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Register now, spaces are filling up quickly! November, 1999 Connell ("Rocky") O'Donovan will be teaching a three week course on "A Queer History of Mormonism" in San Francisco through the Harvey Milk Institute! The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has a rich, varied (even contradictory) and well-documented history in response to homosexuality. In this course, we will examine primary and secondary documents dealing with widespread "buggery" in the Nauvoo Legion, "romantic friendships" amongst polygamous wives, cross-dressing and other transgendered activities, the development of and changes in church and Brigham Young University policies toward homosexuality and transgenderism, the church's historical use of various "therapies" (including electric shock and vomiting aversion) to "cure" homosexuality, and the subsequent founding of the "Gay Mormon Underground", later known as Affirmation. We will also be examining the lives of several prominent Queer Mormons. Students will be expected to purchase a course reader and encouraged to write a brief but in-depth analysis of a primary document relating to our domain. Connell O'Donovan was born and raised Mormon in Utah, completed a mission to Brazil, married in the Salt Lake Temple and came out in 1985. He was instrumental in founding Queer Nation Utah and the Radical Faerie Circle of Salt Lake, and was formally excommunicated in 1991 for heresy. He is currently a free-lance writer and historian living in Santa Cruz.
3 Thursdays, Dec 2 - 16; 7 - 9 pm To register, use a Fall Catalog from the Harvey Milk Institute or visit their web site and click on "Register for this Class" at the bottom of the page! Hope to see you there! Connell O'Donovan
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