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  • Closeted

  • My Life as a Gay BYU Student: A Memoir
  • By: Jonathan Alder
  • Narrated by: Jonathan Alder
  • Length: 11 hrs and 4 mins
  • 5.0 out of 5 stars (5 ratings)

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Closeted

By: Jonathan Alder
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My plan was simple. Serve a full-time mission. Go to college. Get married. Stick it out 'til death.

That’s not what happened.

I began my studies at BYU, hoping to strengthen my faith while I searched for love. That's when I met both Claire and Easton.

Claire was the girl who promised a sure path to eternal marriage, the only cost being my happiness. Easton was the boy who offered a fresh take on life, a temptation that could risk my schooling. I knew who I wanted, and who I was supposed to want.

Reconciling my faith and sexuality was my only goal. But if Bishop Stoll discovered my actions, my BYU enrollment would be called into question.

I had embarked on an honest search for answers, but the fallout of that pursuit would threaten more than my education.

©2022 Jonathan Alder (P)2022 Jonathan Alder
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This book is fearlessly honest in its depiction of a Gay LDS Student. Phenomenal Writing.

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His True Mission Was Writing This Story

I’ll admit, being raised Catholic, I didn’t know much about the Mormon religion. This book taught me so much. His story is told with honesty, heart and bravery. I was moved by his courage as he detailed his self realization about being gay and navigating it within the confines of BYU, his family and friends. I truly hope he writes a second book to let his readers know how his life unfolded after college.

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