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Ty & Danielle Mansfield……… part 1 of 5

Proud parents of two children, Ty and Danielle married in 2010 and currently live in Provo, Utah, where Ty is studying to become a marriage and family therapist. In 2004, Ty coauthored In Quiet...

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Ty & Danielle Mansfield……… part 2 of 5

Proud parents of two children, Ty and Danielle married in 2010 and currently live in Provo, Utah,  where Ty is studying to become a marriage and family therapist. In 2004, Ty coauthored In Quiet...

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Josh & Lolly Weed…………. part 2 of 5

Josh and Lolly have been married since 2002 and are the parents of three daughters. Josh recently came out to the world as a Mormon homosexual married to a woman in the blog post that went viral, “Club...

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Mandi & Mikeal Jensen……… part 2 of 3

Sixteen years into their marriage, Mikeal and Mandi Jensen have a keen awareness of what exactly it means to be in a “mixed-orientation marriage” and they do not hold back in sharing how they feel...

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Josh and Lolly Weed…………. part 4 of 5

Josh and Lolly have been married since 2002 and are the parents of three daughters. Josh recently came out to the world as a Mormon homosexual married to a woman in the blog post that went viral, “Club...

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Candice. . .

Candice  joined the LDS church with her family when she was 8 years old. In her early teens, she began to understand that her female gender identity didn’t fit her male physical body. The following...

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Shawna. . .

Shawna is “on the edge.” As an active celibate member of the LDS church Shawna describes the happiness church activity has brought over the years. She also feels the deep burden of alienation and...

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Ty & Danielle Mansfield……… part 4 of 5

Proud parents of two children, Ty and Danielle married in 2010 and currently live in Provo, Utah, where Ty is studying to become a marriage and family therapist. In 2004, Ty coauthored In Quiet...

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Jacob…

Growing up in the LDS church has given Jacob a real and deep-seated faith. But after finishing grad school, Jacob could no longer avoid the same-sex attraction he’s felt since childhood. Afraid of...

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Lee Beckstead part 1 of 5. . .

Dr. Lee Beckstead, Ph.D. is a licensed psychologist with a private therapy practice in Salt Lake City. Over the years, he has conducted extensive research into understanding how to resolve sexual,...

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Heather

(The views expressed in this interview do not necessarily reflect those of the producers of Far Between but are reflective of a part of what it means to be homosexual and Mormon today.)

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It Gets Better at BYU

This video was created by the Far Between team to show Mormon LGBT youth who may be feeling alone and afraid, that they are not alone  and life can get better with hope for happiness and love in their...

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It Gets Better with Mormon Family and Friends

Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints share their stories of love, faith, and support for their homosexual brothers and sisters. This video was produced by the Far Between team as...

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LAURIE

In part two of her interview, Laurie opens up about her college years where she let alcoholism and drug addiction lead her away from activity in the Mormon church. Away from mormonism Laurie felt free...

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LAURIE

Laurie was born a Mormon in Las Vegas in the 1960s. She suffered through sexual abuse, struggles with substance abuse and the conflict between her same-sex attractions and her LDS testimony. After...

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KIM

In part three of her interview, Kim talks us through the ways in which the law of chastity differs between homosexual and heterosexual members of the LDS church and explains her shift from self...

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KIM

In the second part of her interview, Kim shares what it was like to be a 17-year-old who “just wanted to know if she was normal” when she opened up to a Young Women’s leader for the first time and was...

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KIM

Kim says she is “not a typical Mormon mother”–she is open about being a lesbian and remains a committed Mormon despite negative experiences and excommunication. The founder of the support group...

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BERTA

Berta self-identifies as a bisexual women who largely gravitates toward women, yet, in deference to her family and faith, has stayed closeted for over 18 years. Berta’s is a message of hope, but not a...

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JENNIFER

Jennifer testifies that, “there is so much more variety than this box or that box.” As an asexual woman, she thought maybe she was broken when she realized she didn’t feel attractions to men or women....

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