Chapter 6 — Gay Latter-day Sat Crossroads

Contents:

• GAY LATTER-DAY SAINT CROSSROADS: MY JOURNEY, YOUR JOURNEY, AND A SCRIPTURE-BASED PATH FORWARD PAPERBACK – JUNE 3, 2021
• WHAT THEY’RE SAYG ABOUT “GAY LDS CROSSROADS”
• “GAY LDS CROSSROADS”
• EE BOOK: GAY LDS CROSSROADS

GAY LATTER-DAY SAINT CROSSROADS: MY JOURNEY, YOUR JOURNEY, AND A SCRIPTURE-BASED PATH FORWARD PAPERBACK – JUNE 3, 2021

Essays and Books: Mormon LGBT Qutns – Essay by Bryce Cook – Fah, Hope, Chary and My Son’s Marriage — Essay by Jack Hadley — Queer Mormon Theology: An Introductn - Book by Blaire Ostler - Listen, Learn and Love – Embracg LGBTQ Latter-day Sats – Book by Richard Ostler – Goodbye I Love You – Book by Carol Lynn Pearson - No More Goodby: Circlg the Wagons around our Gay Loved On – Book by Carol Lynn Pearson - a Post-Heterosexual Mormon Theology – Essay by Taylor Petrey – of Clay – Sexualy and Genr Morn Mormonism – Book by Taylor Petrey - Gay Rights and the Mormon Church – Book by Gregory A.

Prce –, Groups and Podsts: – Affirmatn - A non-prof anizatn workg to nnect, uplift, and empower lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer Mormons and their alli around the world om all along the spectms of sexual orientatn, genr inty, fah, and volvement wh the church.

WHAT THEY’RE SAYG ABOUT “GAY LDS CROSSROADS”

And I have learned to regnize siar posive effects of gay sexual orientatn on society: gay dividuals and upl engenr feelgs of tolerance, support, and acceptance, and add diversy thought and opn, ways that bls all of society at large.

“GAY LDS CROSSROADS”

Our olst son, Wton, is gay and has cid to step away om the church bee he feels that God’s path for him li seekg a hband – so he n have the bt chance possible for a long-term, stable marriage and fay of his own someday (see “How should I feel about my son leavg the church? I am sorry I didn’t do more to remove any sense of self-doubt and spair om the hearts of the gay and lbian dividuals wh whom I unseled as a bishop, many of whom were wonrg if they should someday leave the church so they uld have the opportuny to fd a spoe to whom they were naturally and thentilly attracted.

EE BOOK: GAY LDS CROSSROADS

And fally, the ma reason to e the word “crossroads” for this project is bee this book will explore the tersectn between Latter-day Sat doctre on gay sexual behavr, on the one hand, and the basic human digny of (and passn toward) LGBTQ people, on the other hand.

While the jtic our lbian, gay and bisexual sisters and brothers face the church are different om those faced by our transgenr siblgs, I believe that if the church’s doctre chang to perm same-sex upl to marry and still mata full church privileg, then chang our doctr that e harm to transgenr church members will likely occur at or around the same time as well.