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All Out in the Open

What does it mean to be bisexual?

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

🗓️ 21 April 2020

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Recorded remotely from our actual closets! Ben and Charlie are joined by Vinnie Jones, a bisexual dancer and choreographer. Vinnie shares how she views her orientation and how being bisexual differs from being straight or gay.

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0:00.0

Welcome to Questions from the Closic, I'm Charlie Byrne.

0:05.0

And I'm Ben Shalati.

0:10.0

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

0:15.2

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

0:20.3

The question we're discussing today is, what does it mean to be bisexual?

0:24.0

Ben and I are not terribly diverse and we share many of the same opinions and life experiences.

0:29.0

For example, Charlie and I both grew up in white middle class America.

0:33.4

However, there are some pretty big differences.

0:35.9

For example, I was raised on a ranch and Ben was raised in a ranch style house.

0:40.6

Also commonly known as a ram.

0:43.0

Typically, we record this podcast from a studio, but because of the coronavirus, we are actually in different states and we have heard that it's better to record

0:56.4

podcasts in a closet because that way the sound doesn't vibrate as much because the clothes absorb

1:02.1

the sound.

1:03.0

So I actually, I don't have, there's not a closet in the house I'm in that's big enough for me.

1:06.8

So I actually made a blanket of four that I'm sitting in right now.

1:10.5

Is it the ranch style house that you grew up in? Yes, I am in the ranch

1:13.4

so house I grew up in with my parents. That's great. I'm coming out to you from my

1:16.8

actual closet here in Missouri and today we have Vinny with us and Vinny where

1:21.9

are you coming from?

1:23.4

I am also in a closet near San Francisco, California.

1:28.5

Perfect.

1:28.9

We're so excited to have you on.

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