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0:00- Early Life
8:39- Coming out to his parents, dating, and searching for the path forward
26:43- Sharing his story publicly; pursuing a master’s degree in Marriage and Family Therapy
34:50- Dating his wife
41:57- Sharing his research on sexual orientation in relationships
52:42- North Star – Exploring the complexities of sexual orientation and gender identity within the context of faith
56:10- Ending questions

Ty is a practicing marriage and family therapist and an Adjunct Instructor at Brigham Young University. Ty is a founding member and past president of North Star and is currently serving as a member of the board of directors. He is part of the Reconciliation and Growth Project, a dialogue group between LGBTQ affirmative and religious conservative mental health professionals who have developed an ethical mental health treatment protocol for working with individuals experiencing conflict between their faith and their sexuality and/or gender identity. He is also part of the 4 Options Survey research team, a similarly collaborative effort looking at healthy and sustainable life paths for sexual minorities. He and his wife, Danielle, have five children and live in Spanish Fork, UT.