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‘Coming Out Mormon’ tells story of family, faith and being gay
In a new Current TV segment, 26 year-old Cody Derrick tells his coming out story. Cody Derrick grew up in a conservative Mormon home in the suburbs of Salt Lake City, Utah. At the age of 21, shortly after returning from his mission, Derrick came out that he was gay. The story depicts the young […]
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Video: Gay couple’s confrontation with LDS guards
Newly released film footage shows four LDS Church security guards separating and handcuffing a gay couple after the two men kissed on the Main Street Plaza. The Salt Lake Tribune obtained the film through an open-records request with Salt Lake City. The church provided the film to the city as part of a prosecutor’s review […]
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‘A Hug and Kiss’ lands gay couple in handcuffs at Mormon plaza
A gay couple say they were detained by LDS security guards on a plaza owned by the Mormon church and later cited by police, claiming it stemmed from a kiss on the cheek. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints said that the men became argumentative and refused to leave after being asked to […]