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031: Tina Richerson on how Buddhism led her back to Mormonism, being a queer Mormon in NYC

April 19, 2013
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031: Tina Richerson on how Buddhism led her back to Mormonism, being a queer Mormon in NYC

In part 2 or 2 Tina Richerson talks about her exploration of Buddhism, how this exploration brought her back to Mormonism, how she embraces her spirituality as a buddhist leaning Queer Mormon, and about her life as a musician in NYC. Podcast: Play in new window | Download

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030: Tina Richerson on her youth, her relationships, Mormonism, Pentecostalism and music

April 19, 2013
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030: Tina Richerson on her youth, her relationships, Mormonism, Pentecostalism and music

In part 1 of 2 Tina Richerson on growing up a lesbian Mormon, resolving this with her family, her important same-sex relationships, trying out Pentacostalism and becoming a professional musician.   Podcast: Play in new window | Download

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027: Laurel and Josh Weed voice support for all LGBT people, address their opinions about marriage equality and other issues

April 2, 2013
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027: Laurel and Josh Weed voice support for all LGBT people, address their opinions about marriage equality and other issues

In part 3 or 3 Josh and Lollie talk about a variety of LGBT issues including marriage equality and their desire to advocate for change within mormonism to benefit its LGBT members. Podcast: Play in new window | Download

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026: Laurel and Josh Weed talk about mixed-orientation marriages and about their coming out

April 2, 2013
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026: Laurel and Josh Weed talk about mixed-orientation marriages and about their coming out

On part 2 of 3 Josh and Lollie talk about their experience in a mixed-orientation , the motivation and events that led to their public coming out and their concerns about being held up as role models.   Podcast: Play in new window | Download

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025: Laurel and Josh Weed on their youth, their friendship, dealing with orientation and making a decision to marry

April 2, 2013
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025: Laurel and Josh Weed on their youth, their friendship, dealing with orientation and making a decision to marry

In part 1 of 3 Josh and Lolly describe their long history together that included a close friendship as adolescents, how Josh coped with his sexual orientation and the bullying he faced, and how they fell in love and decided to marry. Podcast: Play in new window | Download

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024: Brett Bradshaw Pt. 4 on his relationship to Mormonism now and his career and his passion for social justice

March 27, 2013
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024: Brett Bradshaw Pt. 4 on his relationship to Mormonism now and his career and his passion for social justice

In part 4 of 4 Brett discusses his perspectives on Mormonism and his view of recent changes in the churches approach to LGBT people, his own value system, his career as an activist for social justice, and his views on tolerance and equality. Podcast: Play in new window | Download

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023: Brett Bradshaw Pt. 3 on his same-sex marriage and on becoming a parent and on raising a daughter with two dads

March 27, 2013
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023: Brett Bradshaw Pt. 3 on his same-sex marriage and on becoming a parent and on raising a daughter with two dads

In part 3 of 4 Brett talks about his decision to get married, and his journey toward parenthood, the joys and difficulties of raising a daughter as a same-sex couple and the values that they have as a family.   Podcast: Play in new window | Download

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022: Brett Bradshaw Pt. 2 on coming out to his parents as his relationship solidifies and on confronting sexuality in a healthy and authentic way

March 26, 2013
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022: Brett Bradshaw Pt. 2 on coming out to his parents as his relationship solidifies and on confronting sexuality in a healthy and authentic way

In part 2 of 4 Brett discusses how he explored his identity and values as a gay man, the process of coming out to his family and how his parents faced that journey, talks about the importance of sexuality and his feelings about the best way to approach sexuality in the context of healthy and…

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020: Alex Shafer Pt. 2 on marital problems, accepting his homosexuality, getting divorced, starting a gay relationship and starting resolution with family

March 3, 2013
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020: Alex Shafer Pt. 2 on marital problems, accepting his homosexuality, getting divorced, starting a gay relationship and starting resolution with family

In part 2 of 2 Alex discusses his frustration around ongoing same sex attraction and finally accepting his homosexuality, realizing his wife’s unhappiness and deciding with her to end the marriage, learning to relate to his family as a gay man and finding a relationship that fits. Podcast: Play in new window | Download

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019: Alex Shafer Pt. 1 on repeated efforts to overcome same sex attraction with reparative therapy and entering a marriage

March 3, 2013
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019: Alex Shafer Pt. 1 on repeated efforts to overcome same sex attraction with reparative therapy and entering a marriage

In part 1 of 2 Alex talks about his normal childhood and adolescence becoming less normal when he starts trying to overcome same sex attractions.  This shapes his late adolescence, college and mission years as he repeatedly attempts different efforts of reparative therapy, and finally decides to get married. Podcast: Play in new window |…

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