158: Kris Packer | From Wife to Husband: A Story of My Journey

158: Kris Packer | From Wife to Husband: A Story of My Journey

Kris Packer has a long Mormon history. His father, Lynn is a Mormon historian, and Kris' great-uncle is apostle Boyd K. Packer. What happens when you come out to your family as a lesbian, but as life progresses, your journey through love and connection helps you to connect the dots and come to understand that you are also transgender? Kris had great family support through his life and even through the learning, bumpy stages, found connection and love in even the least-likely spaces. In this episode Kris discusses his family relationship, meeting his wife Kay, working in public education—and then gender transitioning as a school principal. How does his school and students react? This episode is part of a three-part interview. Kris's wife, Kay is episode 157 and the couple sits down together in episode 159. #LatterGayStories #Transgender #PublicEducation #Married #MormonRoyalty This episode is available now as a video on the LatterGayStories Facebook and YouTube pages.

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184: Cameron Call | Breaking Out of Mormon Expectation

184: Cameron Call | Breaking Out of Mormon Expectation

Cameron Call grew up in Queen Creek, Arizona. He served a mission in Nashville, Tennessee—the same mission as his father. He married a woman in a Mesa Temple and has three children. He came out to his...

19 Jul 20231h 44min

183: Richard and Josh | A Love Story

183: Richard and Josh | A Love Story

In the final episode of our three-part story, Josh and Richard share the couch as a couple! They talk about dating, separating religion from their reality, family, navigating a vulnerable part of thei...

30 Jun 20231h 8min

182: Josh Castro-Mitchell | From the Philippines to Utah: Finding My Happiness

182: Josh Castro-Mitchell | From the Philippines to Utah: Finding My Happiness

Josh was thriving as a young, out, gay teen in the Philippines, but Mormon missionaries knocked on his door and he and his family ended up joining the Church. Soon after, his mother married a man from...

20 Jun 20231h 7min

181: Richard Mitchell | When A Mormon Bishop Comes Out

181: Richard Mitchell | When A Mormon Bishop Comes Out

What happens when a former Mormon bishop can no longer stay closeted and hidden? He grabs the door-handle, walks through that door and into a world he's avoided his whole life. Richard Mitchell was a...

15 Jun 20231h 19min

180: Brad Talbot | I Colored The BYU Campus in Rainbow

180: Brad Talbot | I Colored The BYU Campus in Rainbow

What started as a dream to paint the Brigham Young University campus in rainbow paint ended up encouraging Bradley Talbot to start a movement that changed the face of BYU and literally lit it up with ...

24 Mai 20232h 20min

179: Flo Montierth | My Husband is Gay, Now What?

179: Flo Montierth | My Husband is Gay, Now What?

My husband is gay, now what? In a topic not regularly discussed, Flo Montierth shares her story of dating, marrying and then divorcing a gay Mormon husband. As a lifelong lover of learning and teachin...

11 Mai 20231h 16min

178: Joel J | I Tried to Do Everything Right

178: Joel J | I Tried to Do Everything Right

Joel was raised in an orthodox Mormon home, where rules were king—he never met a rule he didn't follow. His upbringing was one of "exact obedience". PBS and KBYU were the only TV shows they were allow...

19 Apr 20231h 32min

177: Colby Majors | "Now Thank Him and Let Him Go"

177: Colby Majors | "Now Thank Him and Let Him Go"

Colby is a convert to the church, having joined at 17 years old. One year later, he left his family to serve a mission in Venezuela. He returned home from his mission after 10 months due to anxiety-de...

29 Mar 20231h 22min

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