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All Out in the Open

Should I come out?

All Out in the Open

All Out in the Open, Questions from the Closet

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

4.91.2K Ratings

🗓️ 14 April 2020

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Ben and Charlie are joined by Travis Steward, an active gay Church member and former mission president. They discuss what it's like being in the closet and why they felt the need to begin "coming out" to people around them.

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0:00.0

Welcome to Questions from the Closet.

0:05.0

I'm Ben Shalati.

0:08.0

And I'm Charlie Bird.

0:09.0

Each episode we discuss a question that we commonly get asked as LGBTQ Larity Saints.

0:14.0

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

0:19.5

The question that we're going to discuss today is, should I come out? So Charlie and I are not

0:24.7

terribly diverse and we share many opinions and life experiences. For example we

0:28.7

both we both speak Spanish and we actually both have Spanish degrees from the same university.

0:34.0

That's true.

0:35.0

Yeah.

0:36.0

But there are some pretty big differences.

0:37.0

For example, Ben served his mission in Mexico.

0:40.0

And Charlie serves his mission in a place that used to be Mexico.

0:43.0

Yeah, good old California.

0:45.0

So we would like to provide a variety of voices and perspectives.

0:48.0

So today we're joined by Travis.

0:50.0

Hi guys.

0:51.0

So tell us a little bit about yourself Travis

0:53.6

okay guys uh I speak Spanish too sorry I don't have a degree in Spanish yeah

0:57.8

there's the diversity right there here we go

1:00.5

I grew up in on a small farm in northern Utah, Tremont, Utah.

1:07.0

I'm married.

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