043: John Hamer on being gay, his journey, and his place as a gay man in the Community of Christ

John Hamer continues beyond his Mormon Stories interview, this time focusing on his journey as a gay man and how that impacted his journey. He also talks about the evolution of the issue in the Community of Christ and their … Read the rest here

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

Mark Wade discusses with Gay Mormon Stories his Mormon childhood, shame and bullying around his sexuality, his struggle with depression and anxiety, his journey out of the church and coming out, and his dreams of forming a family.… Read the rest here

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

In part 2 of 2 of this Gay Mormon Stories podcast, John discusses his post-Mormon journey and his efforts to form community among ex-Mormons, becoming an expert on Mormon history, finding community at the Community of Christ, and he argues … Read the rest here

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

In part 1 of 2 of this Gay Mormon Stories podcast, John discusses his Mormon background and identity, how he lost his faith, how he managed at BYU as a gay agnostic, and how he cut Mormonism out of his … Read the rest here

039: Stephen Johnson | Part 2: mixed-orientation marriage, leaving the Jehovah’s Witnesses and coming out

This interview is a part of a Gay Mormon Stories podcast series of interviews of LGBT people from other highly conservative religions where LGBT people have substantial commonality with the LGBT Mormon experience.  In part 2 of 2 Stephen Johnson … Read the rest here

038: Stephen Johnson | Part 1: growing up a Jehovah’s Witness and dealing with ecclesiastical sexual abuse and shaming

This interview is a part of a Gay Mormon Stories series of interviews of LGBT people from other highly conservative religions where LGBT people have substantial commonality with the LGBT Mormon Experience.  

In part 1 of 2 Stephen Johnson … Read the rest here

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

In part 2 of 2 Peter van der Walt talks with Gay Mormon Stories about his testimony, but his refusal to consider the church before he is welcome there as a gay man. He discusses his hopes for the future, … Read the rest here

036: Peter van der Walt | Part 1: coming out as a gay teen as apartheid collapses

In part 1 of 2 Peter talks with Gay Mormon Stories podcast about growing up under apartheid, coming out of the closet in a hostile society, surviving after getting kicked out of his home as a young teen, overcoming the … Read the rest here

035: Amiad Horowitz on being gay and an Orthodox Jew

This will be our first interview in a Gay Mormon Stories series with an LGBT person from another denomination that has a strong social structure and leads to similar challenges.  In this interview Amiad talks about his Orthodox Jewish experience, … Read the rest here

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

In part 3 of 3 Adam and Bryan discuss with Gay Mormon Stories the different ways they have resolved their Mormonism, and their different ways of participating, their hopes about relationships, bridge building, forming community, and their desire to maintain … Read the rest here