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Box 3

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Contains 13 Results:

Bill Olson, 2016, 2017

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents Bill Olson (b. 1971) mostly grew up in Park City, Utah, in an LDS family with nine siblings. Olson talks about his early memories of AIDS and how people with AIDS were portrayed in the media. He knew from an early age that he was attracted to males. Olson describes his struggles coming to terms with his sexuality as he got older, especially in a religious family and community. He talks about coming out as gay to...
Dates: 2016; 2017

Kevin Packer, 2017

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents Kevin Packer (b. 1959) was born and raised in Salt Lake City. Packer and his ten siblings were raised in the LDS Church. When Packer was 15 years old, he left the LDS Church and started to explore different religions. He talks about discovering his sexuality in his teenage years and eventually realizing that he was attracted to men after he graduated high school and left home. Packer describes coming out and his...
Dates: 2017

Stan Penfold, 2016

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents Stan Penfold (b. 1957) was born in Southern California but grew up in Eureka, California, in a small LDS community. Penfold felt different from an early age and realized as he got older that he was attracted to men, an aspect of himself that he felt he had to keep secret from his family and his community. He moved to Rexburg, Idaho to go to college and earned an associate degree in landscape horticulture. Penfold...
Dates: 2016