What happens when a deeply Christian mom learns her daughter is gay — while sitting in a rainy parking lot before school?

In this powerful episode of the You Can Be Both Podcast, host Lauren Lanzaretta sits down with Staci Frenes — singer, songwriter, author and Christian mom — who shares the raw, emotional moment her daughter Abby came out to her at 16, and the years-long journey that followed as she learned to hold onto both her faith and her child.

Staci's latest book, Love Makes Room, is a memoir about how she expanded her faith to fully embrace her daughter's LGBTQ+ identity — without letting go of God.

This conversation is for every LGBTQ person who has feared coming out to their parents, and every parent who is trying to find their way.In this episode:

🏳️‍🌈 The moment Staci's daughter came out — and how she responded

🙏 How a conservative Christian mom reconciled her faith with her child's identity

💔 The two years of pain before Abby could say the words out loud

❤️ What Staci wants every LGBTQ person — and every parent — to hear

📖 How her book Love Makes Room is giving families a third way forward

📥 FREE LGBTQ Healing & Resource Guide — includes Lauren's full testimony and every book, podcast and voice that helped her move from shame to freedom:

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📖 Get Staci's book Love Makes Room — available on Amazon and everywhere books are sold: https://amzn.to/4t1zk2Q

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