Mary England Affirmation Calendar July 14-31 “Mormons, Mothers and Monsters” staged in Pitssfield, Mass. August 1 Deadline to submit a nomination for the Mortensen Award August 3-6 Sunstone Symposium in Ogden August 12 HRC Bus Starts Nationwide Tour in Salt Lake City August 15 Deadline for on-time registration ($199) for the Affirmation conference August 25 [...]
Posts from ‘July, 2011’
Waiting Outside the Gate
It’s a cold December day on Temple Square in Salt Lake City. My family and I approach the Salt Lake LDS Temple for my brother’s wedding. I love to see the temple, I’m going there someday, the words I sang as a young eager primary boy echo in my mind. From the beginning of my [...]
I Believe…and Mormons Just Believe
I’m here sitting in my house with 9 others Mormons and 3 non-members watching the Tony Awards. Not exactly my cup of tea. But my housemate, a fellow gay Mormon, threw a big party with all of his thespian friends and a few of my non-theater loving friends. I find myself in good company [...]
Blessed, Honored Pioneer
David Melson Pioneer-themed Stories Affirmation Calendar July 24 Pioneer Day August 1 Deadline to submit a nomination for the Mortensen Award August 3-6 Sunstone Symposium in Ogden August 15 Deadline for on-time registration ($199) for the Affirmation conference August 25 Deadline to reserve a conference room at a special rate September 16 Deadline to declare [...]
An Unconventional Testimony
I grew up in Alabama, where one of the few beliefs the many Baptists and the not-so-many Mormons held in common was that being gay meant being pathologically oversexed, so much so that gender didn’t matter. When I left for college up north, I wasn’t concerned about challenges to my faith. I’d been a [...]
We’ve Got PayPal, Rock and Roll, and Just Two More Fast Sundays. Do We Have YOU?
David Melson Affirmation Calendar July 14-31 “Mormons, Mothers and Monsters” staged in Pitssfield, Mass. July 24 Pioneer Day August 1 Deadline to submit a nomination for the Mortensen Award August 3-6 Sunstone Symposium in Ogden August 15 Deadline for on-time registration ($199) for the Affirmation conference August 25 Deadline to reserve a conference room at [...]
None That Could Speak to My Condition
Joshua Behn LGBT Mormons Asked to Participate in Survey Anniversaries generally mark memorable events, and for me, the period between the end of Pride season and Independence Day mark two very different anniversaries. The first is of my coming out and fully embracing my identity as a gay man. As a man who had [...]
The Calling
George Cole LGBT Mormons Asked to Participate in Survey Affirmation Calendar July 14-31 “Mormons, Mothers and Monsters” staged in Pitssfield, Mass. July 15 Movie Night & Potluck in Salt Lake July 24 Pioneer Day</a August 1 Deadline to submit a nomination for the Mortensen Award August 3-6 Sunstone Symposium in Ogden August 15 Deadline [...]
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness
Mary England Affirmation Calendar July 14-31 “Mormons, Mothers and Monsters” staged in Pitssfield, Mass. July 15 Movie Night & Potluck in Salt Lake July 24 Pioneer Day August 1 Deadline to submit a nomination for the Mortensen Award August 3-6 Sunstone Symposium in Ogden August 15 Deadline for on-time registration ($199) for the Affirmation conference [...]