In part 3 or 3 Cary Crall talks about his last year of BYU where dating was dangerous, watching his other gay friends succeed or fail, and noting the role that family acceptance plays, starting medical school at Harvard, and engaging in activism at Harvard and through Point Foundation.

In part 2 of this 3 part series Cary Crall talks about meeting other gay men while at BYU, developing his gay identity, coming out to friends and family, dealing with Prop 8, and writing a letter to the editor that put him in the spotlight and  ledto unexpected consequences (including a Mormon Stories interview before he was ready to come out publicly).

Part 1 with Cary here

Part 3 with Cary here

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In part 1 of this 3 part series, Cary Crall discusses his trouble-free childhood, his adolescence where he turned his internal turmoil into a drive for achievement and acceptance, his mission, and his BYU experience where he tried to make dating work while gaining better understanding of his orientation.

Part 2 with John here

Part 3 with John here

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In part 3 of 4, John talks about embarking on his life as an openly gay man, dating, finding love and living in a gay marriage, completeing his dissertation on the YMCA, and finding love and acceptance from his believing Mormon family.

Part 2 with John here

Part 4 with John here

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In part 2 of 4, John talks about his suicidal intention, how that got side-tracked, how God intervened in his life and helped him find new hope outside of the church, and his new quest to find his path.

Part 1 with John here

Part 3 with John here

Part 4 with John here

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In part 1 of this 4 part series John talks about his upbringing in the mission field and his intense connection to the church, his equally intense guilt related to his sexual orientation, how he danced with these  two opposing forces in his life while serving a mission and attending BYU, and how despair gained the upper hand.

Part 3 with John here

Part 4 with John here

Part 1:

In part 3 or 3 Berta Marquez goes on the further describe her activism and the various organizations she has been involved in, with a particular discussion of her involvement with homeless LGBT teens and the current crisis facing these teens in the state of Utah.

Part 1 with Berta here

Part 2 with Berta here

Part 3:

In part 2 of 3 Berta Marquez talks about her descent into depression, despair and suicidality, and how she managed to emerge from her “dark night of the soul”, face her demons, and open the closet door.

Part 3 with Berta here

Part 2:

In part 1of this 3 part series Berta Marquez tells about the harrowing experiences her family suffered as political refugees and their immigration to the USA, the subsequent long-term effects of this prolonged upheaval on her upbringing and adolescence, and her difficult experience at BYU.

Part 3 with Berta here

Part 1: