Gay Mormons

Contents:

• MORMON AND GAY: HOW IT’S GOG
• PHOTOS OF GAY MORMON MISSNARI STIR NTROVERSY
• RISG NUMBERS OF YOUNG ADULT MORMONS THE US ARE GAY, LBIAN OR BISEXUAL
• GAY MORMONS
• MORMON AND GAY: CHURCH SAYS YOU N BE BOTH
• OLD GAY MORMONS
• CHURCH UPDAT OFFICIAL ‘MORMON AND GAY’ WEBSE

MORMON AND GAY: HOW IT’S GOG

The photographs, part of an stunt-sponsored exhibn tied to Diversy Week by gay, lbian and transgenred artists at the school's South Cy mp, pict two young men whe shirts and dark pants, one of them wearg a missnary name tag. Farmer, who is gay, told The Salt Lake Tribune that he was raised a member of The Church of J Christ of Latter-day Sats and had difficulty while growg up rencilg the two worlds. It’s notable this fdg is nearly double the 10% that Benjam Knoll and I found among lennials the 2016 Next Mormons Survey (which broke down to 7% bisexual, 2% gay or lbian and 1% “other”).

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PHOTOS OF GAY MORMON MISSNARI STIR NTROVERSY

A gay doctor wh the body of a Greek god relled the moment he stripped off his special Mormon unrwear and walked away om the church a movg Instagram post. Jt two years ago, the church received much public praise for rcdg a 2015 policy, ntroversial among Mormons at the time, that clared the mor children of gay people uld not be baptized to or jo the church as members—at least not until they were 18 years old, and only then if they would nounce their parents’ marriage and nmn their sexualy.

Given how ntent the qutn of gay rights has been among Mormons sce the church threw s whole weight behd California’s anti-gay-marriage Proposn 8 2008, the post-2019 perd has been one of wele relative quiet om the church.

RISG NUMBERS OF YOUNG ADULT MORMONS THE US ARE GAY, LBIAN OR BISEXUAL

C., Holland’s speech was the first time I tly worried that my future kids might attend public school wh peers who would be tght about the evils of beg gay, week and week out at church. The church clud the proclamatn as evince of s doctral mment to a heterosexual fay s amic brief agast gay marriage Hawaii jt two years later. Sex, or “procreative powers, ” are only for married men and their wiv (no gay sex unr any circumstanc).

GAY MORMONS

Mormonism is now facg a world which not only the majory of outsirs, but also a signifint portn of their own membership—cludg s own universy’s faculty—seem to regnize that doctre for what is: a list of proposns phrased as irrefutable tths, issued by a group of men who grew up wh homophobia suffg every stutn their liv. He sgled out one openly gay BYU alum particular, former valedictorian Matt Easton, who me out as gay his 2019 mencement speech.

In simply intifyg himself as gay the urse of the speech, Holland alleged, Easton had “manered” the 2019 ceremony. The same day Holland issued his revanchist addrs to the faculty, BYU’s admistratn was openg and publicizg s new Office of Belongg, a long-sought-for refuge not only for BYU’s growg number of openly gay stunts, but also s relig and racial mori, who are reported to face wispread bias and prejudice on mp, acrdg to a report issued by an ternal Commtee on Race, Equy, and Belongg.

Still, today, the church funnels members who nfs to feelg “same-sex attractn” to support groups that enurage members to enter heterosexual marriag, wh promis that the gay feelgs will be overe after sufficient fahfulns, or at least, ath. Matt Easton has ced the wily publicized 2016 ath by suici of one of his classmat at BYU, Harry Fisher, as part of the reason for his cisn to e out as gay his valedictorian speech.

MORMON AND GAY: CHURCH SAYS YOU N BE BOTH

Due to Mormon teachgs that there is no way to have romantic relatnships wh those of the same sex and be exalted the afterlife, gay Mormons face high rat of lonels, suicidaly, and prsn. The doctre of The Church of J Christ of Latter-day Sats, which church is often mistakenly lled the Mormon Church, is que clear on the practice of homosexualy. Mormon doctre clar homosexual activy a s not bee is bigoted and old fashned, but bee the practice of homosexualy trat the eternal purpose of the fay.

OLD GAY MORMONS

The Church of J Christ of Latter-day Sats and s members ntu to, and will ntue to, receive a great al of cricism and persecutn for s view on homosexualy. Bee the world already has a liberal view on sexualy and do not thk a great al of the practice of sex before marriage, views the LDS Church’s views towards gay Mormons as expectatns which are far too high. “It is neher fair, nor realistic” the world says, “to expect a person who has homosexual attractns to rema celibate for their entire liv.

CHURCH UPDAT OFFICIAL ‘MORMON AND GAY’ WEBSE

Gay Mormons should not feel any shame for their feelgs, but they should turn to the Savr for His help and strength to overe all temptatns—whether those temptatns are related to homosexualy or not—and have fah that He will help them overe. Gee, Utah, to raise money for the ncer treatment of the mother of a gay man the muny, and the Fire Hoe is one of the few venu town that hosts LGBT events. The Church had often fought agast the risg ti of marriage equaly; s members were major fancial backers of 2008's Prop 8 California, which briefly banned same-sex marriage the state before beg more progrsive Church members voiced strong disapproval, Garett, like many Mormons, believed the spirual lears were warmg to gay rights.