What do I do when going to church is hard?

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🗓️ 16 June 2020

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Attending church can sometimes be difficult for LGBTQ individuals. This week, Kelly Peterson, convert, return missionary, and college basketball player, joins us to talk about what she does when she feels uncomfortable or out of place at church.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Questions from the Closet, I'm Ben Shalattie. And I'm Charlie Bird. Each episode we discuss a question that we commonly get asked as LGBT Q Latter-day Saints.
0:14.4	We're not trying to answer this question or come to a consensus, but simply sharing our
0:18.1	perspectives. Today's question is, what do I do when going to church is hard?
0:23.0	Ben and I are not terribly diverse and we share many opinions and life experiences.
0:27.0	For example, both of us go to great clips to get our hair cut.
0:31.0	That's true, I've been going there since I move back to Provo.
0:34.0	However, there are some pretty big differences.
0:36.0	For example, Charlie has one specific hairstylist that he sees and I just take whoever is available.
0:41.0	She's really good. She knows my head shape. She gets it right every time. I'm like to provide a variety of voices and
0:58.5	perspectives so today we're joined by Kelly.
1:00.6	Hi guys hi Kelly welcome
1:02.4	thanks for having me tell us a little bit about yourself Kelly by Kelly. Hi, Hi Kelly. Welcome.
1:03.0	Thanks for having me.
1:04.0	Tell us a little bit about yourself, Kelly.
1:05.0	Sure.
1:06.0	I am from the Bay Area, so I'm from California.
1:10.0	Did my undergrad out at Lehi University all the way in Pennsylvania.
1:15.0	That's Le H I G H I G H at the end.
1:19.0	Yes, it's in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
1:22.0	So, very churchy without being really related
1:24.8	to the church at all.
1:27.0	I played basketball out there, which was great.
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