Episode 821: Lucas Batista, Gay Latter-day Saint, International BYU Student

Listen, Learn & Love Hosted by Richard Ostler

Richard Ostler

Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 839 Ratings

🗓️ 9 April 2025

⏱️ 73 minutes

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*** This episode talks about suicide. If you are suicidal, please call/text/chat *988 *** My friend Lucas Batista (grew up in Brazil, lived in Spain, RM/Chile) joins us to share his story including: 1) Growing up knowing he was like his gay mom (and all the negative comments about gay people) 2) Shame and “always wearing a mask” 3) Temple helping him feel less shame—never felt rejected by God 4) Great mission experience in Chile—came out to both Mission Presidents 5) Suicidal ideation after his mission—role of friends to give hope—including one who said “It’s OK—I will be with you to the end” 6) Letter to “future me” 7) Not broken, coming on the podcast to reduce shame and give others hope Thank you, Lucas, for your courage to come on the podcast and share your unique story. You are super brave. You story will help others to feel less shame, more acceptance, and hope for the future. You are a good man who has bless many lives. Our church and world are a better place with Lucas Batista part of it! Links: Lucas on Instagram: @luccabattistta Lucas on Facebook: facebook.com/lucas.silvabatista.14 Facebook Group to support LGBTQ Latter-day Saints: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1433556613672143

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0:00.0	Hello, welcome listeners to another episode of Listen, Learn, and Love hosted by Richard Osler.
0:10.0	We have another brave, gay, Latter-day Saint, willing to step forward and share his story.
0:15.9	Welcome to the podcast, Lucas Batista.
0:19.4	Thank you, Richard.
0:27.6	Lucas is joining me via Zoom in Utah County where he's a BYU student and I'll give you a little background. Lucas is from Brazil.
0:31.6	He may tell us more about where he lived, but a little town called Palmas, if any of you know that.
0:36.6	I've never been to Brazil. I'd love to go there. And he spent a couple years in Spain,
0:42.2	in southern Spain, in his teenage years, and then later after his mission. Then he went to a
0:48.5	completely different country for his mission. He's kind of doing every country on the planet to Chile in the Santiago East
0:57.1	mission. He's been home about six years. He did some work online at BYU, Idaho. He's been at
1:05.3	BYU and Provo for about three months. He's a pre-business major. We're looking to get into the
1:10.7	finance program. He's a business owner in the past. He's a pre-business major. We're looking to get into the finance program.
1:12.5	He's a business owner in the past.
1:14.6	He's owned a bakery that he started in Brazil.
1:17.5	And I think that's part of his desire to be in the finance world.
1:22.5	He has a gay Latter-day Saint, as I mentioned, this is kind of the most public thing Lucas has ever
1:29.1	done. He's out to family and close friends, but this is really brave of him. He's been listening to
1:36.3	the podcast for a couple years, and I'm just, every time I meet someone like Lucas, I'm just kind
1:42.1	of overcome with the courage of a queer
1:45.1	Latter-day Saint to step forward and be willing to share their story.
1:48.0	And this is often done out of love for others that need the hope and perspective and
1:53.7	tools that are part of Lucas's story.
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