Episode 876: Gabby Rich, Lesbian Latter-day Saint, Teacher, Age 28

Listen, Learn & Love Hosted by Richard Ostler

Richard Ostler

Religion & Spirituality

4.7 • 855 Ratings

🗓️ 8 April 2026

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

My friend Gabby Rich (Brazil RM, BYU-Idaho graduate, day care teacher, from Anacortes, Washington) joins us to bravely share her story: * Grew up “goody 2 shoes” Mormon * “Shame cannot survive being spoken” * Kissed her last mission companion * Chose not to take the sacrament day of her mission homecoming * Believed she was straight—dated guys * Strong interest in a guy who “would be the answer to all my problems” * Broke off relationship—downward spiral of anxiety * Finally accepted being attracted to girls * Started to come out (some good and some not so good responses) * "Was still valuing others’ perceptions of me—versus living authentically" * UVU institute class for queer members—super helpful in her journey * Parents became great allies * Started dating girls—everything clicked * Wants to “find a girl who would share my same desire to maintain a relationship with Heavenly Father and works to becoming more Christlike” * Helpful advice received from others * Hopes for the future Thank you Gabby for your courage to share your story. I learned so much from you. Your brave/honest/vulnerable story will help others believe God loves them and find more hope. You are awesome. You have a great life ahead of you! Links: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gabrielle.rich.73 Instagram: @richgabrielle

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0:00.0	Hello, welcome, listeners.
0:04.4	How are you to another episode of Listen, Learn, and Love hosted by Richard Osler.
0:10.1	My guest today, whenever you're listening to it, morning, tonight, your time.
0:15.2	It's during the day when we're recording is my new friend Gabby Rich.
0:19.1	Welcome to the podcast, Gabby.
0:21.5	Thank you. Thanks for having me.
0:23.8	I'm Gabby. Messaged me and just like almost all of our guests, they reach out to me.
0:28.8	Maybe you want to reach out to me and share your story. You're welcome to. We really focus on
0:34.4	LGBT stories on this platform and Gabby's going to share her story.
0:40.2	I think you identify as lesbian. Is that right, Gabby?
0:43.3	Yep.
0:44.3	And we have less, we have more men sharing their story of being gay than women of being gay or lesbian.
0:50.4	So I always like when somebody steps forward like Gabby because we need representation from all the beautiful letters of the rainbow alphabet.
1:00.2	Gabby is a return missionary from Brazil.
1:03.1	That's going to be a wonderful part of her story.
1:05.5	She's 28.
1:06.4	She lives in Utah County.
1:08.5	She's a graduate of BYU, Idaho and child development. She's a daycare
1:13.1	teacher. I think she has 16 or so kiddos in her class. And we're recording this on a weekend.
1:18.6	And if I had your job, I would just be a zombie for the whole weekend, Gabby. Yeah, I like pretty much every night I just go to bed at like 8 o'clock
1:29.2	as soon as I get home and do nothing because I'm exhausted. And I was teasing Gabby. She probably
1:34.7	is antibodies to everything being around that many young kids could sell her blood for lots of money.
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