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Hi, I’m Dusty

Posted 6 years ago Tagged Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints coming out Equality family Gay Married

I vividly remember being 13 years old, walking home from church on Sunday. As I walked alone, I started to tear up because I believed I would never have what most of the families at church had. You see I … Read the rest here

Hi, I’m Jill

Posted 6 years ago Tagged Allies Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Homophobia Kindness LoveBetter

Hi, I’m Jill Mortensen. I’ve been sitting on this post for a while now, not knowing how to appropriately express the full emotional impact of this incident. It shook me to my core. But, because I have personally seen and … Read the rest here

An Invitation to Learn

Posted 6 years ago Tagged Boyd K. Packer Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Gay BYU Gay Mormon Gay Mormon History LDS History LGBT LDS History LGBT Timeline Mormon History Oaks LGBT On The Record Spencer W. Kimball

If you are reading this, it is likely that you fit into at least one of two categories: you or someone you know is LGBTQ; or you or someone you know is a Latter-day Saint.

In the spring of 2017 … Read the rest here

Dear Elder Rasband

Posted 7 years ago Tagged Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Elder Rasband General Conference LGBT

Jeff Hall | This past Sunday we had Stake Conference with Elder Ronald A. Rasband from the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. (For those not familiar with The Church of Jesus Christ, Stake Conference is a regional meeting where about … Read the rest here

Latter Gay Stories

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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.
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I’m gay, but even I know 80085 usually come in a two-pack. Get it together, Costco. 😂

All of us who spelled BOOBS on a calculator in middle school feel seen. Seriously though, I’m more of a stem guy, but I respect your work.

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Kiyoshi Kuromiya (1943–2000) was born at Heart Mountain, Wyoming, the camp where the U.S. government had imprisoned his Japanese American family during World War II. In 1961, he moved from California to Philadelphia to attend the University of Pennsylvania, where he became involved in the civil rights movement.

In 1965, sheriff’s posse members beat him in Montgomery, Alabama, while he supported Black high school students who were protesting for voting rights. He knew Martin Luther King Jr. through the movement and helped care for King’s sons during the week of King’s funeral in 1968.

Alongside his civil rights work, Kuromiya advocated as an openly gay man. He joined the 1965 pickets at Independence Hall and helped found Philadelphia’s Gay Liberation Front in 1969. When AIDS devastated the community in the 1980’s, he organized with ACT UP Philadelphia and created the Critical Path AIDS Project. He believed knowledge was crucial to understanding HIV infections.

Living with HIV himself, he used Critical Path to put research about medications and clinical trials into patients’ hands through a newsletter and a 24-hour hotline. As the project expanded online, it provided free internet access to people with HIV who otherwise might have been unable to use it.

That work put him in conflict with the 1996 Communications Decency Act, whose restrictions on “indecent” online speech threatened access to safer-sex information. The government wanted to stop him from providing life saving information. Critical Path joined the ACLU’s lawsuit, and Kuromiya testified about the consequences of censorship. In 1997, the Supreme Court struck down the government’s challenged restrictions against his efforts.

Philadelphia FIGHT’s Critical Path Learning Center grew from his project and the AIDS Library. It continues to offer free health information, technology access and adult education. His original papers are preserved at the William Way LGBT Community Center.

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. ... See MoreSee Less

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