Best, Worst Run of My Life

By Tabitha Hanson I am a swimmer.  I am NOT a runner.  Yet, regardless of my snail’s speed, I run regularly out of desperation for exercise and time with dear friends early in the morning before our children rise and…

History, Part 8 of 8: The New World

By Scot, (a father, husband and gay Utahn) Okay… We eventually decided we should look for an option other than a Utah adoption. While we could do it with only one of us as a legal parent, it seemed and seems…

Shapes, Shadows, Bias, and Truth–A Thought Exercise

By J. Nielsen While spending the majority of my life, silently agonizing over the decision to leave the darkness of the LGTBQ closet and risk the consequences of coming out into the light, I have feverishly read and studied everything I…

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…