What It's Like Growg Up Gay And Mormon

Contents:

• GAY AND MORMON? THERE’S A DATG SE FOR THAT
• MORMON GAY DATG
• MORMON, GAY, AND DATG
• WISNS MIDDLE SCHOOL FEATUR 'THIS BOOK IS GAY' LIBRARY, STIRRG ONLE OUTRAGE
• THIS MAN GREW UP GAY IN A MORMON COMMUNY WHERE HOMOSEXUALY IS A 'S'
• JOSH WEED, FAMO MARRIED GAY MORMON ANNOUNC DIVORCE, APOLOGIZ TO LGBTQ MUNY

GAY AND MORMON? THERE’S A DATG SE FOR THAT

Are you a gay Mormon who is sgle and lookg for love?

MORMON GAY DATG

Created by Andrew Markle, “Origs” seeks to give gay Mormons an onle social work to meet others like them for “marriage or long-term mment. Acrdg to Markle, the webse will act both as a tool for datg and as a rource for LGBTQ Mormons lookg for acceptance wh a church that’s still evolvg on s stance on homosexualy. Markle stated that Origs will also “nnect gay Mormons wh alli and help them rencile their [relig] beliefs wh their liftyle.

” Markle believ that Origs is about buildg a gay Mormon muny and timat that there are around 22, 000 practicg gay Mormons. In December, the Mormon Church lnched “Mormons and Gays, ” a webse voted to “discsn on same-sex attractn. ” Acrdg to the webse, the church’s changg stance on gay members do not mean that the church accepts “homosexual behavr” as acceptable but regniz that homosexualy is not a choice.

MORMON, GAY, AND DATG

Like Origs, Mormons and Gays acts as a ndu for nversatn and acceptance of LGBTQ dividuals, so that church members n “rpond sensively and thoughtfully when they enunter same-sex attractn their own fai, among other Church members, or elsewhere. Mormons And Gays. Markle realiz that the missn of Origs, which helps LGBTQ sgl nnect for the purpos of a relatnship, diverg wh the church’s new stance on homosexualy — which is of the “love the sner, hate the s” variety.

WISNS MIDDLE SCHOOL FEATUR 'THIS BOOK IS GAY' LIBRARY, STIRRG ONLE OUTRAGE

For Markle, Origs will act as a further step the right directn for gay Mormons — movg om prelimary dialogue to a place of actn. In orr to act as a force for good the liv of s Mormon members, the church mt ntue evolvg and makg amends to the gay fahful. As a practicg Mormon and weekly churchgoer, Markle unrstands his posn may be ntroversial for many the church and that he may face exmunitn or disfellowship for his volvement Origs — as advotg homosexual relatnships may be grounds for expulsn om the church.

THIS MAN GREW UP GAY IN A MORMON COMMUNY WHERE HOMOSEXUALY IS A 'S'

As I was g to terms wh my homosexualy at BYU, I looked for role-mols of gay men who were openly gay and active the church. People like Ty Mansfield, the vios on the old LDS and gay webse, and classmat at BYU stood out as righteo exampl. To me, the were good men, followg the law of chasty as tght to me about homosexualy (no sex, no datg, no hand holdg, no flirtg, nada).

While openly cryg the evils of homosexualy and earng some stat for beg so righteo, I learned that they didn't actually follow the law of chasty.

Their hypocrisy played a role my cisn to leave the church and helped form my belief that any openly gay man the church is not followg the law of chasty. His temporary example has been and will ntue to be ed to jtify the church's homophobic standards and provi false evince to men who are a siar posn I was. I'm datg a gay Mormon at BYU.

JOSH WEED, FAMO MARRIED GAY MORMON ANNOUNC DIVORCE, APOLOGIZ TO LGBTQ MUNY

How are homosexuals treated at BYU? Got any general poters/ do's & don'ts as someone g om a Christian background datg a (gay) mormon at BYU to help them out? Wh an openly gay mormon webse om prelimary dialogue to tryg to bishops follows a ban on the llege.