What should I do if think a family member is gay?

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🗓️ 8 September 2020

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Charlie's sister Anne Bird Rodman joins us for a conversation about what Anne did when she first suspected Charlie was gay. We talk about vulnerability and have a discussion on how to create a more safe, loving environment for others.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Questions from the Closet. I'm Ben Shalati. And I'm Charlie Bird. Each episode we discuss a question that we commonly get asked as LGBT Q Latter-day Saints.
0:14.1	We are not trying to answer this question or come to a consensus but simply sharing our
0:18.1	perspectives. Today's question is what should I do if I think a family member is gay?
0:24.0	So Charlie and I are not terribly diverse and we share many opinions in life experiences.
0:28.0	For example, we both hate leg day at the gym.
0:31.0	However, there are some pretty big differences. For example, Ben pushes through and does it anyway and I usually don't. I really hate leg day.
0:41.0	What are you doing? It said? I usually just do like backflips and pretend it's a leg workout.
0:46.0	See that's like, that's making me sound good.
0:49.0	But it's not good.
0:50.0	It's like a cop out.
0:52.0	I hike a lot. I go on a lot of hikes. I feel like I would, if I could skip
0:56.7	leg day to be able to do backflips, I would definitely do that. But no, I do leg day almost every
1:00.5	week. My goal is to work out zero to four times a week and I make my goal every week.
1:04.9	Zero to four times. That's great. Anyway, we would like to provide a variety of voices and
1:10.6	perspectives. So today we're joined by Anne Rodman. Welcome Anne.
1:14.5	Hi, thank you, glad to be here. And let me just say that it is an honor to have you here.
1:20.1	Thank you.
1:21.3	It's honor to be here.
1:26.2	Anne is my sister, Anne's my older sister. We are three and a half years?
1:27.8	No, like three years apart.
1:29.4	Two and a half years apart. two and a half years apart.
1:33.0	I don't even know how old I am these days.
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