Human Stories with Jill Hazard Rowe

Meet Jillian Orr! Jillian generously and openly shares the experiences that have shaped her life and have lead her to her passion for helping other people. You may recognize Jillian's name from the recent social media coverage of her pride flag-lined graduation gown at BYU. Tune in to hear her coming out story and her journey to the person that she is today.

Meet Kimberly! Tune in to hear Kimberly's beautiful coming-out journey, and how she met her wife, Kelli. Kimberly shares what she has learned from choosing to live authentically.

Meet Eli McCann! Tune in to hear Eli's coming out story and what he has learned about living authentically.

Meet Gia Bianca Stephens, crowned drag queen, and host of Utah's Quorum of the Queens. Tune in to hear about Gia's background and early career as well as how she works to promote performance art and positivity in our community.

We are in the studio this week with Cat Palmer, photographer, artist, and activist. Cat tells her coming out story and shares what she has learned from coming out, parenting, making art, and navigating difficult relationships.

Join us for R.J.'s coming out journey! R.J. and Jill discuss what they have learned from queerness, and how they are finding more self-love through listening to and having compassion for other people.

Meet Chad Anderson! Chad draws upon his deep understanding of psychology and therapy to tell his own coming out story and to offer listeners of all sexual and gender orientations advice on how to heal and expand your world-view.

Join Jill, her son, Hunter, and Jill's parents, Don and Barbara, to talk about their reflections since Hunter's coming-out a decade ago. This is an enormously important episode to Jill because her advocacy for the LGBTQ+ community began in her home when Hunter came out. Tune in to hear Hunter's reflections and his thoughts about centering the conversation around change and trans advocacy.

Meet Celeste Carolin! Celeste is the Executive Director of Mama Dragons and a long-time friend of Jill's. Tune in to hear her journey of coming to terms with her sexuality and the lessons that she learned about love, self-acceptance, and community support.

Join us for our 100th episode! Josh Weed generously shares his journey towards authentic self-acceptance and advice for Mormon family members and friends of LGBTQ+ people.

CW: assault, rape, murder This week we are in the studio with Chad Anderson and Jason Conforto to talk about their recent film, Dog Valley. Chad and Jason share their experience creating this potent film about the 1988 murder of gay college student, Gordon Church. This episode is also about how we all can create joyful, safe spaces for all people to live authentically and about how to raise inclus...

Meet Rae Garrison, organizer and leader of the National LGBTQ+ School Leaders Network with the NASSP. She networks with LGBTQ+ school principals and leaders across the country. Tune in to hear her coming out story and how she is working to create more inclusivity at her school.

Content warning: Suicide Join us this week as we celebrate and learn from Allison Phillips Belnap! Allison shares her experience of coming out, her career as a professor and dean at BYU, and what she has learned about faith, relationships, and loving herself.

Meet A Todd Jones! Tune in to hear his incredible coming out journey, his career as an educator, and most recently, his beautiful art.

This week we are joined by Candice, and her mother, Glenda! Tune in to hear how Candice learned to visualize her future and future family as a lesbian woman. Candice and Glenda share the joys of motherhood and how they have learned to create their own narrative outside of the heteronormativity of the Mormon church.

Meet Katherine Herrman! Katherine bravely shares her experience as a transgender woman within the LDS or Mormon Church. Tune in as Katherine shares the most challenging and joyous parts of her transition.

Meet Masen Brandon! Mason generously shares his experience as a young transgender man. Masen shares his coming out story, his experience in high school, and some of the resources that helped him the most. This is an incredible episode for other lgbtq+ youth who are looking for stories from their peers.

We welcome Kent Frogley to the studio this week! Tune in to hear how Kent learned to love and live his own authenticity.

Remember when BYU's 'Y' was lit up with rainbow lights this last winter? Well, this week Jill is having a conversation with the mastermind behind the lighting of the Y and Rainbow Day on Mormon church university campuses. Join Bradley Talbot as he shares his coming out story, his process of learning self acceptance and love, and how he is sharing that love with his community through activism today...

Tune in this week to hear Ryan's story of both his own and his father's lives. Ryan's father, Michael, was a gay man in the Mormon church and a mixed-orientation marriage. Ryan tells about the joyful and challenging aspects of his father's life and how it affected his own.

Join Kristin Roberts as she shares her journey towards self-acceptance and coming out. Jill and Kristin reflect on the role of the Mormon church in their spirituality and lives. This is a vulnerable and tender conversation that you will not want to miss.

We welcome Emmet Preciado to the studio this week! Tune in to hear Emmett's experience as a trans man: his coming out journey, his strategies for self-love, and his emerging Hollywood career.

Welcome Cody Swenson to the Human Stories Podcast! Cody bravely shares his coming out story and his journey towards self-love and self-discovery.

We are back in the studio with Matthew this week! Tune in to listen to our conversation about healing, taking accountability, and imagining the future.

And we're back with Jessica Wojciechowski for a special episode with the newly-elected, 1st all-female student body presidency at The University of Utah. This episode is part of our initiative to celebrate and amplify the voices of women in our community for Women's History Month this march. In this episode Jess is joined by vice presidents, Tiffany Chan and Maryan Shale, to talk about their plans...