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Podcast: Listen, Learn & Love Hosted by Richard Ostler
Episode: Episode 818: Barbara Higinbotham, LDS Mother of Three LGBTQ Children
Description: My friend Barbara Higinbotham (married mother of 5 living children including a non-binary child, transgender daughter, and gay son; early 60s; recently returned in early 2025 from serving a senior mission with her husband Dan). Barbara shares:
Assumptions should be challenged, being uncomfortable leads to growth
Being LGBTQ doesn’t make someone a predator
Why she chooses to honor the new names (Ben and Heather) and her non-binary child and transgender daughter including updated Christmas stockings
Focus on the temple (current temple workers) and our Savior to find revelation, hope, and peace—and anchoring in the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Trusting/believing her...