By Matthew Greene (originally posted on his blog matthewonbeingmormon.blogspot.com) I was twenty-three years old the first time I let myself tell a girl I loved her. I fumbled around for a bit, talked in circles, and generally made a complete idiot…
Being a Catalyst for Change
We can find opportunities to spur increased love, questioning, pondering, conversation, and understanding in our wards by Sam Noble (Also posted at Affirmation.org) The past two Sundays, I’ve been given opportunities at church to share about and discuss being gay with other…
The Gaydy Bunch Part 2
By Esteban Cencerrado Lee-O’Neal An interesting part of this whole life change was overcoming my own programmed homophobia. I was so excited to meet Rex and to move into a new relationship, while at the same time feeling twinges of…
Forward Steps by our Cousins in the Community of Christ
Just now I received an email that I want to share with my Mormon brothers and sisters. The Community of Christ, as most of us know, was formerly known as the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Here…
The Gaydy Bunch Part 1
By Esteban Cencerrado Lee-O’Neal When my exwife and I finally faced the last hurdle of our 16 year marriage, it would be the final straw. Even after 12 years in Evergreen, the church’s comnversion therapy program, even after marriage counseling…
A Public Statement in Favor of LGBT Protection in Pocatello, Idaho
By Wayne Schow PANEL PRESENTATION—LGBT PROTECTION ORDINANCE This statement was given in Pocatello on March 20, 2013 at a public forum considering a proposed ordinance that would protect LGBT persons against unfair discrimination in housing and employment. I am pleased…