6	goodness their beautiful story and i just have uh hope that we better support wonderful Latter-day Saints like Nikki.
2:04.8	It was just great.
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