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There’s a huge weight off my chest.

Posted 6 years ago Tagged

My mom and I were having a pretty deep discussion in June and for some reason, I actually, finally, after all these years got the courage to come out to her. I’ve been scared of what she would think my … 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

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

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

Coming out was all about being true to myself.

Posted 7 years ago Tagged

I came out at 16, shortly after I discovered I was gay. To me, coming out was all about being true to myself. I totally rejected the idea that I should hide how I felt even though being Mormon taught … Read the rest here

I told her,”I would rather live than die.”

Posted 7 years ago Tagged coming out conversion therapy

I know this isn’t the most traditional “coming out story” but I hope you will share it with the blog.  I came across this YouTube video and I loved it!  A little backstory of my life. I was the product … Read the rest here

I lived in a “gay ghost town.”

Posted 7 years ago Tagged

Looking back, high school really was the place I really came to terms with who I was as a person. I remember for so long being confused about who I was, especially when it came to my sexuality. There was … Read the rest here

“She outed me over the pulpit in testimony meeting.”

Posted 7 years ago Tagged BYU-I outed testimony meeting

When I first got to BYU-I in January 2015, I was committed to living the standards and being a “good” Mormon RM. Super in the closet, but accepted who I was, but still wanted to live the gospel.

That first … Read the rest here

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Latter Gay Stories
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Real Stories. Real Talk. Real People
IN or OUT of Mormonism.

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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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