By Jill Hazard Rowe Our first really cold day in Utah. As I lay here in my warm bed and listen to the hurling winds outside my mind is wandering to the five thousand homeless youth in Salt Lake City.…
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LDS/LGBT Affirmation 2014 – Who Knew!?!
By Emric and Melanie Delton (written shortly after the September 2014 Affirmation Conference in SLC) Emric: I did not know what it meant to be an LGBT person in an LDS environment. I did not know the anguish and struggle…
Just Breathe
by Thomas Memmott You may not know me, but I’d wager that we have something in common. I bet there has been a time in your life when you have had to fight to discover something about yourself. Maybe the…
Know Thyself
by Jake Taylor Some may say that to be an artist, one must also be a troubled soul; he must be anguished and tormented, for in this struggle does he produce his finest art. Even if my opinion held any…
A gay Mormon teen (age 16) writes an essay for English class
by Kayden Maxwell Hero Journey There is an indescribable feeling when you grow up expecting your life to follow a very defined path, and everyone around you follows the same formula for a happy life, but one day you wake…
Are You There God? It’s Me, Nate.
By Nathan Alexander (also published at his blog livingoxymormon.com) I know we haven’t exactly been on speaking terms for the last little while…well…at least I know I haven’t really been speaking to you. As always, you’ve been the better person…
A BYU professor writes an editorial for The Daily Universe
by Roni Jo Draper, Ph.D BYU education professor BYU has again been ranked as the No. 1 Stone Cold Sober school. That’s cool. Sobriety deserves celebration. BYU has also been ranked as the No. 4 LGBTQ Unfriendliest school. This should give…
The Mormon Crisis and the “Gay Question”
By Eli McCann (also published at his blog www.itjustgetsstranger.com ) A few years ago the nation recognized a new phase for my community. They called it “the Mormon Moment.” Suddenly, almost out of nowhere, a number of significant events took…
There are no closed off souls
By Diane Oviatt (a speech given in Berkeley, California Sep, 2014) There are no closed off souls. No one is impervious. Story, unlike anything else, can change the heart. I learned this first hand five years ago this month, when…
What Manner of Men and Women Ought We to Be?
by Tom Christofferson (Address given at ALL Are Alike Unto God, 2014 Arizona LDS LGBT/SSA Conference April 26, 2014) At this tender time for my family, I am grateful to my brothers for their willingness to plan our father’s funeral…