By Megan Howarth (originally published at http://youngmormonfeminists.org/) Growing up in the church female we were always told we needed to be the good girls. We needed to be the guardians of virtue. We needed to dress modestly to stop boys’ minds…
Category: Changing attitudes
A Difference of Opinion
Over the past few years, I have had dozens of conversations with friends and family members who are active members of the LDS Church on the subject of homosexuality. Most active members feel misunderstood and maligned by the ‘world’ and…
The Devil is in the Details
During a recent trip to the Philippines on behalf of the Liahona Children’s Foundation, I found myself in a car with some Philippine saints as we were travelling across Manila to screen children to ascertain their levels of malnutrition. We…
Dressing Wounds–Showing Love at Pride
By Doree Burt Last Sunday was the third time I walked with Mormons Building Bridges in the Utah Pride parade. It is a Sunday I look forward to, and then I mourn its passing. This year I, along with other…
There Is Room For You
by Vicki Johnson “There is room for you in this church.” For some of you this statement will resound with truth and you will agree with me, Yes! Of Course! As I am fond of saying, everything I ever needed…
Gay Marriage And My Grandmother
By John Crofts When I was a student at BYU I was given an assignment to interview my grandmother (Gay Marriage among the zillion questions). My grandmother was an amazing woman. Her mother died leaving my grandmother to raise her…
Summoned and Unsettled: Gay Mormons and the Power of the Face of Love
by Jacob Baker (also published at RationalFaiths.com) Renowned Jewish thinker Emmanuel Levinas (1906-1995) spent much of his life thinking about how and why we relate or fail to relate to others. A French Jewish prisoner of war during World War II, Levinas…
Our Mothers Knew It
by Bryan Hendrickson Alma 56:47-48 47 Now they never had fought, yet they did not fear death; and they did think more upon the liberty of their fathers than they did upon their lives; yea, they had been taught by…
Inspired Events: How A Negative Sunday School Experience Becomes a Beautiful Mormon Experience
By Kathryn Hueth (a proud mama dragon) The Sunday prior to Christmas 2013 will be forever remembered because of an experience we had at church. After returning home, having had time to calm down and share feelings with my family,…
A 12 year old Mormon girl’s response when her brother comes out to her
By Brooklynn Blair (Proud Baby Sister Dragon) America is living with segregation. But not racial segregation, segregation based on sexual orientation. People treat them different, call them names, and act like they’re not human. Isn’t that exactly how they treated…