Is there a place for me in the Church?

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All Out in the Open, Questions from the Closet

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🗓️ 8 December 2020

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Ben, Charlie, and McKay Bryson have a raw conversation about what it's like to be a gay member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Questions from the Closet. I'm Ben Shalati. And I'm Charlie Bird. Each episode we discuss a question that we commonly get asked as LGBT Q Latter-day Saints.
0:13.7	We are not trying to answer this question or come to a consensus, but simply sharing our perspectives.
0:18.2	Today's question is, is that a place for me in the church?
0:21.5	Van and I are not terribly diverse, and we share many opinions and life experiences.
0:25.0	For example, we both fit into a size large shirt.
0:28.0	But like not at the same time.
0:30.0	Oh my gosh. However, there are some pretty big differences.
0:35.0	Oh my gosh, Dan.
0:38.0	I think it should be we both wear a size large shirt.
0:40.0	We both wear a size large shirt.
0:42.0	Okay, carry shirt. Okay,
0:43.3	carry on. Okay, however, there are some pretty big differences. For example, I
0:49.3	usually wear a button down shirt and Charlie usually wears like a
0:51.8	t-shirt or like a Nike shirt.
0:53.2	Yeah, Ben's always at work and I'm always at cheer practice. But if I'm not working I just
0:57.3	wear t-shirts. Also one time when I was going to tap class that first time I was
1:01.3	trying to figure out what to wear and I was going to wear a pair of like basketball shorts.
1:05.0	Y'all should have seen what this man was trying to wear to tap class.
1:07.0	I was like, what am I supposed to wear a tap class?
1:09.0	And you guys are like, Leotard.
1:10.0	I'm like, I don't have Leotard.
1:11.0	Well, not Leotard, just not like basketball shorts with like dressy tap shoes and no socks. It was awful.
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