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All Out in the Open

What is asexuality?

All Out in the Open

All Out in the Open, Questions from the Closet

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

4.91.2K Ratings

🗓️ 19 January 2021

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Ben and Charlie are joined by Tearza Foyston for an in-depth conversation about asexuality.

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0:00.0

Welcome to Questions from the Closet. I'm Ben Shalati. And I'm Charlie Bird.

0:08.0

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

0:12.0

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

0:16.0

Today's question is, what is asexuality?

0:19.0

Ben and I are not terribly diverse, and we share many opinions and life experiences.

0:22.9

For example, we are both night owls.

0:25.1

However, there are some pretty big differences.

0:27.0

For example, I can keep a schedule pretty well and Charlie can't.

0:30.3

I am horrible going to bed.

0:32.2

I stay up like all night and then sleep in or if I have to get up early I take a nap. I'm all over the place.

0:37.0

Well you'll like stay up until like six in the morning and then go to bed at like nine the next night.

0:41.0

Yeah, it's bad. Where I'm like if I don't have work my

0:45.4

goals like to get to bed by one every day. I'm not very regimented. I used to be

0:50.4

but I'm not anymore. I like to have fun. So it's like I'm doing

0:54.0

something fun, I would just stay up all night. Or like look at memes until four.

0:57.8

Well see I used to do that I just can't sleep in anymore. So I need to go to bed

1:01.5

otherwise I'll never get. I don't have a job right now and everything's online.

1:05.1

Yes, when I do have a job I try and go to bed before 11.

1:09.2

We like to provide a variety of voices in perspective, so today we're joined by Tears of Boyston.

1:14.4

Hi.

1:15.4

Tell us a little bit about yourself.

1:16.8

So I am 25 years old, long-standing member of the church, I guess, lifelong member of the church.

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