When Kev Randall set out to reboot the “Mormon and Gay” webse for The Church of J Christ of Latter-day Sats, he and his team had papered the walls of their office wh 140 photos of LGBTQ+ Mormons: ndidat for vio stori about their experienc.
Contents:
- PHOTOS OF GAY MORMON MISSNARI STIR NTROVERSY
- 1721: GAY MORMON RCUE? – CHARLIE BIRD AND BEN SCHILATY
- LGBT RIGHTS AI: WILL KENYA BE THE LATT TO PASS ANTI-GAY LAW?
- 1484: THE GAY MORMON REFORMATN
- 266: “COMG OUT” AS GAY TO MORMON PARENTS
- GAY SON COM OUT TO MORMON DAD, GETS SHOCKED FOR ALL THE RIGHT REASONS
- A GAY MORMON MISSN: A CONVERSATN WH JOHNNY TOWNSEND
- CHURCH UPDAT OFFICIAL ‘MORMON AND GAY’ WEBSE
PHOTOS OF GAY MORMON MISSNARI STIR NTROVERSY
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The photographs, part of an stunt-sponsored exhibn tied to Diversy Week by gay, lbian and transgenred artists at the school's South Cy mp, pict two young men whe shirts and dark pants, one of them wearg a missnary name tag.
Farmer, who is gay, told The Salt Lake Tribune that he was raised a member of The Church of J Christ of Latter-day Sats and had difficulty while growg up rencilg the two worlds.
It's gay. Gay Mormon missnari are, a way, a cliché. There are tons of gay films about twky missnari who long for ck as much as salvatn.
1721: GAY MORMON RCUE? – CHARLIE BIRD AND BEN SCHILATY
Before his first missnary trip, Mormon At Swk me out as gay. Whout hatn, his dad rpond wh love a now-viral vio. * gay mormon stories *
) So mak sense that Mark Duplass, a straight du, would go for the missnary storyle when wrg a gay episo for Room 104.
It's an easy and readily available ia: Two gay Mormon elrs are paired together for missnary work. What elevat this episo beyond gay cliché is Megan Griffhs' directn.
Will they intify as gay? If they are gay, will they e out to others? The Lord specifilly forbids certa behavrs, cludg all sexual relatns before marriage, pettg, sex perversn (such as homosexualy, rape, and ct), masturbatn, or preoccupatn wh sex thought, speech, or actn.
LGBT RIGHTS AI: WILL KENYA BE THE LATT TO PASS ANTI-GAY LAW?
is an official webse om The Church of J Christ of Latter-day Sats. The se’s purpose is to help everyone better unrstand same-sex attractn om a gospel perspective. * gay mormon stories *
Homosexual and lbian activi are sful and an abomatn to the Lord. Please jo for a panel discsn regardg a recent two-day LDS multi-Stake trag Canada foced on unrstandg LGBTQ members, led by fahful gay Mormon podsters Charlie Bird and Ben Schilaty (hosts of “Qutns From the Closet” podst).
1484: THE GAY MORMON REFORMATN
Do this trag reprent a “Gay Mormon Rcue, ” remiscent of the Swedish Rcue and Boise Rcue om prev years? 1436-1437: When A Gay Mormon Man Marri a Woman – Kyle Ashworth.
1484: The Gay Mormon Reformatn. On The Rerd | An LDS Chronology of LGBTQ+ Msagg – Latter Gay Stori Podst.
266: “COMG OUT” AS GAY TO MORMON PARENTS
But this episo prompted a new thought: why aren’t all of disaffected members pursug exmunitn for apostasy based on our support for gay marriage, ordatn of women, historicy, etc.? Has anyone looked at this om the angle that the bishop and stake print may both have reprsed homosexual tennci and are lookg for an outlet some twisted way.
As a gay man tryg to be active the church this mak me very angry & fearful. Image source, Getty ImagIn the latt sign of risg homophobia different Ain untri, a Kenyan opposn MP is leadg a mpaign for parliament to further crimalise the untry's small LGBTQ muny.
GAY SON COM OUT TO MORMON DAD, GETS SHOCKED FOR ALL THE RIGHT REASONS
Gee Peter Kaluma's move after neighbourg Uganda adopted a tough new anti-gay law, rejectg threats by US Print Joe Bin to impose sanctns and travel rtrictns on "anyone volved ser human rights ab". "We want to prohib everythg to do wh homosexualy, " Mr Kaluma tells me, addg that his bill will be much broar than the legislatn passed by Uganda's parliament and approved by Print Yoweri Meveni May. The Ugandan law is regard as one of the harsht anti-LGBTQ laws the propos life imprisonment for anyone nvicted of homosexualy, and the ath penalty for so-lled aggravated s, which clu havg gay sex wh someone below the age of 18 or where someone be fected wh a life-long illns such as the other si of the ntent, MPs Ghana earlier this month unanimoly voted favour of amendments to the untry's anti-gay legislatn, phg closer to beg enacted to law.
Though ls harsh than Uganda's new law, the Promotn of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Fay Valu Bill propos a three-year prison sentence for anyone who intifi as LGBTQ and a 10-year sentence for anyone who promot homosexualy. "The bill will propose a total ban on what the Wt lls sex-reassignment prcriptns and procr, and prohib all activi that promote homosexualy, terms of...
Gay paras, drag shows, wearg the lours, the flags, the emblems of the LGBTQ group, " Mr Kaluma says.
A GAY MORMON MISSN: A CONVERSATN WH JOHNNY TOWNSEND
Gay sex is already illegal Kenya, but the ernment n also be tolerant of gay people - for example, has given asylum to people om other Ain untri, cludg Uganda, who faced persecutn their home untri bee of their sexual orientatn. Image source, Getty ImagImage ptn, Many Kenyans believe that gay rights are agast their relign - whether Christian or MlimAlthough the meetg Uganda was billed as an attempt to protect the "sovereignty" of Ain stat, was actually -sponsored by an Amerin Christian right-wg anisatn, Fay Watch Internatnal (FWI) Kapya Kaoma, a Zambian prit the Anglin Church and an amic at Boston Universy the US, says Ain untri are beg targeted by FWI and siar US-based anisatns, and that the impact of s lobbyg has been "horrible and humane" parts of Ai, fuellg what he lls "ant homophobia".
"It is one thg to say: 'I don't agree wh you beg gay', but we didn't have the ant one, where policians now are sayg: 'You go to jail for life, you go to jail for talkg about beg gay, you go to jail bee you're livg wh your fellow woman', " Dr Kaoma says. FWI's Mormon founr Sharon Slater ni that the group promot anti-gay laws Ai. She c a Uned Natns Populatn Fund (UNFPA) manual for out-of-school youths east and southern Ai, sayg promot homosexualy and is too explic.
CHURCH UPDAT OFFICIAL ‘MORMON AND GAY’ WEBSE
"It sensis children to sex, " she Slater also quot om the manual, cludg l which say that facilators of lsons should have "a ntral, acceptg attu towards homosexualy".
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Josh was thrivg as a young, out, gay teen the Philipp, but Mormon missnari knocked on his door and he and his fay end up jog the Church.