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David Matheson, complicity, and walking away

Posted 8 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 8 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 8 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 8 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 8 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 8 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 8 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 8 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 8 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 8 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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IN or OUT of Mormonism.

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8 hours ago

When Dodgers outfielder #12 Glenn Burke (1952–1995) raised his hand to congratulate Dusty Baker on his 30th home run on October 2, 1977, Baker slapped it. Burke then hit a home run himself, and Baker returned the gesture.

The duo are widely credited with introducing the high five. Yes, the same high-five we give today.

Burke was gay, and several teammates knew it long before the public did. In later interviews he said Dodgers executive Al Campanis offered him money to marry a woman, an offer he refused. In May 1978, the Dodgers traded him to the Oakland A’s.

Campanis denied that the trade had anything to do with Burke’s sexuality, but Baker later recalled asking the team’s trainer why Burke had been sent away and he was told, “They don’t want any gays on the team.”

Burke left the A’s in 1979 for treatment of a neck injury. He returned the following spring, suffered a knee injury and was sent to the minors in Ogden, Utah, where he quit professional baseball at 27. “It was more important to be myself than a baseball player,” he explained.

Glenn came out publicly in 1982 through an interview in Inside Sports. Outside professional baseball, he played in San Francisco’s gay softball leagues and competed in the Gay Games. His life was later mired with addiction and homelessness. He died of AIDS complications in 1995, at 42.

The Glenn Burke Wellness Clinic at the Oakland LGBTQ Community Center was founded in his honor. In June 2026, the Dodgers unveiled a permanent stadium tribute honoring Glenn Burke and Billy Bean.

October is LGBTQ+ History Month, a time to recognize the people who fought for our rights, shaped our culture and made life better for queer communities—including those whose stories are rarely told.
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“Tuckshop” and “grab-and-go” on the same sign?? Please consult the gays before sending anything to print. 😂

I thought “TuckShop” was a drag show and “Sweet Treats” was the hostess. 💅

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"It's okay to be gay, just don't act on it."

They say it soft, like Sunday School teachers breaking bad news gently, like they're doing you a favor by letting you exist. But it's never kindness—it's control with a smile.

They want you half-alive, present but not touching, visible but not loving. “It’s okay to be gay, as long as you don’t do gay things.” Be who we need, they say, not who you are.

Tell a straight person they can be straight but never act on it and watch them laugh—then wait until they realize that's exactly what they asked of you. And in those few moments of clarity they realize how foolish they sound.

They call it love.
You know it’s a cage.
Now they know too.
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