LGBTQ+ Voices: Interview with John Smid

Segment Synopsis: Pronouns, location and date

Segment Synopsis: 1:40: Growing up in Omaha; 6:42: Neighborhood friends

Segment Synopsis: 13:53: Mother’s abusive boyfriend; 17:00: Sister leaving home; 20:01: Moving in with father

Segment Synopsis: 27:14: Lesbian cook; 29:49: Working at refrigeration company; 30:56: Crush on coworker

Segment Synopsis: 31:42: High school girlfriend

Segment Synopsis: 34:50: Father’s jobs; 35:40: Mother’s jobs

Segment Synopsis: 40:03: Dating future wife; 43:13: Crush on Tom

Segment Synopsis: 51:40: Wedding night; 55:15: Decline of marriage; 57:43: Attraction to coworker; 1:00:36: Kids

Segment Synopsis: 1:01:15: Living in gay neighborhood

Segment Synopsis: 1:08:08: Joining ministry; 1:12:57: Meeting Vileen

Segment Synopsis: 1:28:40: Honeymoon; 1:30:24: Unhappiness in marriage; 1:30:32: “Figuring out” homosexuality

Segment Synopsis: 1:32:46: Founders; 1:37:42: “False Images”; 1:54:37: Living in isolation; 1:58:40: Program materials; 2:00:38: Refuge program for teens; 2:07:36: “Treatment” methods; 2:24:15: Resignation (2008)

Segment Synopsis: 2:34:53: Amends process

Segment Synopsis: 3:19:00: Moving to Paris, Texas; 3:19:49: Getting married 

Segment Synopsis: 3:21:46: What God’s love based on; 3:22:46: Last thoughts