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• DEVOTN AND SPAIR: THE LONELY STGGLE OF A GAY MORMON
• DEVOTN AND SPAIR: THE LONELY STGGLE OF A GAY MORMON
• GAY MOSW MOSW CY GUI
• GAY MOSW · CY GUI
• FORD GERMANY UNVEILS ‘VERY GAY’ TCK, PATED GLTER GOLD AND RABOW LORS, EPIC RPONSE TO HOMOPHOB
• DISNEY FILM FEATURG GAY MA CHARACTER BOMBS AT BOX OFFICE

DEVOTN AND SPAIR: THE LONELY STGGLE OF A GAY MORMON

And his last month of life, he publicly outed himself as gay on Facebook. The Fishers, who are divorced, agree that beg gay was a source of lonels for their son.

Mormon lears have been laborg to create a welg atmosphere for all members – gay or not – even as they hold fast to doctr that regard homosexual acts as sful.

He was also gay. Fisher publicly intified himself as gay only after he left his job wh Anctry, a webse for genealogil rearch staffed by many fellow Mormons and headquartered Lehi, Utah.

DEVOTN AND SPAIR: THE LONELY STGGLE OF A GAY MORMON

In a January Facebook post, he disclosed how beg both a member of the LDS Church and gay had been particularly difficult. “Many of my iends and fay already know this, but for those who don’t, let me let you know I’m gay. Some of my clost iends at Anctry were pretty openly anti-gay, so while I don’t know if any of my boss were, and don’t thk they were, seemed safer not to risk fdg out.

Fisher’s post went on to share that “beg gay Utah while beg a Latter-Day Sat n be hard. He then thanked those who had said “posive thgs about gay people, even if you didn’t know you were talkg about me. Bednar, one of the church’s top lears and nsired a “prophet, seer, and revelator, ” ma media wav when he said, “There are no homosexual members of the church.

Bednar was rpondg to a qutn posed by a member Chile, who asked, “How n homosexual members of the church live and rema steadfast the gospel? It also ultimately poted to another qutn: Is there room for gays the Mormon church? Before 1950, the church referred to homosexualy as “the s that dare not speak s name, ” ocsnally g the Biblil term “sodomy.

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In the 1960s, “homosexualy” entered the church’s lexin after learship beme ncerned that the “practice” had begun to “filtrate the church. ” The church began to e the term “same-sex attractn” the mid-1990s, enuragg gay members to avoid “over intifyg wh [their] temporary mortal ndn.

Today, the church ntu to e the term “same-sex attracted” when referrg to gay members. Targeted for a nonmember dience, the webse is the first stance which the church “gay” an official publitn.

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Still, senr church officials have admonished members to reach out to gay Mormons wh love. The church’s sire to reach out to gay members is upled wh a doctral imperative to take a protective stance advotg for tradnal marriage.

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Most publicly, the church anized signifint support for California’s Proposn 8 2008, which banned gay marriage statewi.

Meanwhile, LGBT advot worry about the harm exclnary msag uld have on gay and lbian Mormons. Mayne was one of the first openly gay Mormon lears.

DISNEY FILM FEATURG GAY MA CHARACTER BOMBS AT BOX OFFICE

Many LDS members, like Harry Fisher’s mother, Claire, agree wh the church’s posn that homosexualy is a challenge to be overe by a lifetime of celibacy.

In January, unsubstantiated claims of an crease suici among gay Mormon youth prompted a public statement on gay suici om the church-owned paper, Deret News.

And now there are heightened nsequenc for gay members of the church: Choosg to live wh a partner or marry a member of the same sex are grounds for exmunitn.