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I do not pretend to know what will happen in my future. But I do know I am living a life that meets spiritual needs congruent with the gay Mormon that I am. I do not expect special favors, or drastic changes in the Church for me to walk this path.
As I marched last year I looked around me and recognized that for many Mormons marching in a Pride parade would be a huge step out of their comfort zone, but felt impressed very strongly that this was the work of Christ—to step out of our comfort zones with unconditional love
I personally felt like God guided me to be on this team of filmmakers, and am profoundly grateful to have had the opportunity to do our best to help people
It continually became more painful and alienating for me to stay involved with a church that didn’t recognize me as a gay man and repeatedly left me feeling inadequate
The Daily Beast describes what it’s like to be LGBT at BYU, including both progress made and challenges encountered.
Episodes 6 and 7 of the Affirmation Podcast have been released! Continuing from Episode 5, these two episodes feature some of what we were able to record from the 2014 Nauvoo Leadership Retreat.
Episode 5 of the Affirmation Podcast has been released! This episode features a recorded meeting from the 2014 Nauvoo leadership retreat.
If my mother hadn’t strengthened me with her courage in that moment, I don’t know when I would have found enough courage of my own to come out
We Latter-day Saints smile through pain. My entire life I made sure to take pain in a way that showed my friends, my family, and the members of my ward that everything was fine, even as my world was crumbling. I tried to turn it into good, without taking the time to mourn.