Born With No Limbs: I Didn't Want To Be Their Poster Child! Briel Adams-Wheatley
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
When my mom found out that I had no arms and legs, she just left me in the hospital.
What challenges did Briel face growing up with no limbs?
And I went on this plane with this adoption lady, hoping that they would find a family for me.
Can you let us in to your mind and to your thoughts?
Brielle Adams Wheatley, truly an inspiration.
I was being set up to be the face for the Mormon church and share my story of how inspiring and the miracles. Did you feel used? I started to realize that I was not only physically different, but also I was feeling inspired. trans. But then I remember telling my two older sisters, I think I like boys. And they both were just like, well, duh, but you can't do anything because the parents aren't okay with that. So I was like, no, I'm not playing this game. You're not God. You don't get to damn me anywhere. He will do that at my last days, not you. I was sexually assaulted and it happened several other times with other people. I'm like already wanting to cry. It really wasn't until when I first had met my husband that I realized there are good people out there.
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Can we begin in Brazil? Okay.
How did Briel's upbringing in a large Mormon family shape her identity?
So this is where you're born? All right. Now, tell me about what you know about your birth parents and family.
So I don't know a whole lot. What I do know is that my mom was not expecting to have me. She had already had four other kids before me. I was 13 years later down the road as a surprise and then found out that my birth dad also had another family off to the side.
Oh, my goodness.
And so she's like, what do I do? Then when she found out that I had norms and legs, she just left me in the hospital because there was nothing else that she really could do at that time, at least in her mind. And so there was a family in Utah that was adopting another girl from Brazil. But we were both coming on the same plane with the same adoption lady, hoping that they would find a family for me. And so my adopted mom was like, oh my gosh, I would take that little boy in a second, not even knowing what that was all going to entail. And then she went home and she just couldn't get me out of her head. And then she brought it up to my adopted dad. And my dad was like, no, are you crazy? Like, sit down.
You're nine months pregnant with your 11th child on a seminary teacher's income. There's no way that we can afford to adopt. a child, let alone one with a physical disability. Like, what are we supposed to do for that little boy? And she's like, I don't know.
What role did public speaking play in Briel's life?
I just feel like you need to pray about it also. And he's like, OK. So he went to the Mormon church, went to the Mormon temple. and he had a vision of me and the baby that my adoptive mom was pregnant with and us growing up being best friends and him always being by my side to make sure that I would always have help if I ever needed anything. So then he came home and he's like, okay, let's get this little boy. So they called the adoption agency and the adoption agency just laughed at her on the phone. They're like, I'm sorry, Ms. Adams, that's not happening. You have 11 children and you're on a sonar teacher income.
Right.
No. So the following week they had a meeting with board members and they just stopped for a second and the whole room went silent.
What experiences led Briel to come out as transgender?
And someone's just like, no, like this is the perfect family for this little boy. They already have 11 children and two loving parents that are wanting to be in this child's life and willing to do whatever it takes. This little boy has been in the hospital for the last nine months. with only attention from the nurses and doctors. He needs all the stimulation that he can get. This family's perfect. Let's figure out a way to make it work.
How did Briel navigate dating after trauma?
Wow, look at that.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–0:02
2
What challenges did Briel face growing up with no limbs?
0:02–1:51
3
How did Briel's upbringing in a large Mormon family shape her identity?
1:51–3:15
4
What role did public speaking play in Briel's life?
3:15–4:01
5
What experiences led Briel to come out as transgender?
4:01–4:26
6
How did Briel navigate dating after trauma?
4:26–4:34
7
How did Briel's relationship with her husband Adam evolve?
4:34–7:45
8
What insights does Briel have about being trans in America today?
7:45–1:36:59
Speakers
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