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.
Contents:
- MATTHEW GONG, GAY MORMON, REFLECTS ON HIS JOURNEY OM NER WAR TO NER PEACE
- CHURCH UPDAT OFFICIAL ‘MORMON AND GAY’ WEBSE
- 1470: WHEN LDS APOSTLE JEFEY HOLLAND CALLS YOU OUT – GAY BYU VALEDICTORIAN MATT EASTON
- CHURCH UPDAT OFFICIAL ‘MORMON AND GAY’ WEBSE
- ROBERT C. GAY
- GAY MORMON, GAY CATHOLIC, GAY ACTIVIST: ‘BOOK OF MORMON’ STAR RORY O’MALLEY ON FAH, RIGHTS, AND RELIG EEDOM
MATTHEW GONG, GAY MORMON, REFLECTS ON HIS JOURNEY OM NER WAR TO NER PEACE
provis misterial materials for members * gay elder in book of mormon *
”And th he me to see his gay self as a “weed” the Latter-day Sat is hardly alone such a feelg of beg misplaced, of urse, but his experience is unual.
”Though Gong’s relatnship wh his parents got off to a “rocky start” after he me out — not for lack of love or rejectn but for mismunitn — they are now as close as ever and talk almost every isn’t to say father and son agree on all asked 2018 if havg a gay son had affected his views on LGBTQ issu, the apostle replied, “We love each member of our fay.
CHURCH UPDAT OFFICIAL ‘MORMON AND GAY’ WEBSE
* gay elder in book of mormon *
C., area, where his dad worked at a policy thk the fay moved to Utah, the young Gong found himself a much more homogeneo muny wh a “domant culture, ” he says, where his peers and teachers weren’t exactly sure about his he Mexin? ”)He didn’t want to accept himself as gay, “bee the only queerns I had ever seen was bad” — the AIDS crisis, promiscuy, ath. In movi, gays were victims, targets for bulli, or “the sassy iend.
He was lled to London on a Mandar-speakg missn his 21st birthday, at the start of the fal year on his missn, Gong wrote separate emails to each of his brothers and his parents to tell them he was gay. This ment, and many others like , is clud an updated versn of 'Mormon and Gay, ” an official webse om The Church of J Christ of Latter-day Sats. The first versn of this webse lnched December 2012 unr the tle 'Mormons and Gays.
1470: WHEN LDS APOSTLE JEFEY HOLLAND CALLS YOU OUT – GAY BYU VALEDICTORIAN MATT EASTON
Elr Robert C. Gay was staed as a General Authory Seventy of The Church of J Christ of Latter-day Sats on March 31, 2012. He was given emer stat on October 1, 2021. * gay elder in book of mormon *
' The new appellatn, 'Mormon and Gay, ' reflects the realy that a person don’t need to choose between the two inti — one n, fact, be gay and live fahful to the teachgs of Christ.
CHURCH UPDAT OFFICIAL ‘MORMON AND GAY’ WEBSE
Some intify as gay or lbian while others do not. Speakg directly to Latter-day Sats who experience same-sex attractn or intify as gay, lbian or bisexual, Elr Clayton says, “We want you to know we love you.
ROBERT C. GAY
Materials on make clear that is possible to be both gay and Mormon and that God lov those who are.
GAY MORMON, GAY CATHOLIC, GAY ACTIVIST: ‘BOOK OF MORMON’ STAR RORY O’MALLEY ON FAH, RIGHTS, AND RELIG EEDOM
Rourc clu helpful answers to equently asked qutns, tips for parents, new vios, and firsthand acunts om gay members, spo, fay, and eccliastil lears.
One qutn addrs the e of “same-sex attractn” stead of “gay. Church lears have typilly ed this term to be clive of people who are not fortable g a label, not to ny the existence of gay, lbian, or bisexual inty. In April of 2019 Brigham Young Universy valedictorian Matt Easton me out as a fahful gay Mormon durg his valedictorian addrs, which was pre-approved by the LDS Church.
I have a gay son who I have discsed so many thgs wh and Matt gave me even more sight to his plight. Everyone knows that “I am gay” announcements are a middle fger to the church, and I fd very disrpectful to them.