What are the pros and cons of coming out?

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🗓️ 9 March 2021

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Ben and Charlie are joined by Stacey Harkey for a discussion of the pros and cons of coming out.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Questions from the Closet, I'm Ben Shalatti, and I'm Charlie Bird.
0:06.8	Each episode we discuss a question that we commonly get asked as LGBTQ Latter-day Saints.
0:10.6	You're not trying to answer this question or come to consensus, but simply sharing
0:14.2	our perspectives.
0:15.2	Today's question is, what are the pros and cons of coming out?
0:19.2	Ben and I are not terribly diverse, and we share many opinions and life experiences.
0:23.1	For example, we both came out to our best friend first.
0:25.7	However, there are some pretty big differences.
0:27.5	For example, I came out to my best friends in a park in Provo, and Charlie came out to
0:31.6	his best friend, while parked in Provo.
0:34.4	You know how cops patrol the mountains and areas to make sure everyone's safe?
0:38.2	I did not know that.
0:39.2	They're like spotlight people making out in their cars.
0:42.6	I did not know that, actually.
0:43.6	It looks sketchy, because I was with my cousin Rachel, it was four in the morning, and
0:47.3	I'm like sobbing in the passenger seat, coming out to her, and it was just funny afterwards.
0:52.7	People think we're having a saucy moment in here, and I'm just like, I'm sorry.
0:57.2	I'm gay.
0:58.2	And she's like, Charlie, it's okay.
1:00.5	I love you.
1:01.8	Yeah, I came out in Columbus Park.
1:04.1	We just sat on some grass, meeting my two best friends, so I wrote about a ton, talked
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