Hi, I’m McKay, and like many of you, I was raised believing homosexuality was “wrong”, “sinful”, and “unnatural.” I had heard and parroted all sorts of well-intentioned yet incredibly harmful phrases like “hate the sin, love the sinner.”
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Hi, I’m McKay, and like many of you, I was raised believing homosexuality was “wrong”, “sinful”, and “unnatural.” I had heard and parroted all sorts of well-intentioned yet incredibly harmful phrases like “hate the sin, love the sinner.”
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Ever since I was little, I always knew I was different. I have always been your stereotypical gay boy. I played with Barbie’s, I played with my mom’s makeup, I always wanted to be the damsel in distress when playing … Read the rest here
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Hi, I’m Aubrey. At 25, I came out to myself and to the world. I got baptized in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at 17 years old. I converted from a non-denominational Christian church. Being raised Christian, … Read the rest here
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In the haste to pass the “don’t say gay” law in Florida, it seems that lawmakers forgot that heterosexual is also a sexual orientation. In its recent legislative session, Florida voted to only allow non-gendered education in schools, and it … Read the rest here
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In a notice dated March 29, 2022, Dr. Christopher Dromey, chair of the Brigham Young University Communication Disorders Department, and Dr.
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In 1965, Ernest Wilkinson, president of BYU stood before the student body of the university and openly admonished all homosexuals to leave the campus immediately. He offered to refund their tuition—in full—if they would immediately exit the school. He then … Read the rest here
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My name is Jake, and I grew up in Mapleton/Springville Utah, where it seemed most of the population were members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I was raised in the LDS church and believed in it … Read the rest here
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Hi, I’m Meghan. I am a wife, a mother, a serial DIY-er, and a chronic over-thinker. I am a child of Heavenly Parents and a disciple of Christ, and I am bisexual.
I had zero awareness of my orientation until … Read the rest here
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Recently, Elder Jeffery R. Holland, apostle of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, asked the Brigham Young University faculty to use musket fire to defend the university and the church’s position “around marriage and the whole same-sex topic … Read the rest here