Converting in Hong Kong... To Become Straight?

All Out in the Open

All Out in the Open, Questions from the Closet

Latter-day Saint, Christ, Society & Culture, Mormon, Gay, Religion & Spirituality, Faith, Lgbtq, Transgender, Church Of Jesus Christ, Christianity, Lgbt, Lds

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🗓️ 14 January 2025

⏱️ 49 minutes

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From Hong Kong to Brigham Young University-Hawaii, Uri shares his journey as a gay member of the Church—finding God’s love, self-acceptance, and community along the way. Tune in to this heartfelt OUT and About episode with host Iese Wilson as Uri reflects on his path, the challenges he’s faced, and his message of hope for LGBTQ+ individuals: You’re perfect, you’re brave, and you’re not alone.

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0:00.0	Welcome to All Out in the Open. I'm Ben Shalati here with Charlie Bird. This week we have another
0:03.9	out and about episode where Yasei Wilson goes on a tour of the LGBTQ experience globally throughout
0:09.5	the church. And he is going to show us what it's like to be an LGBTQ convert to the church
0:14.9	in Hong Kong, China. And he interviews a new friend of his, Yuri, who's a friend of a friend.
0:20.7	And Yuri shares his experience of why he joined the church, what it was like to join the church as a gay person,
0:25.8	and just some experiences that I related to and also learned a ton from.
0:28.6	Yeah, so we hope you love it.
0:47.8	Welcome to. Welcome everybody to Out and Bout, where we go on journeys to hear the stories of Latter-day Saints from around the world.
0:50.8	Our guest today is a really special guest.
0:56.4	He's actually our first guest that we've had that I have, I don't know personally and has come as a reference from one of my dear friends, Joey Powell, but we're not
1:02.8	having Joey Powell on. We're going to have our mutual friend who comes to us from Hong Kong.
1:11.2	Um, his name is Yuri.
1:13.5	So Yuri, welcome to the podcast,
1:16.3	and I'm going to try this.
1:18.1	Ne'ho.
1:19.7	Oh, that's perfect.
1:23.3	Thank you.
1:24.1	I was practicing the whole drive here.
1:27.9	So, so, Yuri, thank you for being with us today.
1:32.5	I think Hong Kong stories in the church, we just don't hear very many of them here in the U.S.
1:39.8	But for me, going to BYU, Hawaii, two of my dearest friends would be why you're from
1:45.1	Hong Kong.
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