How can I be an ally from the closet?

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🗓️ 26 August 2020

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Collette Dalton, therapist and gay Latter-day Saint, joins us as we brainstorm ways to support the LGBTQ+ community even if you still don't feel comfortable being out publicly.

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0:00.0	Welcome to questions from the closet. I'm Charlie Birth and I'm Ben Shalati. Each episode we discuss a question that we commonly get asked is LGBTQ Latter-day Saints.
0:14.4	We are not trying to answer this question or come to a consensus, but simply sharing our perspectives.
0:19.2	Today's question is, how can I be an ally from the closet?
0:23.0	Ben and I are not terribly diverse and we share many opinions in my experiences.
0:27.0	For example, both of us came out in a very public way.
0:30.0	However, there are some pretty big differences.
0:32.0	For example, Charlie came out in a Deseret News op-ed. However, there are some pretty big differences.
0:32.6	For example, Charlie came out in a desert of news op-ed
0:34.9	and I came out on my blog that literally
0:36.5	dozens of people follow.
0:40.3	How many people raise your op-ed Charlie?
0:42.2	Um, a lot.
0:45.0	A lot.
0:47.0	And a lot of people have read your blog too.
0:49.0	Yeah, I mean, before I came out, like, seriously, dozens of people would read my blog like just my friends
0:54.8	I haven't read your blog ever I've never read your coming out in post now it's pretty good
0:59.6	so was my coming out article well I read that you actually have any proofread
1:02.8	it. Anyway there's no wrong way to come out. We would like to provide a variety of
1:10.2	voices and perspectives so today we're joined by Colette Dalton.
1:13.4	Welcome Colette.
1:14.4	Hi, thanks for having me. So tell us a little bit about yourself.
1:17.0	While I'm Mormon and gay, don't know what else you need to know.
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