By Susannah Montgomery (also posted at FeministMormonHousewives.org) . Oblivion (noun): Official disregard or overlooking . My name is Susannah Montgomery and I’m fourteen. I have a gay brother named Jordan and he is a year older than me. He is my…
By Dana Hale (written on Aug. 4 and posted on Mormons Building Bridges) This is last minute, but I’m teaching today’s Gospel Doctrine lesson (#29) and found a nice little gem. This lesson focuses on the churches work in building…
As much as we like to consider ourselves as living a civilized society, one of the things that should give us pause is the treatment of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people, not only in what we might consider…
Affirmation is the oldest organization specifically for LGBT Mormons. Affirmation came into being because of the conflict LGBT Mormons experienced between what they were being told about gender and same-sex attraction by Church leaders, and what they actually experienced. I’ve…
By Ellen Koester (also published at her blog http://the-noncommittal-philanthropist.blogspot.ca/) . I’m unorthodox. I am a headstrong, independent woman. I don’t let people limit me. And I don’t let people push me around. Ever. . I’m unorthodox. I don’t fit molds. I don’t fit stereotypes.…
By David T. Reid Hello, my name is David. I am an excommunicated Latter-Day Saint. It was in the latter teen-age years of my life that I received a knock at my front door by a priesthood leader who then handed…
One of the concerns raised when the BSA voted to allow openly gay Scouts to participate in the program was the issue of tent-sharing. I don’t blame any parent or leader for wanting to think thoughtfully about this issue. I…
This is the complete text of a talk I prepared for a gathering of about 75 LGBT/SSA Mormons and their family and allies in Salt Lake City on August 1, 2013. My husband Göran and I wore our wedding shoes,…
By Jake and Meg Abhau (Also posted at their blog http://theabhaus.blogspot.ca/) On this Mother’s Day, Randall Thacker of Affirmation asked my beautiful wife to write her perspective on mothering a gay child. She was humbled, yet honored to do this, knowing…
By Scot, (a father, husband and gay Utahn) My in-laws are staying with us again (“In-law”, the best word to convey the right idea, is literally wrong here in Utah :-)). But, contrary to what sit-coms have taught me to expect,…