Natasha Helfer Parker from MormonMentalHealth.org interviews Lorena Tobon, who grew up as a faithful and extremely dedicated member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Colombia. From an early age she found herself falling in love with…
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085: Lorena Tobon: Interview from Mormon Mental Health Part 2
084: Lorena Tobon: Interview from Mormon Mental Health Part 1
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.
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.
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…
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…
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.
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…
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…