Welcome to questions from the closet. I'm Charlie Bird. And I'm Ben Shalatti. Each episode,

we discuss the questions we commonly get asked as LGBTQ plus larga saints. We're not

trying to answer this question or come into a consensus, but simply sharing our perspectives.

Today's question is, is being gay part of my identity? So, Charlie and I are not terribly

diverse and we share many opinions and life experiences. For example, we both have passed

the association of social work board exams. Did I say that right? I love how you just

read it. It's the social work, the exam to be a licensed social worker. However, there

are some pretty big differences. For example, I passed mine today. Congratulations, Charlie.

Like a few hours ago, like right before I drove here. How was the experience for you?

I felt really good. I really did some prep. Like I listened to all my favorite like exciting

pop songs. Wait a minute. Wait a minute. You're prep. Well, I studied before, but like on

the way there. Yeah, today I didn't study all I just listened to pop music and gotten

a really good mood. Nice. I drank a lot of water. I drank too much water. I had to take

a bathroom break. That's fine. They let you do that. But yeah, I passed. And I passed

like very respectively. I felt really good about my performance. You know, I had a terrible

experience. I was like so stressed. And the way the test is structured, there's not

just like one right answer. You have to pick like the best answer. That's not clear.

I was stressed the whole time. And then when you finish, I don't know if it's still like

this, but it was like, it was like, submit the test. And it was like, are you sure you

want to submit? And I was like, yes. And then I was like, take this, sure, you're sure.

I was like, take this survey. I was like, ah, you take the survey. Like, are you sure

you want to submit this or are like, yes, it's like, are you sure you want to submit

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