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David Matheson, complicity, and walking away

Posted 7 years ago Tagged Affirmation conversion therapy David Matheson Evergreen LDS Church North Star

by: SBagley

Today I read in the newspaper that David Matheson came out as gay. You don’t know who David Matheson is, unless you know exactly who David Matheson is, and in that case you know a whole lot more. … Read the rest here

I might be completely wrong, but can I ask you a question?

Posted 7 years ago Tagged daughters family text messaging

So I did it, I came out!!!  I’m 54 with two daughters and married to a woman. Here is how it all happened…my daughter sent this text exchange:

Daughter: I might be completely wrong about this but can I ask … Read the rest here

Idaho Schools Deemed “Unsafe” for LGBT Students

Posted 7 years ago Tagged

By: Riley Bunch | Idaho State Journal

A new report by a national organization that advocates for LGBTQ student safety in schools shows that Idaho schools are unequipped and “unsafe” for non-gender-conforming students.

The organization GLSEN recently released state-level data … Read the rest here

My parents had pretty much formed an intervention–and my old church leaders were playing along.

Posted 7 years ago Tagged coming out Intervention Parents

As I have been reading these coming out stories I have hesitated sharing mine because it wasn’t positive. Basically, I sat my parents down and told them I had something to tell them. The tension in the room could have … Read the rest here

I was attracted girls, but only emotionally.

Posted 7 years ago Tagged

This is going to be long, so bear with me…

I guess my story starts in 5th grade, although I didn’t know I was gay at the time. There was this guy in my group of friends that I had … Read the rest here

Salt Lake Gay Couple Behind Viral Wedding Proposal Become Foster Dads

Posted 7 years ago Tagged Dustin Reeser-Stout Fatherhood Gay Dads GaysWithKids Home Depot Proposal Spencer Stout

By: GaysWithKids | Gay Dad Family Stories

They’ve gone viral, appeared on Ellen, and were married by Queen Latifa. What can top all that? Fatherhood.

Over 5 years ago, you might remember seeing an amazing proposal that took place in … Read the rest here

Coming Out to His Wife Was Painful, but it Started Him on a Path of Authenticity

Posted 7 years ago Tagged family GaysWithKids MixedOrientationMarriage Moving On Salt Lake single dad

By: GaysWithKids | New York City

After Kyle Ashworth came out to his wife, with whom he has four children, “she listened, she mourned and she loved,” he said.
Kyle has four kids from a previous straight relationship. After ten … Read the rest here

The Ball Cap

Posted 7 years ago Tagged LGBT Hat Stan Mitchell

by Pastor Stan Mitchell

I wear a couple of ball caps with states stitched on them in the colors of the Pride flag. This afternoon, as I was sitting waiting to board a flight, a young man who looked to … Read the rest here

I finally did it.

Posted 7 years ago Tagged

“This is my pseudo coming out story, sorry it’s a long story and does it count if I have only said it to one of my cousins?…

This is how events developed, last September on a trip to Brazil, I … Read the rest here

An Open Letter To Latter-Day Saints: When A Gay Person Shows Up At Church

Posted 7 years ago Tagged Laura Dulin Mormons

by: Laura Skaggs Dulin

Being gay/same sex attracted in the LDS church just got real…and that is saying a lot because it has been incredibly real for a long time…so what I’m really trying to say is that it just … Read the rest here

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This is what LGBTQ people have been told for years—just reversed: “It’s okay to be gay, just don’t act on it.” And more often than not, it comes from religious people in their soft, Sunday School voice.

This phrase has never been spoken out of kindness. It’s always about control, dressed up as morality.

What it’s asking is for people to live half a life—you’re allowed to exist, but not to love, not to build relationships, not to be whole. Basically: be who we *need* you to be, not who you really *are*.

Turn that same message around on straight people and it immediately sounds ridiculous. Because it is.
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We’re celebrating Lesbian Visibility Week! Including those who commandeer boats and U-Hauls to be with the ones they love.

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Florida City Police say Grether Leidy Guadarramas Peña, 41, was arrested after allegedly attacking her son with a knife when she discovered messages on his computer indicating he was gay.

According to the arrest report, family members found the boy’s private Discord messages and shared them with Peña before she came home.

When she saw the messages, she allegedly pulled her minor son into the kitchen, forced his arm onto the counter, and cut him with a knife. Another family member was asked to help restrain him but stopped after realizing the boy was being injured. Investigators also say after slicing him with the knife she used scissors to cut off his hair.

The arrest did not come as a result of a 911 call. Instead, the boy reported it to a teacher at school, which led to the investigation.

Grether Leidy Guadarramas Peña has been charged with felony child abuse. At her initial court appearance, a Miami-Dade judge found probable cause to hold her in jail.

Gay kids do not brace for familial rejection without a reason. That fear is built over time—through what is said, what is condemned, and what is never made safe to talk about. By the time something is discovered, some already expect the worst.

Most families will never reach this level of harm. But many LGBTQ kids still grow up understanding that being honest about who they are could change how they are treated, or whether they are accepted at all.

In this case, the place that finally felt safe enough to tell the truth wasn’t home. It was a classroom.

If you or someone you know may be experiencing abuse, help is available. If anyone you know is in immediate danger, call 911.

For LGBTQ+ youth in crisis or needing support, the Trevor Project is available 24/7 by calling or texting 988 or 1-866-488-7386, or through online chat.
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