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Today's is a very special Father's Day episode of “Hey Gerle!” with Mike's father, Bill! The “Hey Gerle!” episodes are designed to be an “ask anything” QaA between me and you, the listener. I will normally be doing these with the help of my GerleMen Podcast family, Garrett a Lesley.On this special Father’s Day edition of “Hey Gerle,” my dad and I will both be asking each other questions and answering each other’s questions. My Dad answers questions about what it was like to be a Mormon father with a gay son, and I answer some questions about what it was like to be a gay man with a Mormon father.  My father and I have been through a lot. It is an intensely emotional interview. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did recording it. This interview humbles me with gratitude for my father, a man I vilified as a teenager a young adult, who has become one of my greatest sources of strength and inspiration. I could not be more proud to call myself “Gerle”.We talked about: Mike's Coming Out [5:43] Being a Mormon with a Gay Son [13:31] Regrets [19:20] Transition to Acceptance [27:55] Learning From Each Other [34:39] Advice For Other Fathers [45:41] A Strengthened Bond [50:36] Mentioned in this episode Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints  Boy Scouts of America  Brené Brown’s book “Braving The Wilderness”   Get connected! Subscribe to my newsletter and blog on our website. Email me directly at mike@gerlemen.com. Or join the conversation on Facebook. And, for your viewing pleasure, find us on YouTube.