(Also published in Huffington Post) When I was in first grade, I wasn’t so different from all the other Mormon boys in my class. Like them, I couldn’t wait for the bell signaling the end of the school day to…
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Joseph And His Family
by Daniel Parkinson • • 7 Comments
This essay was inspired by two different young gay men (whose names happen to start with J) and their amazing families who, together, have taken up the banner and are fighting for Christ-like acceptance of all LGBT people. It is…
A Utah Valley Teen Stands up for Her LGBT Friends
by Guest • • 1 Comment
By Gina Crivello and Emma, a high school junior in Utah County This letter from a high school student warms my heart. Upon hearing about my efforts to begin a GSA at our high school, about 10 students have volunteered…
A New Day For Boy Scouts
by Kevin Kloosterman • • 0 Comments
I want to express profound gratitude for the decision of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) to end the ban on gay youth. I had been praying for this for some time. The ban on gay youth in boy scouts…
Remarks given at the premiere of the Family Acceptance Project film “Families Are Forever”, Weber State University, May 14, 2013
by Erika Munson • • 4 Comments
Those of us here tonight are the first circle of support for the Family Acceptance Project. This film is beautifully affirming of what we already know: that research tells us how to drastically lower the incidence of risky behaviors in…
Closets are for Clothes
by Guest • • 1 Comment
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…
HPV Vaccination: Protecting your Gay Mormon Son
by Cary Crall • • 0 Comments
Some time in the months preceding the Summer of 2012, the Utah County Health Department threw away hundreds of doses of the Gardasil (HPV) vaccine because these doses had expired due to “lack of demand.” A few blocks away at…
HPV Vaccine: Do What’s Right For Your Daughters And Your Sons!
by Daniel Parkinson • • 1 Comment
This is the first in a series about HPV vaccine. Tomorrow Cary Crall will focus on a discussion of Gay Mormon Men and HPV vaccine. ————————————– I am going to speak as a doctor here, on how we are denying…
Letter to Our Stake and Ward Leaders
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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…
Not My Job–Thank Heavens!!!
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By Teresa Noel Hislop (also posted at her blog www.lifeisthestoriesyoucantell.com) Top Ten Lists: FUN!! There are top ten lists for nearly everything you can think of and many things you would not think of……“Top Ten Toughest Characters in the Bible”, “Top Ten People…