Being a LGBT Mormon Pioneer

  Affirmation President Randall Thacker   Dear LGBT Mormons, family members and friends – Happy Pioneer Day! One hundred and sixty-six years ago the Mormon pioneers rolled into the valley of the Great Salt Lake and pioneered the building of…

Starfish

       By Carlos Santana Today I woke up remembering a beautiful story: Once a young man was walking on a beautiful beach. He noted that there were many starfish stranded on the beach. He saw a man a…

Flipping The Switch: Letting God Light The Path

By Kathy Carlston 2011 was a big year for me. In July, after years of going to therapy and working with various bishops in the hopes of finding some way, some cure to rid myself of being attracted to women, I…

An Undeserving Prophet

By Jake Abhau (Also published at his family blog http://theabhaus.blogspot.ca/)   Let me tell you a story.  It is one found in The Book of Mormon, a book that we Mormons believe to be a spiritual non fiction account of real…

History Parts 6 and 7 of 8: Heading Home and Practice

Heading Home By Scot, (a father, husband and gay Utahn) History, Part 6 of 8 We had both always wanted to be fathers. I think we both actually always knew we would be, but for the first half of our union,…

Doug Reviews Gay Marriage and Mormons

By Doug Chambers (also published at his blog dougreviewsthings.blogspot.ca) ____________ Disclaimer 1- Most of you know I am a member of the Mormon Church. So, if while reading this, you find references to church practices and policies that don’t quite…