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Gay Mormon Stories Podcast, 100 episodes.

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092: Making Sense of the Research on Homosexuality— Biological Factors Part 4

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091: Making Sense of the Research on Homosexuality— Biological Factors Part 3

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090: Making Sense of the Research on Homosexuality— Biological Factors Part 2

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089: Making Sense of the Research on Homosexuality— Biological Factors Part 1

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088: Clark Johnsen – From BYU to Broadway’s Book of Mormon Musical Part 2

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087: Clark Johnsen – From BYU to Broadway’s Book of Mormon Musical Part 1

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086: Lorena Tobon: Interview from Mormon Mental Health Part 3

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085: Lorena Tobon: Interview from Mormon Mental Health Part 2

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084: Lorena Tobon: Interview from Mormon Mental Health Part 1

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083: Jake and Meg Abhau part 3 where they discuss the church’s impact on LGBT and their activism

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082: Jake, Meg and Jon Abhau part 2 where they discuss his coming out and Meg and Jake discuss their Faith Crisis

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081: Meg and Jake Abhau’s video interview part 1– finding out they have a gay son

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Discussion of homelessness and suicide among LGBT teens

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080: Transmormon–the Story of Eri Hayward Part 2

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079: Transmormon–the Story of Eri Hayward Part 1

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078: Kyle Howard Pt2 on his spiritual journey, self-acceptance and activism

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077: Kyle Howard Pt.1 with his parents and his brother Tyler tell their story at LDSWalkWithYou.org

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076: Hollie interviews some Dragon Mamas

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Human Rights Campaign – Working for LGBT Mormons

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075: Rob Donaldson Pt. 2 on coming out, and finding a spiritual home in the Episcopal Church

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074: Rob Donaldson Pt. 1 discusses his early rise to church leadership that was cut short by his divorce

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073: Adam White Pt. 2 on the evolution of USGA at BYU, and on his activism

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072: Adam White, Pt. 1 on his youth and BYU and coming out

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071: Jake Abhau Pt. 3 on his son’s coming out, and on becoming an LGBT activist

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070: Jake Abhau Pt. 2 on his courtship, marriage, and son’s childhood

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069: Jake Abhau Pt.1 on how early experiences and Mission impact his attitude about LGBT issues

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068: Jon Abhau on coming out as a gay Mormon teen

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067: Meg Abhau Pt. 3 on becoming an ally and fighting for all gay youth

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066: Meg Abhau Pt.2 talks about her teen son’s coming out

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Hollie Hancock joins Gay Mormon Stories and interviews CTW directors

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064: Erik Lovell Pt. 2 on being out at BYU, dating and celibacy

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063: Erik Lovell Pt. 1 on growing up Mormon and on personal revelation

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062: Montgomery Family Pt. 3, where Tom and Wendy talk about their activism

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061: Montgomery Family Part 2, where Tom and Wendy talk about their church experience dealing with this issue

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060: Montgomery Family Part 1, where we hear from the teen family members

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059: Keaton Johnson Pt. 2 on finding love, marriage and being a parent

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058: Keaton Johnson Pt. 1 on coming out, overcoming obesity and drug addiction

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057: Edward Jones Pt 2 on impacting Mormonism as an LGBT person

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056: Edward Jones Pt. 1 on coming out, drug addiction, recovery, leaving and returning to Mormonism

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055: God’s Affirmation (Presentation at Affirmation Conference 2013)

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054: Matt Salmon Pt. 2 on feeling forced out of the church, finding resolution with his family, and pursuing medicine

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053: Matt Salmon Pt. 1 passes through reparative therapy and ecclesiastical abuse, before finally confirming God’s acceptance

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052: Sam Noble Pt. 3 on his place in the church as a gay man

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051: Sam Noble Pt. 2 on accepting his homosexuality, coming out, and assessing his religion

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050: Sam Noble Pt. 1 on growing up Mormon, dealing with his sexuality, his mission and BYU

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2nd Conference on Healing with Tawnya Smith, Carol Lynn Pearson, Karin Hendricks, Justis Tuia, and Sam Noble.

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049: Justin Utley Pt. 3 on his successes with his music career and his personal life

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048: Justin Utley Pt. 2 on difficulties of coming out, dealing with suicide, accepting himself, moving forward

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047: Justin Utley Pt. 1 on growing up Mormon, his struggles, his early music and his involvement in Evergreen

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046: Karin Hendricks and Tawnya Smith Pt. 3 on their life together and their spiritual quest

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045: Karin Hendricks and Tawnya Smith Pt. 2 on pursuing spirituality together, coming out, and getting married

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044: Karin Hendricks and Tawnya Smith Pt. 1 on their religious upbringing and their spiritual roots

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043: John Hamer talks more about being gay and his journey and his place as a gay man in the Community of Christ

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042: Mark Wade on growing up LDS, dealing with depression and coming out

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041: John Hamer Pt. 2 on coming back to Mormonism by way of history, and finding his calling at the Community of Christ

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040: John Hamer Pt.1 on growing up Mormon and being a gay agnostic at BYU

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039: Stephen Johnson Pt. 2 on his mixed-orientation marriage, leaving the Jehovah’s Witnesses and coming out

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038: Stephen Johnson Pt.1 on growing up a Jehovah’s Witness and dealing with ecclesiastical sexual abuse and shaming

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Conference on Healing with Tawnya Smith, Carol Lynn Pearson, Karin Hendricks, Judy Finch, and Sam Noble.

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037: Peter van der Walt Pt. 2 on his belief, his hope to be part of the church

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036: Peter van der Walt Pt. 1 on coming out as a gay teen as apartheid collapses

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035: Amiad Horowitz on being gay and an Orthodox Jew

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034: Bryan Hendrickson and Adam Allred Pt. 3 discuss their evolving relationships with Mormonism and moving forward

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033: Bryan Hendrickson and Adam Allred Pt. 2 discuss accepting their orientations and managing their Mormonism

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032: Bryan Hendrickson and Adam Allred Pt. 1 discuss their parallel journeys, teen years, missions, BYU

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

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

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029: David Baker Pt. 2 on accepting his orientation and receiving an affirming confirmation

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028: David Baker Pt. 1 on being kicked out of BYU, gaining a testimony, and attempting suicide

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

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

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

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

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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

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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

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021: Brett Bradshaw Pt. 1 on growing up in a devout but progressive Mormon family, his faith crisis, and finding the love of his life

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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

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

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018: Curtis Cloward Pt. 2 on marrying to “kill the gay”, on plunging into self-destruction, on the shame of excommunication, on divorce, starting over and regaining his family

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017: Curtis Cloward Pt. 1 on learning to to compartmentalize and trying to “fight the gay” as a youth and as a missionary

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013: Nathan and Jefferson Cloward Pt. 2 on coming to terms with their father’s homosexuality, managing their faith crises and moving forward with stronger family ties

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012: Nathan and Jefferson Cloward Pt. 1 on growing up Mormon with a gay father and their mission to save him

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011: Cary Crall pt. 3 on affirming and pushing limits at BYU, moving on to Harvard and engaging in activism

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010: Cary Crall pt. 2 on Prop 8, speaking out and media attention, coming out gay at BYU

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009: Cary Crall pt. 1 on his successes and demons as a youth, missionary and BYU student

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008: John Gustav Wrathall pt. 4 on his return to Mormonism on his terms, and his surprising path to parenthood

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007: John Gustav-Wrathall pt. 3 on living as a gay man, his gay marriage, and acceptance by family

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006: John Gustav-Wrathall pt. 2 on his suicidality, on leaving the church to survive, and on exploring life paths

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005: John Gustav-Wrathall pt. 1 on his youth, spiritual development, and his descent into despair

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004: Berta Marquez pt. 3 on thriving by being an activist and working with homeless LGBT teens

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003: Berta Marquez pt. 2 on depression, the despair of the closet, and her awakening

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002: Berta Marquez pt. 1 on the dangers and sequelae of growing up as a political refugee

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001: Carol Lynn Pearson and “the Hero’s Journey of the Gay and Lesbian Mormon”

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SLC 2011 – Circling the Wagons 013: It HAS Gotten Better: LGBTQ History in Utah over the Past 30 Years with Jim Dabakis and Ben Williams

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SLC 2011 – Circling the Wagons 012: A National Perspective on the Church and LBGTQ Issues with Jimmy Creech

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SLC 2011 – Circling the Wagons 011: What Helps (and Hurts) in Resolving Sexual, Religious, and Social Conflicts with Dr. Lee Beckstead

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SLC 2011 – Circling the Wagons 10: A Father’s Journey Toward Understanding Homosexuality

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SLC 2011 – Circling the Wagons 09: To Be or Not to Be: the Power of Authenticity as a Mormon Lesbian

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SLC 2011 – Circling the Wagons 08: Panel on the differences and similarities between Affirmation, Family Fellowship, North Star and Evergreen

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SLC 2011 – Circling the Wagons 07: Workshop with Carol Lynn Pearson and Bill Bradshaw Part 2