Episode 394: Kate Mower (she/they), Non-binary, Lesbian, Latter-day Saint

Listen, Learn & Love Hosted by Richard Ostler

Richard Ostler

Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 839 Ratings

🗓️ 28 March 2021

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

My friend Kate Mower (PhD candidate, University of California Riverside) brings together all the different aspects of their life into a deeply moving and spiritual podcast. Kate talks about stepping away from the Church at age 17, their suicide attempt at age 19, their path to healing, their education pursuits (including three degrees from the University of Utah), their insights in Eastern Europe History and a deeply spiritual experience resulting in their return to the LDS Church. They also share their experience with bipolar II disorder, PTSD and anxiety. Kate has learned not to feel shame for any of their experiences or attributes—instead they see a wonderful child of Heavenly Parents. If you don’t feel you belong, are suicidal, or feel shame, please listen to Kate’s story. They will inspire you and give you more hope. Thanks for being on the podcast Kate. You are awesome and bringing much light and goodness into the world. ** Please Check Out My New Book At: ** Deseret Book: www.deseretbook.com/p/listen-learn-and-love-embracing-lgbtq-latter-day-saints Amazon: www.amazon.com/dp/1462135773

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0:00.0	Welcome to another episode of Listen, Learn, and Love, hosted by Richard Osler.
0:09.6	Just some housekeeping stuff. As you've been listening, I've been inviting you to read my book,
0:14.7	Listen, Learn, and Love, embracing LGBTQ Latter-day Saints. It's at Desert Book and Amazon,
0:20.0	and really appreciate you leaving
0:22.4	reviews at both of those places, as well as at iTunes for the podcast. That's the thing that
0:28.0	helps me the most. You can't donate, but you can leave reviews. Appreciate all the you that are
0:32.7	doing that and sharing the book. My guest on today's podcast recording this on a March day on a Sunday afternoon,
0:40.5	I'm still in my tie from church. I feel very churchy right now is my friend Kate Mauer. Welcome to
0:46.9	the podcast, Kate. Thank you. I'm going to introduce, Kate's come prepared, and I'm going to
0:54.0	introduce kind of an overview of the podcast.
0:56.0	But let me just share with you the things we talked about before we recorded.
1:01.0	Kate has spent a lot of time and thought and prayer about what she should share today.
1:06.4	She takes this really seriously.
1:09.2	And one of our hopes is any of you that are suicidal or filled with
1:12.5	suicidal ideation or looking for a little more hope in your life, that the things Kate shares
1:18.0	will be nuggets that will help you in particular, have more hope and more perspective and help bring
1:25.0	us together. So we pray that this podcast will be helpful for you.
1:30.5	And the first things Kate's going to talk about is how she's talking about things she didn't
1:35.2	anticipate talking about in the podcast and how the spirit has guided her this week in a different
1:40.8	direction. The next thing she's going to talk about is how she identifies.
1:45.0	And just so you know, she identifies as a non-binary lesbian Latter-day Saint.
1:51.1	Third thing she's going to talk about is her work. I'll give you just an idea of what she does.
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