Jillian Orr became a national news story last week when she flashed rainbow colors sewn into her graduation gown during her graduation from Brigham Young University - coming out as bisexual. This is her story.

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Show notes:
Matt Easton MS Interview:    • When LDS Apostle Jeffrey Holland Call...  
Jeff Holland Musket talk MS episode:    • Elder Holland - Losing Control Over M...  
Number of women in BOM: https://www.sltrib.com/religion/2019/...
Latter-gay stories "On the Record" document
CES Letter: https://cesletter.org/
Jillian’s Instagram Account: https://www.instagram.com/jillianoreo...
Glennon Doyle - Untamed:   / untamed  

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Time codes:
00:00:00 Introduction
00:03:02 Jillian’s recent talking engagement
00:05:33 Jillian growing up LDS
00:06:14 Institute teacher, mission and temple worker
00:10:48 Primary
00:14:42 Earliest same sex attraction
00:25:00 Elementary school
00:28:25 High School years
00:29:05 Relationship with Heavenly Father
00:31:00 Mutual parting
00:32:38 Dating in high school
00:41:45 Education and careers
00:45:50 Gender roles
00:48:00 Mission - wanting to have a voice
00:55:13 Guilt about asking people to change their ways
00:58:55 Education after mission
00:59:25 Started a company
01:00:50 Working with teens
01:02:44 BYU is like going to school with your Mom
01:07:33 Feelings develop for a best friend
01:08:39 Feeling for girls, Dating boys
01:10:08 Timeline of marriage
01:12:18 Knowing I am bi-sexual
01:18:00 Women I look up to
01:23:00 Why do I have to become second?
01:24:00 Becoming more than “friends”
01:24:50 Mentor
01:25:59 Suppressing my feelings of being bisexual
01:28:07 Breaking up because it was “wrong”
01:31:50 My letter to God
01:36:18 Adversary
01:39:00 Coming out to my parents
01:40:40 Turning us in because of the honor code
01:43:00 Fear and hiding at BYU
01:45:10 BYU Honor code
01:49:47 Relationship with the church
01:53:40 Family shifting away from the church
01:58:11 Church, apologist, and Mormon Stories
02:04:11 Holland’s talk made me livid
02:06:20 Bible class at BYU and how that discredited the Bible
02:07:22 Joseph Smith and all the contradictions with doctrine
02:09:00 Church does not promote Eternal Families
02:13:09 Celebrating virtues
02:15:19 Still navigating Jesus
02:16:29 Showing my rainbow colors at BYU
02:19:35 Dignified protest
02:21:00 Student support
02:21:25 I didn’t have to pick between spirituality and sexuality
02:23:22 Connecting my name with my flag
02:24:20 Walking up and doing it
02:25:26 Positive response from peers
02:26:17 Feeling seen
02:27:30 The aftermath
02:28:50 Hardest posts are from people in her mission
02:32:15 Glennon Doyle - Untamed
02:41:13 Betrayal
02:41:30 Willing to let them change
02:43:00 Honor code - What I felt was right
02:44:35 What’s next
02:45:55 Speak, present and empower
02:46:35 Becoming more and being better
02:48:52 Thank you to Jillian
02:49:09 What does spirituality mean to you now
02:53:30 LGBTQIA+ student support
02:55:45 Jillian’s message of hope

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