Gay brother of Mormon apostle shar his spirual journey - Deret News

Contents:

• GAY BROTHER OF MORMON APOSTLE SHAR HIS SPIRUAL JOURNEY
• ARE YOUNGER BROTHERS MORE LIKELY TO BE GAY?
• IS YOUR BROTHER GAY?
• GAY BROTHER, STRAIGHT BROTHER: IT COULD BE A PLAY
• FEATURED STORI

GAY BROTHER OF MORMON APOSTLE SHAR HIS SPIRUAL JOURNEY

Michael, who is gay, was the send hoegut to be elimated on the Thursday, September 9 episo, followg Terrance Higgs, who was also sent home, but ahead of his shock ex he was seen quarrellg wh his -star. 15, 2015, and Christofferson's phone was vibratg nstantly wh g msag about a new policy announced by the First Princy of The Church of J Christ of Latter-day Sats regardg children same-sex unns not beg able to receive prithood ordanc and gay marriage as grounds for, a self-scribed "happy gay Mormon, " sent a text to his brother, Elr D. "The tenr brotherly exchange is one of many personal acunts shared by Tom Christofferson his new book, "That We May Be One: A Gay Mormon’s Perspective on Fah and Fay, " set to land on bookshelv Sept.

"For me, beg gay is one of the greatt blsgs of my life bee I me to a pot where I felt I really had to know that Christ liv, that his Atonement and rurrectn are reali that have impact my life, " Christofferson told the Deret News. "More importantly, his story has been a healg agent and a source of hope for our gay brothers and sisters, many of whom have spent far too long the lonely shadows at the margs of our fah.

ARE YOUNGER BROTHERS MORE LIKELY TO BE GAY?

Dpe hours of prayers, days of fastg and years of service, he was still gay, he wrote the book's no ncept of how to rencile beg gay and Mormon, the uple's marriage was annulled and Christofferson asked to be exmunited om the church. He troduced himself, explaed he was gay and a relatnship, and wonred if he was wele at the LDS Church.

In 1996, the psychologists Ray Blanchard and Anthony Bogaert published a paper ntendg that homosexualy was more mon men who had olr brothers. "In [Wtern] societi, homosexual men are femized at var levels and they have more olr brothers than heterosexual men, " state the thors of the study.

"To evaluate whether femy and the aternal birth orr effect are universal featur of male homosexual preference or not, we llected origal data om homosexual men, heterosexual men, and heterosexual women om Java (Indonia). The rearchers examed data om 116 homosexual men and 62 heterosexual men om wtern and central Java.

IS YOUR BROTHER GAY?

Consistent wh Blanchard and Bogaert's fdgs Wtern societi, they found that homosexual men were more likely to have olr brothers than heterosexual men.

To be specific, homosexual men their sample had an average of 0.

GAY BROTHER, STRAIGHT BROTHER: IT COULD BE A PLAY

Intertgly, the rearchers also found that homosexual men were more likely to have olr sisters, although this difference was smaller than the olr brother difference. The rearchers then tted whether homosexualy was visible the facial featur of Indonians. Usg standardized photographs of heterosexual and homosexual Indonian men, the rearchers found that men wh olr brothers were perceived to have more feme facial featur than men whout olr brothers.

They did not, however, fd that homosexual men were any more femized their facial featur than heterosexual men. The thors wre, "Taken together, the rults suggt the prence of a femizg factor associated wh male homosexualy that is partially termed by male birth orr. Homosexualy has been a long-standg pot of nfn for evolutnary psychologists.

FEATURED STORI

Male Homosexual Preference: Femy and the Olr Brother Effect Indonia. Probably the origal gay brother on televisn, Jack is Andie’s younger siblg.

In the Amerin one, when his olr brother Lip disvers a che of gay pornography the room they share, he first tri to set him up wh a girl. Though they are technilly not siblgs, Sarah Manng’s clone Cosima is openly gay throughout the show and is plenty of relatnships wh girls.