I get to hear a lot of great stories, as well as deeply sad stories, from all the families of gay people who contact me. Here, to help us celebrate Father’s Day, is an excerpt from an email I…
Author Archive for Carol Lynn Pearson
WHAT MORMON-BORN, WIDELY-ASSUMED LESBIAN WAS THE MOST LOVED AND RICHEST PERFORMER IN AMERICA IN THE EARLY NINETEEN HUNDREDS?
by Carol Lynn Pearson • • 4 Comments
Being a student of theatre at BYU, where I received my M.A., I was, of course, very much aware of the name Maude Adams. I knew that her Mormon mother performed on the stage of the famous Salt Lake Theatre…
FROM MOTHERS ON THE GIFT OF HAVING A GAY CHILD
by Carol Lynn Pearson • • 2 Comments
I am blessed to receive almost daily emails from parents who are struggling with or celebrating the fact of learning that they have a gay child. In honor of Mother’s Day, I would like to share anonymously two emails recently…
Forward Steps by our Cousins in the Community of Christ
by Carol Lynn Pearson • • 3 Comments
Just now I received an email that I want to share with my Mormon brothers and sisters. The Community of Christ, as most of us know, was formerly known as the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Here…
SO HOW CAN WE UTILIZE THE NEW WEBSITE????
by Carol Lynn Pearson • • 1 Comment
I sense that many people are pleased to see the new website the Church has created that brings a more open and kind conversation about our LGBT brothers and sisters, www.mormonsandgays.org. And I also sense that many people are…
A Valentine to My Gay and Lesbian Friends–Welcome to the World of Romantic Love!
by Carol Lynn Pearson • • 11 Comments
I have a story I want you to listen to and remember on Valentine’s Day and hopefully beyond. When my former husband Gerald was staying with me at the end of his life in 1984, preparing to die from AIDS…
Passed the Tipping Point? Really?????
by Carol Lynn Pearson • • 6 Comments
I have to begin this post by letting you know that my life has been managed by the fact that I am a Libra. I walk around with my hands out like the scales, saying “On the one hand…
The Tipping Point and the Penny
by Carol Lynn Pearson • • 13 Comments
Last night–just after I wrote down a few thoughts for this blog–I watched the second in a three-part series on PBS called “The Abolitionists.” It ended on a challenging note: a bill had been passed that promised to secure…