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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

Coming Out | It Was The Best For All of Us

Posted 5 years ago Tagged coming out family LDS Church Lesbian

We all have our story that has brought us here. Social community groups like Latter Gay Stories are so valuable to those who are looking for help, suggestions, friends and maybe more importantly a community where we don’t feel so … Read the rest here

Coming Out | Tomorrow You’ll Be Older Than Today

Posted 5 years ago Tagged Authenticity coming out Late Bloomer Temple Marriage

My coming out story is somewhat unique. After a little over 20 years of marriage and two children, I decided to be true to myself and come out to my friends and family. Admitting to my wife that I was … Read the rest here

Coming Out | Enough For Me

Posted 5 years ago Tagged coming out Happy Place LDS Church

From the time I could dress myself, I was always less interested in feminine clothes. At church I would complain about having to wear dresses, and asking my parents why I couldn’t wear pants like my brothers. I just chalked … Read the rest here

Coming Out | The Do-Over

Posted 5 years ago Tagged coming out Gay God LDS Church Mixed Orientation Marriage Sexuality Temple

How many times have we looked back into our past and wanted a do-over? For me, one big event that I want to do-over is the coming out process. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t want to un-do my coming … Read the rest here

Hi, I’m Kurt

Posted 5 years ago Tagged Active Latter-day Saint coming out Mormon

I started wearing this rainbow heart pin to church before Covid-19 shut the doors to my church. It’s a reminder to me of never going back into the lonely dark closet I lived in most of my life. It’s also … Read the rest here

Coming Out | My Shameful Stain

Posted 5 years ago Tagged coming out Gay Mormon Guilt LDS Missionary Shame

I am fortunate to have the opportunity to come out in today’s social environment. I cannot imagine how much more difficult it would have been to come out 40, 50 or even 10 years ago. Society has become so much … Read the rest here

Coming Out | “Cool, because I am asexual!”

Posted 5 years ago Tagged asexual coming out family

Thinking back to the time in life when I was closeted now seems so weird! Who was I back then? The only person people knew me as was the image I had created for them. That person wasn’t me though. … Read the rest here

Coming Out | Would I Wreck the Celestial Plan of Salvation for Our Family?

Posted 5 years ago Tagged coming out Gay Gay Child Mormon Plan of Salvation Son

Growing up I was very fortunate to have a family that was really gay friendly. We were not the typical Latter-day Saint family. My dad’s job allowed us to travel around the country, giving us the opportunity to live in … Read the rest here

Coming Out | The Love I Never Had

Posted 5 years ago Tagged coming out Lesbian Lesbian Mormon Mixed Orientation Marriage

Four years ago, I sat in St. James Cathedral in downtown Seattle and begged God to show me what to do. Here I was a gay woman, married to a man for the past 20 years, with four kids who … Read the rest here

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JUST BRIEFED: “Sir, they’ve begun to DON their GAY APPAREL!” TOTAL DISASTER! I have the BEST Christmas, nobody does Christmas like me, everybody says so! Should be RED & GREEN ONLY, like in the OLD DAYS when America was GREAT! NO gay apparel. SAD! LOW ENERGY CHRISTMAS! We are going to MAKE CHRISTMAS GREAT AGAIN and it will be STRAIGHT, TREMENDOUS, the MOST HETEROSEXUAL CHRISTMAS you’ve ever seen, BELIEVE ME! 🇺🇸🎄 NO MORE GAY APPAREL, TOTAL BAN!! Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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Today, on what would have been his 49th birthday, we pause to celebrate the memory and life of Matthew Wayne Shepard.

Twenty-seven years ago, the world lost Matthew, a gentle 21-year-old university student whose life was cut short in an act of unimaginable hatred on a cold Wyoming night. In the darkness of that tragedy, Matthew’s spirit ignited a flame of hope, compassion, and unbreakable resolve that still burns brighter with every passing year.

Those who knew him remember a young man with an infectious smile, a quick wit, and a profound empathy—an old soul. He believed fiercely in equality and human rights long before it was common or safe to do so.

On October 6, 1998, simply for being gay, Matthew was lured from a campus bar, driven to a remote prairie outside Laramie, tied to a split-rail fence, tortured, pistol-whipped, and left alone in the freezing night. He clung to life for six more days. When a cyclist found him, Matthew was barely recognizable, yet even then his face—covered in blood except where streaks had been washed clean by his own tears—seemed to carry a quiet dignity that pierced the soul of a nation.

His death could have been just another statistic. Instead, because of Matthew’s inherent goodness and the fierce love of his parents, Dennis and Judy Shepard, it became a turning point. Vigils sprang up across America and around the world. Strangers wept in the streets. Churches, synagogues, mosques, and town halls opened their doors for candlelight gatherings. People who had never marched for anything suddenly found themselves holding signs that read “Hate is not a Laramie value” and “Love conquers hate.”

Because of Matthew, lawmakers who once turned away could no longer ignore the cost of silence. Eleven years after his death, his name was written into history when President Barack Obama signed the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act—the first federal law to explicitly protect LGBTQ+ Americans.

Today, we do not mourn Matthew only as a victim. We celebrate him as a teacher whose brief life taught millions how to be braver, kinder, and more human.
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