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…
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…
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…
By Suzi Fei On July 21, 2013, I had the opportunity to give a talk during Sacrament meeting at the branch in downtown Portland as well as teach Relief Society in my family ward later that afternoon. Seeing as…
In light of all the fuss over DOMA, Prop 8 and the Supreme Court, I have grown weary of the debates over same sex marriage. Five years ago I rather unenthusiastically participated in supporting Prop 8 in California. As an…
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…
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…
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…
By Christopher Cooper Mormonism is changing! But for many it is not changing fast enough. There is no hiding the ugly past where Latter-day Saint homosexuals were treated in a very different manner than what they are today. The LDS…
By OztN Miller (also posted to his blog http://notsomaladroit.blogspot.ca/ ) Alt. Title: Confessions of a Straight Mormon Boy (Note: what follows is a work of fiction, a hypothetical look at a fake world in an attempt to cultivate empathy in the real…