A Story Of Love and Discovery with Carl and Steve Wright | Accept Who You Are - Part 2

Today we have a follow up with Carl Wright, with whom we did a part 1 podcast episode a few weeks back. We’re also joined by his father and Scott’s brother, Steve Wright, to go deeper into their story, which we discussed in that previous episode. He tells about his journey of not fitting in or connecting to the activities his father enjoyed and feeling different, experiencing strong same gender attraction since a young age. At first Steve was worried about sharing his story and putting unnecessary pressure on his kids, but now he and Carl see the value of sharing Steve’s journey with the world, emphasizing the importance of being true to oneself and discovering who we truly are. This conversation is a story of love within a family, both generations, and between Steve and the people around him. A journey of hope 4:50A Story of Faith, Rejection, and Redemption 7:40Steve loved being home 9:00Coming out to his mom 12:30Being called as a mission president 16:10Feeling inadequate and learning from this experience 25:15Visiting with Elder Ballard of the Quorum of the Twelve 31:00Community support and his experience separate from the church 34:50Will the Church change its stance ever? 40:10Steve’s dream 42:45The younger generation and their influence 47:50We hide 56:30It Didn’t Start With You 60:00You’re only as sick as your secret 64:30The capacity to love 73:25Choosing not to have a partner 74:45“I don’t think the cookie cutter experience teaches you anything…If you think that you have a cookie cutter life, you’ve got another thing coming. Just wait, something’s coming. Something will happen. Everybody goes through it, it’s not something that we can ever get away from.” 26:57