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A priceless gift: Loving our Mormon LGBT children
I was one of the lucky ones. When I came out to my mom at the age of 22 (in a moving car no less), her first reaction to my stammered, “I’m gay mom,” was to reach out, hold my hand and say, “honey, the only thing that matters to me, is that you are happy.” Everything that happened since, and everything that I now am, can be traced to that moment…
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More than 300 Mormon Church members march in Salt Lake City Pride
SALT LAKE CITY — More than 300 members of the Mormon Church joined the thousands of participants Sunday at Salt Lake City’s gay pride. The group, Mormons Building Bridges, said they wanted to send a message of love to the state’s LGBT community, a message they believe is compatible with their faith, reported the Salt Lake Tribune.
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Parents of gay Mormons tell their kids, ‘It Gets Better’
A group of Mormon parents are defending their gay children in a new “It Gets Better” video which challenges the Mormon church’s disapproval of homosexuality and same-sex relationships.
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Interview with Steven Fales: A gay Mormon boy grows up
Actor/playwright Steven Fales first came to my attention with his groundbreaking solo play, Confessions of a Mormon Boy, which was a hit off-Broadway and in cities around the world. The play chronicles Fales’ heartbreaking journey from being a devoted sixth-generation Mormon and father of two, to coming out as gay and being excommunicated from his church.
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Brigham Young students reach out to young, gay Mormons: ‘It Gets Better’
LGBT students and straight allies at Utah’s Brigham Young University on Friday released an “It Gets Better” video, adding their voice to the tens of thousands of video messages aimed at preventing depression and suicide among gay youth.
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Mormons working to overturn Maryland marriage equality law
Members of the Mormon Church in Maryland are working to overturn the state’s recently passed marriage equality law, according to an email obtained by the Washington Blade.
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Mormon bishop: Church’s treatment of LGBTQ people an ‘atrocity’
SALT LAKE CITY — A Mormon bishop on Sunday apologized for the way gays are treated and perceived by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, calling it “an atrocity.”
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Gay Mormon, excommunicated from his church, commits suicide
Bryan Michael Egnew, 40, spent the last decades of his life building up the courage to come out to his family and Mormon church. Once he did his life, family and religion were stripped away from him, and he committed suicide within a matter of weeks.
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Prop 8 supporter Vidmar resigns as Olympic liaison over anti-gay position
Peter Vidmar, a two-time Olympic gold medalist in gymnastics and devout Mormon, stepped down Friday as the chief of mission for the 2012 U.S. Olympic team in the wake of growing criticism of his public opposition to gay marriage.
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LDS children’s book on ‘overcoming homosexuality’ finds a home on WalMart shelves
More than 100 WalMart stores are stocking a new children’s book — Chased by an Elephant: The Gospel Truth About Today’s Stampeding Sexuality — that counsels truth and accepting Jesus as the path to over coming homosexuality.