Latter Day Struggles

89: A Queer Mormon’s Walk through the Valley of the Shadow w/ Blair Ostler


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Series Title: An Exploration of Queer Mormon Theology [Part I of III]

In this beautiful episode, Blaire Ostler joins Valerie in an autobiographical conversation about her painful and dynamic hero’s journey reconciling within herself her queerness and her Mormon-ness, finding for herself that she could not shun either. 

This conversation covers the gradual unfolding of her queer identity and the pain she went through both within her body and between herself and her creators. She shares deep grief, “aha” moments, self hating moments, and moments of profound and growing self love and self acceptance. 

She emphasizes that this journey is HERS and that other queer people or Mormon people have the right to do their lives differently but proudly and boldly claims her own right to the path that she has chosen to walk at the intersection of two frequently unkind-to-each-other identities. 

Trigger Warning: this episode speaks of suicide ideation. 

Podcast referenced in this episode: 

  • The Foyer: LGBTQ Mormon History and Theology


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