A Mormon Lesbian Love Story Pt. 2 - Lena Schwen & Sal Osborne from Hulu’s Mormon No More | Ep. 1503

Join us for part 2 as we share one of the most important interviews in the history of Mormon Stories podcast! What happens when two closeted lesbian Mormon women marry men, have children, then cross paths and fall in love? We pick up where we left off with Sal feeling devastated as her husband loses his faith in the church and settles into a mixed-faith marriage. In this episode we dive into how they navigated their faith crises, fell in love, made a new life for themselves and their children, and answer criticism. This is an incredible couple with profound strength, love, and wisdom!

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Sal's Instagram for coaching LGBTQ people who are coming out
https://www.instagram.com/comingoutco...

Peace Out podcast hosted by Sal Osborne
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...

Lena's holistic nutrition business
https://holisticlena.com/

Mormon Stories interview with Tom Phillips
https://www.mormonstories.org/podcast...

Letter for My Wife
https://www.letterformywife.com/the-l...

Jennifer Finlayson-Fife's "Art of Desire" workshops
https://www.finlayson-fife.com/workshops

The Family: A Proclamation to the World
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/s...

Testimonies and Spiritual Experiences Across Religions - Emotions are Not Reliable to Discern Truth
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Timecodes:
00:00:00 Introduction and recap of Part 1
00:03:42 Sal's husband loses his faith, and they try to navigate a mixed-faith marriage
00:18:15 Sal reads Letter for My Wife and also loses her faith
00:28:52 Sal and Lena meet
00:43:56 Trying to deny their attraction to each other and just be "besties"
00:56:03 They admit their feelings towards each other, but Lena is still a practicing Mormon and Sal is not
01:04:41 Coming out to their husbands and the process of uncoupling
01:18:16 First kiss and falling in love; Lena leaves the church
01:34:59 Letting go of Mormon teachings and morals
01:51:23 Isn't it selfish to just follow your bliss? What about the sanctity of the family?
01:57:18 The hardest parts of this new life (explaining to the kids, getting divorced, past sexual trauma)
02:10:14 Finding acceptance and support
02:34:42 Closing remarks

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