By Anonymous (Admin note: The church no longer suggests heterosexual marriage as a cure for homosexuality, but it is still being held up in the Mormon community as the ideal endeavor for people with ‘SSA’. The church’s website mormonsandgays.org…
Category: Family issues
History, Part 1 of 8: The long melodramatic tale gays tells
By Scot, (a father, husband and gay Utahn) I knew I was gay by about age 14. More accurately, I knew I came out of puberty attracted only to males. For months I convinced myself that didn’t mean I was gay…
Sarah to Quin
By Steven and Diana Gardner We have a bit of news about Sarah to share with you. This is not a secret so feel free to forward this email to whoever you feel will benefit. For about the past year…
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…
Legs
By Meg Abhau (originally posted at her blog theabhaus.blogspot.ca) ———- We came out to our church congregation (ward) by email, letting them know that our 13 year old son was gay about a week before we came out on…
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…
Joseph And His Family
This essay was inspired by two different young gay men (whose names happen to start with J) and their amazing families who, together, have taken up the banner and are fighting for Christ-like acceptance of all LGBT people. It is…
Theresa and Rachel: Our Story
Our Story… Thanks for coming to this blog to learn a little bit more about our story. Theresa and I met when Theresa was a recently returned missionary and we were both attending school at BYU. We became very close…
Gays and Lesbians as Parents
I was surprised—and delighted—to read the headline, “Salt Lake City Has Highest Population of Same-Sex Couples Raising Kids.” Surprised because it seems counter-intuitive and yet, according to the survey (conducted by the UCLA Williams Institute), “Metro areas with the highest percentages…