Chris Janousek lives and works in the Pacific Northwest. He is a professional ecologist and earned a PhD from the University of California, San Diego in 2005. Originally a convert to the LDS Church, he is no longer active and…
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Our Families: Trey and Guy
This is the latest installment in our series on LGBT Mormon families. For more information, check out Affirmation.org. ____________________ It was a Phase Trey: After our missions (to Korea and Sweden) in the early 80’s, we both attended BYU. I…
Ripples
Rea Jo Walton is a motivational speaker who lives in Kaysville, Utah with her husband David and her granddaugher. She is the proud mother of 5 children and 4 step children. This was originally posted to her blog mormongirlundone. Once…
Can a Person Really Disappear?
Jennifer Bowman is married to her best friend, David. They have six children who entertain, challege, and inspire them daily. A history teacher turned stay-at-home mom, she enjoys community service in her spare time. I have known many gay and…
Why My Marriage to my Husband Matters: For Time and for Eternity
Our house is full of little markers, reminders of the milestones along our journey as a family. One of my most treasured is this photo of us, taken right after Göran and I held our commitment ceremony in 1995:
Pain and Healing Form a Woman’s Perspective
Gretta Whalen is a graduate student, writing tutor, and Young Women advisor in Los Angeles. When she finishes her thesis on Religion, Boredom, and Modernity, she hopes to watch a lot more television. Full disclosure: I am a Sunday School…
Our Families: Brett Bradshaw and Jeff Jackanicz
Here’s the second installment in a series of posts about loving, committed relationships of gay Mormons. This post was penned by Brett Bradshaw, the son of Bill and Marge Bradshaw, long-time advocates for greater inclusion of LGBT folks within the…
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…