Welcome to All Out in the Open. We are so glad you're here. I'm Charlie Bird here with Ben Shalati. And this

week we have an All Together episode and these are totally focused on community building, building bridges where you are.

And Liz and Michael interview their friend, Melissa Larson, but I think her name should actually be

Bridget because she is an expert bridge builder. She really is. And she talks to how she builds bridges

between communities of faith and the LGBTQ community and just the She really is. And she talks about how she builds bridges between communities of faith

and the LGBTQ community

and just the community in general.

And I think it's super inspiring

and we hope you love it.

Well, welcome to an episode of All Out in the Open.

I'm so glad to me.

Melissa, I've heard so much about you.

That's so great from Michael.

So I'm excited to get to know more about you.

Yes.

Thanks for being here, my friend. We've known each other for so long.

And I'm just excited that we get to talk with you today about making change and bridge building.

That's what this, our podcast, our week of the All Out in the Open podcast, is all about talking to people that are making change in their community and just, you know, doing that from whatever

space they feel is their strong space. So would you introduce yourself a little bit? Because we've

been friends for over 20 years. We've worked together in many different capacities, but I'd love

for this audience to get to know you a little. Yeah. Well, thank you for having me. It's a privilege

to be here alongside of you. So my name's Melissa,

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