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Crossing Paths

Posted 8 years ago Tagged

by Roger Leishman
I’m making a list of things that remind me of the gay old days, way back in the mid-1990s, before the internet and cellphones ruined everything. For example, did you ever meet someone and have an amazing
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The Safe Way

Posted 8 years ago Tagged

by Thomas Montgomery

LDS Living recently had an article with excerpts from Tom Christofferson’s book “That We May Be One, A Gay Mormon’s Perspective on Faith and Family.”1  Within LGBTQ+ Mormon circles, Tom’s book is controversial in that … Read the rest here

Hi, I’m Laura

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Hi! My name is Laura Root. I am 47 years old. I grew up in an active LDS family and loved going to church. I developed a strong testimony of the gospel at a young age and always enjoyed praying … Read the rest here

Hi, we’re the Cooks

Posted 8 years ago Tagged

“Mom and Dad, I know this will come as a shock to you, but I am same-sex attracted.” Those were the words in a long letter Trevor had written to us when he was 18 and a freshman at BYU. … Read the rest here

Hi, I’m Taylor

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My name is Taylor Weatherston. I suppose the first time I knew I was a little different from the other boys was when I was seven. Truthfully, I don’t remember his name or what he looked like, but I remember … Read the rest here

Sacred Spaces

Posted 9 years ago Tagged

by Thomas Montgomery

Recently, I attended my fifth Affirmation Conference.  Affirmation is a support group for LGBTQIA Mormons.  It is a remarkably diverse space that includes not just inactive/ex-Mormons but active queer Mormons and active allies.  It bridges a wide

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Grace

Posted 9 years ago Tagged

by Thomas Montgomery

Recently we held a fireside at our home.  There was no specific topic, speaker or agenda.  We simply sent out the invitation and 20-30 people came.  Many were our LGBT+ friends who live in the area and

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Rejection and the Family

Posted 9 years ago Tagged

by Thomas Montgomery

Five years ago, my son was a 13-year-old deacon in our church.  He came out on Super Bowl Sunday, 2012.  For the year previous to that, my wife and I were very concerned as he was notably

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Anger

Posted 10 years ago Tagged

by Thomas Montgomery

I have a visceral memory from last year.  I remember stumbling out of Sacrament meeting with Wendy shaking and heaving with pain and despair.  Half way to our car, we just turned to each other and held

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A Tale of Two Weddings

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by Thomas Montgomery

Sunlight diffused through the trees over the wedding.  A light breeze cooled the summer day to a perfect temperature.  The wedding arch was decorated in lace and beautiful white lilies.  The groom stood to the left of

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IN or OUT of Mormonism.

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We’ve all heard of FOMO—the fear of missing out. It’s that dinner with friends, the girls’ trip, the concert in the park. We convince ourselves that if we don’t go, everyone else is going to make memories without us, and somehow we’ll be the only one left out.

Somewhere along the way, though, I discovered JOMO: the joy of missing out.

Turns out there are quite a few things I enjoy missing. Family dinners where homophobic Uncle Hal is feeling especially inspired. Church lessons that assume every happy ending includes a husband, a wife, and 6.5 children. Family group texts that start with vacation plans and somehow end with a conference talk.

The older I get, the less interested I am in showing up out of obligation. If something continually leaves me feeling smaller, drained, or like I have to pretend to be someone else, I’m perfectly happy to let it happen without me. JOMO.

Missing out isn’t always a loss, it’s exactly where the joy is.

Try some JOMO today. You’ll love it. ❤️
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Jacinda Ardern was 25 years old, raised in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the small farming town of Morrinsville, New Zealand, when she found herself living in an Auckland flat with three gay men. She continued attending the Mormon church, but the contrast between the faith she had grown up in and the people she cared about became increasingly difficult to reconcile.

Years later, Ardern said she realized she was “either doing a disservice to the church or my friends,” because she could not reconcile a religion that did not fully accept LGBTQ people with the kindness and humanity she saw in those closest to her. In 2005, she left the LDS Church and has identified as agnostic ever since. Although she has spoken positively about the values of service she learned growing up Mormon, she has said the Church’s teachings on LGBTQ people ultimately became impossible for her to accept.

Ardern became New Zealand’s prime minister and many of the policies that defined her government reflected the convictions she says were shaped during that period of her life.

In 2018, Ardern became the first sitting New Zealand prime minister to participate in Auckland’s Pride Parade, cutting the ceremonial ribbon to open the event.

Her government later passed the Conversion Practices Prohibition Legislation Act, banning conversion practices. The law created criminal penalties of up to five years in prison when conversion practices cause serious harm. Parliament approved the measure by a vote of 112-8, with every vote against coming from members of the ACT Party.

Her government also enacted changes to New Zealand’s Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Act, allowing transgender and non-binary New Zealanders born in the country to update the sex marker on their birth certificate through a statutory declaration rather than a Family Court process. The legislation passed Parliament unanimously without a single vote in opposition.

Despite leaving the LDS Church more than two decades ago, Ardern has not described her departure as the result of a dispute with Church leaders, and while serving as prime minister she met cordially with former Church President Russell M. Nelson during his 2019 visit to New Zealand.

Arden has consistently described her decisions as a matter of conscience, saying she could no longer reconcile the Church’s position on LGBTQ people with her own beliefs.
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