What made you gay?

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🗓️ 22 September 2020

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Ben and Charlie are joined by psychologist Dr. Jeff Case to debunk myths about the origin of same-sex orientation. They have a conversation about early sexual abuse, social conditioning, and other factors that have historically been used to explain why people are gay. (This episode contains some mature content).

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0:00.0	Welcome to questions from the closet. I'm Charlie Bird and I'm Ben Shalati.
0:09.3	Each episode we discuss a question that we commonly get asked as LGBTQ Latter-day Saints.
0:14.4	We are not trying to answer this question or come to a consensus but simply sharing our perspectives.
0:19.0	Today's question is, what made you gay?
0:21.9	Ben and I are not terribly diverse and we share many opinions and life experiences.
0:25.8	For example, we were both voted something in high school.
0:28.9	However, there are some pretty big differences.
0:30.7	For example, I was voted most spirited, and Charlie was voted most likely to succeed.
0:35.5	That's actually kind of funny because I feel like you're more successful and I'm more spirited.
0:39.3	I mean you are a cheerleader. So our student body's got it wrong and I do make the median income in
0:45.2	Utah. Yeah he's he's Dr. Shalati that's true and I'm just cheerleader bird.
0:50.0	I did wear a suit today I think that's a sign of success. I only wear a suit today. I feel like that's a sign of success. I only wear a suit for like
0:55.6	fashion never for a church.
0:59.2	I definitely wore for church. Digging myself in a whole.
1:03.7	Well we would like to provide a variety of voices and perspectives so today we're joined once again
1:07.9	by Jeff Case.
1:08.9	Hey it's great to be here.
1:10.1	Welcome back to Jeff.
1:10.9	We're happy to have you.
1:11.9	Thank you.
1:12.4	It's a pleasure to be here.
1:14.0	I can't remember which episode we had you on for.
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