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Self Doubt / Self Esteem

I had a conversation with a newly found friend the other day — a man, like me, in a long-time committed partnership with a man, who has also been active for some years in the Church after a long time…

No Empty Chairs

  The sentiment is as ingrained in Mormon culture as a Saturday’s Warrior dance climax and conjures up equally strong emotions. It derives from a metaphor comparing Mormon heaven to a great big family feast with God at the head…

Our Families (Paul and Tony–Remembering Love, Marriage and Children on Valentine’s Day)

Often it feels there’s a lot of heat and little light generated around the topic of marriage for gay and lesbian couples.  In my personal experience, we must never lose track of the real impact that the political has on…

Gay Men Are More Happy and Other Research I Choose Not to Downplay

Since bad research by the likes of Mark Regnerus is being used to justify discrimination, I am going to put forward a list of research that I think we should use to guide public policy: 1) Gay men are happier…

Celibacy and the Single Mormon (a place at the table)

The message most LGBT people get from the church is:  Live chaste and celibate lives.  It is a burden like any other.  The obvious response to this is: It is not a burden like any other.  Heterosexual members of the…