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In this episode of Dialogue Out Loud, Fara Anderson Sneddon speaks with Laurie Lee Hall about Hall’s deeply personal essay, “Eternal Identity Misunderstood: A Transgender Woman’s Journey Through Faith, Revelation, and LDS Policy,” featured in the Spring 2026 issue of Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought.
Hall reflects on a lifetime of navigating faith, gender identity, church leadership, and personal revelation within the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Together, Hall and Sneddon explore the tension between institutional doctrine and lived spiritual experience, the emotional and theological costs of authenticity, and the meaning of faith during times of profound transition.
This conversation considers what it means to pursue integrity, belonging, and spiritual wholeness when long-held assumptions about identity begin to shift. With candor and compassion, Hall shares the journey that led her toward greater self-understanding—and a reimagined relationship with faith.