Ben Schilaty

BYU Honor Code Administrator & Adjunct Professor

Ben Schilaty

Ben Schilaty works as an Honor Code Administrator and adjunct professor at BYU in Provo, UT. Ben speaks Spanish and Portuguese from his time living abroad in Mexico, Bolivia, Peru, and Portugal. He is the author of the forthcoming book A Walk in My Shoes: Questions I’m Often Asked as Gay Latter-day Saint and co-host of the podcast “Questions from the Closet.” He also writes a blog about his experiences as a gay Latter-day Saint and started a support community for LGBTQ Latter-day Saints in Tucson, AZ while he was living there. Ben is a lifelong member of the Church and served as a missionary in Chihuahua, Mexico, from 2003-2005. He currently serves as a High Councilor in his stake.