On the 4th of July, let’s celebrate our liberty while remembering that “Love will beget tolerance and kindness” by Tom Christofferson A member of the Affirmation Board of Directors, Tom Christofferson lives in New Canaan, Connecticut, with his partner of sixteen…
Category: Changing attitudes
The Victoria Theater
The journey of my family since my son came out last year has been a roller coaster ride of highs and lows. The spiritual, intellectual and emotional investment required to make sense and find peace between two polarizing worlds…
Salvaging Our Humanity (and our Faith) from the Wreckage of Politics
Anybody who has been following the progress of Proposition 8 through the courts knew that the least likely outcome of the Supreme Court decision would be the one officially hoped for in the amicus brief filed by the Church, i.e.,…
Honor Thy Father
There are two conflicting scriptural messages about honoring parents. Of course, there is the fifth commandment: “Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee” (Exodus 20:…
A Special Carnation for Fathers Who Love Their Gay Children!!
I get to hear a lot of great stories, as well as deeply sad stories, from all the families of gay people who contact me. Here, to help us celebrate Father’s Day, is an excerpt from an email I…
Fembryology Part 2: Not All Is What It Seems (A Discussion of the Less Common Outcomes in Sexual Differentiation)
By Elisothel (Also posted at feministmormonhousewives.org) (Admin note: We have been given permission to re-post this series about gender development. This was written from a feminist perspective, but these issues of gender are also relevant to LGBT people, particularly trans mormons,…
Fembryology Part 1: Mars and Venus (A Discussion of Sexual Development)
By Elisothel (Also posted at feministmormonhousewives.org) (Admin note: We have been given permission to re-post this series about gender development. This was written from a feminist perspective, but these issues of gender are also relevant to LGBT people, particularly trans mormons,…
All Love Is Equal
By Dan Brooks (also posted in his blog http://ldsviews.blogspot.ca/) I went to Gay Pride in Salt Lake City about a week ago and it was great. My wife and I had a great time, we took our friends teenager to meet…
Remarks at Utah Pride Interfaith Service May 30th, 2013
A person of faith has many reasons to be angry. There is such a chasm between what we want and what there is. As we seek to live a life that is in harmony with a wise and loving God…
A Gay Mormon Describes The Impact of Seeing His Own Mother Marching
By Matthew Haws (also posted at his blog at trentnmatt.com) My mom has always said to me that she could hug anyone who was gay, she could accept and love them, but she could never walk a parade to support…