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From Islam to Mormonism: Does It Matter?

Posted 2 years ago Tagged coming out Gay Mormon LGBTQ Islam

I was born in 1996, in the Moroccan city of Temara. My story isn’t about being Mormon or having any Mormon connections. But our cultures, in many ways are more common than you think. I had a difficult childhood growing … Read the rest here

Coming Out | Loving Myself Enough to be Loved

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I am gay. I have known this intimate detail about myself since I was 8 years old, probably even earlier than that. I have spent the majority of my life fighting, suppressing and resisting these feelings. Over the past year, … Read the rest here

Coming Out | Remembering Spring

Posted 4 years ago Tagged coming out Freedom Honor Lesbian Lesbian Mormon

As a young teenager, I wasn’t aware that I was a lesbian. It was not a topic discussed almost at all back then and I had no words or frame of reference for my personal experiences.

What I knew was … Read the rest here

Coming Out | My Not So Ugly Socks

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Do any of you remember what it was like to be afraid? Afraid that others would look at you and know you are different? Afraid that they would hear your voice and know that you were different? Afraid to wear … Read the rest here

Coming Out | A Double Edged Experience

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By the time I reached my late 30’s I’d been out of the closet for years. My family knew I was gay (since middle school) and most of my closest friends had known since college. In my professional life, colleagues … Read the rest here

Coming Out | ‘Eternity’ Felt More Important

Posted 5 years ago Tagged

So I’m putting myself out here, and this is completely out of character. A little background: I’m 44, and I married an incredible man 20 years ago. Together, we have two amazing children. And I am a lesbian.

I knew … Read the rest here

Coming Out | Looking For Connection

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A little over a year and a half ago, I destroyed my almost perfect family by telling my wife I was gay. I have had huge amounts of guilt for the pain I caused her, my kids, and myself with … Read the rest here

Coming Out | For Moments I Was Speechless

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I have been reading these coming out posts for a long time now. I usually read them with a little bit of envy and often with tears of sorrow because my coming out experience hasn’t been glittery or joyful. To… Read the rest here

Coming Out | To Just BE

Posted 5 years ago Tagged coming out family Lesbian Self Acceptance

There was a time when I thought it was silly to have a day dedicated to “coming out,” a month dedicated to Pride, or even a purpose for groups like Latter Gay Stories especially these featured sections dedicated to coming … Read the rest here

Coming Out | Our Magical Unicorn

Posted 5 years ago Tagged coming out family Gay kids Parents

My coming out, probably like many of yours, did not go too well. My parents, specifically my mother, were not at all accepting of the idea. And for 6+ years afterwards, things were said to me that no child should … Read the rest here

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Growing up as a Latter-day Saint, I was always taught to be honest and true to myself. My Mormon community told me I was part of a “noble generation,” and that if I did the right thing, God would bless me with the desires of my heart (as a closeted gay kid, being “normal” was my only desire).

I’d sit in the chapel, say the prayers, go through the motions—and I sung all the hymns, but it wasn’t enough. Following that path of doing what’s right—and letting the “consequence follow” turned out to be exactly what I needed.

For me, doing what was right meant coming out and eventually marrying a man. That was the honest thing, the truest thing I could do, and it was absolutely the right thing.

Growing up a gay Mormon was difficult but in hindsight I’m so thankful for the teachings and guidance that shaped my journey. Living authentically has brought me to a place where I feel truly fulfilled and at peace.

And the best part? I didn’t have to compromise a single one of my values or morals to get here. 👨‍❤️‍💋‍👨👬

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Conservatives on the internet clutching their pearls over wigs and heels, while the Founding Fathers were out here slaying in full drag—they were icons before it was cool!

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In the summer of 1856, Luke Carter, 53, and William Edwards, 56, two bachelors from England, joined the Mormon Martin Handcart Company, a grueling 1,300-mile trek from Iowa to Utah. Their bond was extraordinary—sharing a handcart, a tent, and every hardship of the trail. In an era when such closeness between men was rarely acknowledged, their connection stood out, a quiet defiance of cultural norms. Their love was undeniable, woven into the daily rhythm of pulling their cart together under the prairie sky.

Josiah Rogerson, a young member of the Martin company, documented their experience in his personal journals.

Luke, a sturdy man from Clitheroe, Yorkshire, pulled their cart with resolve, often sparing Edwards, a “soft man” from Manchester, whose strength faded daily. They cooked and slept side by side, facing relentless sun and wind as one. They slept in the same bed and ate meals together.

On September 13, 1856, near Fort Kearney, Nebraska, Edwards who was exhausted, begged to stop. Luke, desperate to press on, urged, “Come on. You’ll be all right after dinner.” Heartbroken, William replied, “Well, [I’ll] get out and die, then.” Luke lifted the cart’s shafts; William stumbled a few steps south of the trail and lay down. Within ten minutes, he was dead.

Rogerson, pulling an empty cart, carried Edward’s body, draped in a quilt, five miles to the noon camp, where Captain Edward Martin closed his eyes. The company buried him west of Fort Kearney, their hearts heavy.

Luke, who was devastated, continued alone, his spirit broken. By November, starvation and exhaustion claimed Luke near Martin’s Cove, Wyoming. The people in his wagon-company believed his death was hastened by grief for William, his constant companion—a broken heart.

Luke and William’s love, though quiet in records and absent from Sunday school lessons, shines through their shared sacrifice. They are pioneers not only of the Mormon trail but of a bond that defied the culture.

This Pioneer Day, we honor their story, a testament to love’s resilience in a world that desperately tries to quiet this type of bond.
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