In today’s episode I begin to share my experience with conversion therapy and why myself and others found ourselves involved in these practices. If you have questions about this type of therapy or about my experience, please send me a message and I will try to answer your questions. As I mentioned in the […]
We sit down to complete the trifecta third part interview with my best of friends Mekael and Kelsey. We pick up where these two meet and how their relationship blooms and what led them to have met me and our incredible friends Chris and Dawn. We spend some time discussing what things look like on […]
In episode 2 my beautiful friend Kelsey tells us her story. How she was loved and supported by an incredible family and but inside Mormonism we still have to look a certain way and fit a certain mold. Kelsey tells us how she knew she was lesbian very early but always shoved it down in […]
Today we sit down with my dear friend Mekael. This episode is part 1 of a 3 part series. Mekael helps us see into her life where from the time she is a child she seeks to fit in, to make her family proud and to make her faith system proud of her. But she […]
Episode 3 explores what hurtful things gay men and women have had said to them when they came. The hope is to allow listeners to realize that what is sometimes said out of love can be extremely hurtful and to help give people a better idea of how to respond if they ever find themselves […]
The State of Utah has a significant suicide problem. We are number 5 in the nation for overall suicides and are leading the nation in suicides for individuals ages 10-17. There has been a lot of debate as to why that is and in my opinion a lot of defensiveness in looking at what the […]
At the 2018 Sandy Utah Sunstone Symposium I sat in a session about the genetics of Sex and Gender. The presenter was Crystal Scott, a is a embryologist. Crystal got her start at the University of Virginia. She works in the industry creating high-value babies and teaching genetics at Boise State University. Today we […]
Elder Oaks gave a talk this past week that raises for me several questions. Here are the things he seemed to have said and my questions that follow. Remember it is Elder Oaks himself who stated that “Questions are honored” and so I hope you will do just that by taking them seriously. Also, Elder […]
Today The Walker Family join in a round-table discussion over LGBT issues and their personal journeys in this arena. Today you get to take some time to “walk a mile in their shoes” and see how this incredible family dealt with growth, change, and understanding. They are vulnerable. They are honest. And they lay […]
Today we sit down with with Author, Feminist, and LGBT ally Carol Lynn Pearson. We discuss her book “The Ghost of Eternal Polygamy” along with several other issues including LGBT inclusiveness and the development of her own faith. Carol Lynn has been a long time ally and friend of those who feel marginalized by their faith. […]
We are 1 year removed from “the Policy”. What does the Data tell us? How has it affected my family? What has been the aftermath? And most importantly Where do we have yet to go? On the 1 year anniversary…. we explore this and more.
Today I sit down with Richard Ostler. Just released as the Bishop of a Young Single Adult Ward, Richard sits down with us to share what it means to be inclusive and to love without limits. He recently was featured in Jana Riess’ column titled “What one bishop offers Mormons who don’t ‘know’ the church […]
I will try to be brief and allow this article to be a quick read. I will lay out first the reasons the Church Won’t change on its Theology and Doctrine and will followup with Why it Will and allow you the reader to make up your own mind. At the end, if you care […]
Today I wrestle with the recent commentary of Elder Bednar on Homosexuality. I am sorry if I am too harsh or if my criticisms are unfair. I welcome anyone in Church authority to sit down with me and others and work through the data and questions that are out there that no one in leadership […]
Today I sit down with Daniel Parkinson MD to discuss the biology of Homosexuality. Daniel is a psychiatrist and is well informed on the biological research on homosexuality. Today we talk about what happens during the development of the fetus that leads to atypical results. We also visit the outward biological signs that show us […]
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