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All Out in the Open

How do I figure everything out?

All Out in the Open

All Out in the Open, Questions from the Closet

Lds, Lgbt, Religion & Spirituality, Transgender, Christ, Church Of Jesus Christ, Society & Culture, Lgbtq, Gay, Christianity, Latter-day Saint, Faith, Mormon

4.91.2K Ratings

🗓️ 2 March 2021

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Ben and Charlie are joined by Joey, a current student at BYU, to discuss how they have made decisions in the uncharted territory of being a LGBTQ+ member of the Church.

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0:00.0

Welcome to Questions from the Closet. I'm Ben Chalatti.

0:08.2

And I'm Charlie Bird. Each episode we discuss a question that we commonly get asked as LGBTQ

0:12.9

Latter-day Saints.

0:13.9

We're not trying to answer this question or come to a consensus, but simply sharing

0:16.7

our perspectives. Today's question is, how do I figure everything out?

0:20.5

Ben and I are not terribly diverse, and we share many opinions and life experiences.

0:24.5

For example, we both laugh a lot and very loudly.

0:27.5

However, there are some pretty big differences. For example, Charlie snorts when he laughs.

0:31.8

It's very endearing, Charlie.

0:36.2

Thank you. Well, I feel like I have either, I have two laughs. I can either honk like a goose

0:40.7

or I can snort like a pig. And if I like, tamper the honk, I snort, and if I tamper

0:44.8

the snort, then I honk.

0:46.0

But you also have this like, inhale laugh, kind of?

0:48.6

That's the honk, I'm talking about. That's a honk.

0:50.7

No. Anyway, you laugh loudly.

0:58.1

I do. I do everything loudly.

0:59.6

Ben scares me all the time. He'll be like, hey, Charlie. I'm not trying to scare you.

1:05.3

He's just so jolly and nice and he laughs so much.

1:08.0

It's true. So when I laugh a lot, I like show my gums a lot. I don't know if that's

1:11.4

like an evolutionary thing to like show my dominance. I don't know.

1:14.4

Oh my gosh.

1:16.9

But like, if there's a picture of me like laughing at a ton, you like see all of my gums.

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