By Esteban Cencerrado Lee-O’Neal One week before I married Rex in San Francisco in August 2011, I received a call from Tony. He said that his second suicide attempt had failed. I sat motionless on the outside, but exploding on…
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Mother’s day speech on gender roles and parenting
By Sam Noble (admin note: this mother’s day speech does not mention LGBT specifically, but it brings up points that are very relevant to LGBT couples) Asking questions is one of the most crucial parts of spiritual learning and progression.…
History and #42
By Paul Barker (also published at RationalFaiths.com) Born and raised in Northern California, Paul received his education at Ricks College and BYU with a BA in Spanish, minor in PE Coaching. Married and father of 4 boys, Paul resides in…
A Young Woman Painfully Confronts Her Homophobia
By anonymous It’s going to be a wall, but I’m kind of baring my soul to y’all. As an 18 year old I moved a few states away to attend college. I went to orientation during the summer and met…
How Things That Were Never Going to Change Have Sometimes Changed Anyway
By Craig Harline ( originally posted at timesandseasons.org ) In March at BYU I gave a talk, or more accurately for a guy who can barely use Power-Point, a multi-media extravaganza, involving at least 10 non-fancy slides with absolutely nothing moving…
The Power of Empathy
By Diane Oviatt There are some in this life who would seem to be naturally endowed with the ability to readily empathize with the struggles of others. In fact, my own patriarchal blessing mentions this as a gift worth expanding…
The Gift Of The Holy Ghost & The Second Great Commandment: Implication For A Gay Mormon
By Jim Best The rock upon which the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was established is continuing revelation or leadership and instruction by the Spirit or Holy Ghost also called the Comforter. After baptism, each member of the…
A Story of Shame (A Bad Experience with One Stake President, and a Good Experience with Another)
By Loren Evans A story of shame… Back in the late ’80’s I lived with my family in downtown Salt Lake City. Not long after moving there our 3 month old daughter died. The best the medical establishment could tell…
Closets are for Clothes
By Jake Abhau (this post was originally posted at his blog http://theabhaus.blogspot.ca/ ) About two months ago, our 13 year old son, Jon, came to us and informed us that he was gay. He knows it. We know it. And there is…
Letter to Our Stake and Ward Leaders
By Gina Crivello It’s the Sabbath. Moments ago, I sent the following letter to our stake and ward leaders introducing the Family Acceptance Project booklet. At first I was just going to send it to 3 bishops I personally knew…