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…
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History Supplement 1: The In-Laws
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,…
True Charity
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…
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…
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,…