Mormon, Gay, and Datg | Out of Obscury

Contents:

• GAY AND MORMON? THERE’S A DATG SE FOR THAT
• CHURCH UPDAT OFFICIAL ‘MORMON AND GAY’ WEBSE
• NEW LDS HANDBOOK CHANG: BYU PROFESSOR CONFIRMS GAY DATING IS ALLOWED AT BYU?
• POLICY CHANG ANNOUNCED FOR MEMBERS GAY MARRIAG, CHILDREN OF LGBT PARENTS
• MORMON, GAY, AND DATG

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

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 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?

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.

CHURCH UPDAT OFFICIAL ‘MORMON AND GAY’ WEBSE

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.

NEW LDS HANDBOOK CHANG: BYU PROFESSOR CONFIRMS GAY DATING IS ALLOWED AT BYU?

” 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.

POLICY CHANG ANNOUNCED FOR MEMBERS GAY MARRIAG, CHILDREN OF LGBT PARENTS

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. “Beg gay don’t translate to sex, ” he said.

Feelgs of same-sex attractn are not a s, but actg on same-sex attractn is not a s, n be a who experience same-sex attractn or intify as gay n fully participate the church believ that the experience of same-sex attractn is a plex realy for many people, Print M. So a lot of people who are gay, bisexual, etc., they want to f , they have a ttimony and want to belong, but they don’t know how, so they leave, ” he said.

Bird later me out as gay a gut opn piece published the Deret News. (Francis Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Friends Julia Stark, left, and Sophie Gordon jo other stunts prottg outsi the stunt center at Brigham Young Universy Provo, Wednday, March 4, 2020, after an official wh The Church of J Christ of Latter-day Sats issued a clarifitn to the school's Honor Co, which said that same-sex romantic behavr is still "not patible" wh the l at • Dpe removg the sectn on “homosexual behavr” om s Honor Co last month, The Church of J Christ of Latter-day Sats has clarified for the first time that same-sex romantic behavr is still “not patible” wh the l at Brigham Young surprisg announcement me Wednday morng after weeks of qutns about the change and after LGBTQ stunts had celebrated what they hoped that meant.

MORMON, GAY, AND DATG

Many said they recently me out as gay only bee they believed — and were told by some Honor Co staff — that the school and fah now allowed . The Honor Co had prevly prohibed “all forms of physil timacy that give exprsn to homosexual feelgs" at the universy, which is owned by the LDS Church.

”In addn to the letter, BYU also released a statement om Kev Utt, the director of s Honor Co Office, whom many stunts said they had talked to directly after the change last month and who they said assured them that gay relatnships would be allowed on the rponse om Utt on Wednday, he said that “any same-sex romantic behavr is a vlatn of the prcipl of the Honor Co. ”[Read more: BYU profsor says school’s gay Honor Co change is 'a blsg, ’ pecially for those who don’t like ]Hundreds of stunts had origally celebrated the Honor Co change last month before the clarifitn — wh many g out openly as gay or lbian rponse and many more attendg a Rabow Day event on, some say they feel gasl, as though they were tricked to g out as part of a stg. “I was tellg [a therapist] how I’m very happy now to be at BYU and to know that I n be myself and talk to people about datg and not have fear of beg spend, ” said senr Danny Dawson, who is gay.

“There’s a lot of sadns right now, " said Zach Ibarra, a senr who is Lomax said she me out as bisexual last week, feelg nfint after the Honor Co sectn on “homosexual behavr” was removed.