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Richard H. Ostler, a former YSA bishop, speaks at firesides and conferences about how to more fully embrace LGBTQ Latter-day Saints, see their gifts and contributions, and better understand their unique road. He is the host of the Listen, Learn and Love podcast (listenlearnandlove.org) which provides a platform for LGBTQ Latter-day Saints to share their stories. He is the author of the book, Listen Learn and Love: Embracing LGBTQ Latter-day Saints, available at Amazon (amazon.com/dp/1462135773), and a recent Ensign article, How the Savior’s Healing Power Applies to Repenting from Sexual Sin.
He is deeply committed to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and to creating more understanding and support for LGBTQ members—a goal started during his service as a YSA bishop as he learned to set aside past assumptions to better fulfill his stewardship responsibility to meet the spiritual needs of LGBTQ ward members.
In addition to serving as a YSA bishop, stake young men’s president, high counselor, and ward mission leader, he currently serves as a temple ordinance worker and elders quorum secretary. He has a BS from the University of Utah and an MBA from Brigham Young University, and is a small business owner. Richard and his wife Sheila live in Salt Lake City, Utah and have six wonderful children, and several grandchildren.
