Risg numbers of young adult Mormons the US are gay, lbian or bisexual

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

The Human Rights Campaign scrib beg gay as beg emotnally, romantilly, or sexually attracted to members of the same genr.

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

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. A safe place for the velopment of iendships, the procsg of difficult reali, the sharg of stori, and ultimately, the support of our fai, however they may be the Strength of LGBTQ & SSA Youth A Facebook group to support, fort, and nnect LGBTQ+ youth (and their youth alli) gog through siar life experienc, as each creas self-acceptance and acceptance for Fay Fellowship A support anizatn, engaged strengtheng relatnships between LGBTQ (Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr and Qutng) dividuals, their fai and Internacnal en Español Un gpo Facebook para los miembros habla hispana la unidad la Afirmación a nivel Gpo Português Um gpo no Facebook para membros língua portugua da unida ternacnal Afirmação.

GAY MORMONS

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.

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.

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

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.

CHURCH UPDAT OFFICIAL ‘MORMON AND GAY’ WEBSE

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.