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How do I teach my kids about LGBTQ+?

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

🗓️ 27 October 2020

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Charlie and Ben are joined by Dr. Lisa Hansen to discuss how parents can safely and effectively teach their children about LGBTQ+ topics.

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0:00.0

Welcome to Questions from the Closet. I'm Ben Shalatie. And I'm Charlie Bird. Each episode we discuss a question that we commonly get asked as LGBTQ Latter-day Saints.

0:14.8

We are not trying to answer this question or come to a consensus, but simply sharing our perspectives.

0:18.8

Today's question is, how do I teach my kids about LGBTQ?

0:22.6

Charlie and I are not terribly diverse and we share many opinions in life experiences.

0:26.1

For example, we both don't like babies.

0:28.8

However, there are some pretty big differences, but actually this time there weren't as we were talking

0:34.1

about it we just like don't like holding other people's babies and it makes us really

0:37.5

uncomfortable. I really don't like holding babies they just I mean you have to hold

0:41.8

their head and they cry and fluids come out of every part of them all the time and we were trying to figure out a difference and the best thing we got was

0:48.5

This is gross, but one time when my little sister was a baby she spit up and it like went into my mouth

0:54.3

so that was gross but that's the only thing because he's like well have you ever

0:58.2

changed the diaper and I was like no and so like everything we we have very similar experiences with babies because we just don't know what to do with.

1:05.8

We just ignore them and then when they're like three they're fine.

1:08.6

Oh yeah once they get a little personality I joke with my sisters as soon as I can like

1:12.4

throw their kids up in the air and they think it's fun and giggle

1:15.4

That's when I love them. I love them before anyway, so I don't know and they kind of look like aliens when they're first born

1:21.0

like cone-shaped head.

1:24.0

Anyway, for all the moms and baby lovers out there in the audience,

1:29.0

we're...

1:30.0

Please don't hand us your babies.

1:31.0

Don't give us your kids.

1:32.0

We don't hand us your babies. Don't give us your kids. We don't want them.

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