A muny of support for Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr and Queer Mormons and those who love them.
Contents:
- GAYSTORI AND ROURC FOR THE LGBTQIA+ LATTER-DAY SAT COMMUNY
- GAY AND MORMON? THERE’S A DATG SE FOR THAT
- GAY MORMONS
- RISG NUMBERS OF YOUNG ADULT MORMONS THE US ARE GAY, LBIAN OR BISEXUAL
- CHURCH UPDAT OFFICIAL ‘MORMON AND GAY’ WEBSE
GAYSTORI AND ROURC FOR THE LGBTQIA+ LATTER-DAY SAT COMMUNY
Stori and rourc for and about gay current and former Latter-day Sats or Mormons. * gay lds singles *
The Human Rights Campaign scrib beg gay as beg emotnally, romantilly, or sexually attracted to members of the same genr. Acrdg to GLAAD, gay is the adjective ed to scribe people whose endurg physil, romantic, and/ or emotnal attractns are to people of the same sex. For the purpos of this page, we will foc on gay men, rervg a separate page for stori and rourc for and about lbian current or former Latter-day Sats.
Rather than scribe themselv as beg gay, Latter-day Sat men who are attracted to men might scribe themselv as beg same-sex attracted.
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GAY AND MORMON? THERE’S A DATG SE FOR THAT
In this terview, Tom Christofferson, a gay Latter-day Sat, talks about the so-lled "excln policy," which was stuted November 2015 and rcd 2019. He also discs what has happened The Church of J Christ of Latter-day Sats and s LGBTQ members sce then, cludg the ntroversial speech by apostle Jefey R. Holland. * gay lds singles *
Jo Dt Larsen, an active gay member of The Church of J Christ of Latter-Day Sats, along wh Hayn Davis, René Hernanz, and their special guts each week as they discs a new gospel topic through a queer perspective. Qutns om the Closet Podst Charlie Bird and Ben Schilaty discs qutns they are monly asked as gay members of The Church of J Christ of Latter-day Sats.
Are you a gay Mormon who is sgle and lookg for love?
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.
GAY MORMONS
Gay Mormons are enuraged to rema celibate, as are all other sgle members of The Church of J Christ of Latter-day Sats. * gay lds singles *
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.
RISG NUMBERS OF YOUNG ADULT MORMONS THE US ARE GAY, LBIAN OR BISEXUAL
provis misterial materials for members * gay lds singles *
” 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. 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. 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.
CHURCH UPDAT OFFICIAL ‘MORMON AND GAY’ WEBSE
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. The policy later was abandoned, but the pa among LGBTQ members and their alli has the excerpts om The Salt Lake Tribune’s “Mormon Land” podst, Tom Christofferson, a proment LGBTQ member and thor of “That We May Be One: A Gay Mormon’s Perspective on Fah and Fay, ” discs the November 2015 policy and subsequent were you when the new November 2015 policy beme public and what did you thk at the time? The parent of a child who experienc same-sex attractn or intifi as gay should choose to love and embrace that child.
Those who experience same-sex attractn or intify as gay n fully participate the Church. 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.