This past Saturday, I met with a local group of LGBT Mormons and Allies. As I and another facilitator of the group used that term, “ally,” one (heterosexual*) member of the group spoke up and said he wasn’t sure if…
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Transgender Children: An Easy Way for the LDS Church to Get it Right
While shadowing Dr. Norm Spack in his work with the GeMS clinic at Children’s hospital Boston, I couldn’t help but wonder what my Mormon pioneer ancestors would think if they could see me now. Dr. Spack is one of…
The Tipping Point and the Penny
Last night–just after I wrote down a few thoughts for this blog–I watched the second in a three-part series on PBS called “The Abolitionists.” It ended on a challenging note: a bill had been passed that promised to secure…
My Birth Defect
I’ve always had an excellent memory. This is both a blessing and a curse. Some of my earliest memories are feelings of frustration, inferiority, and wanting to be someone different that I was. I learned very young that I didn’t…
Born of Goodly Parents
Most Mormon LGBT are traumatized by their Mormon experience; I was not. My narrative begins with the question “Why, as a gay youth, was my Mormon experience so positive?
Why I Support Marriage Equality
By Scott H. This past November 5, 2012, I shared this story on my Facebook page*. On November 6, 2012, the State of Washington joined Maryland and Maine as the first states to uphold marriage equality by popular vote. I…