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Hi, I’m Kevin

Posted 10 months ago Tagged coming out family LGBTQ Mormon

Hi, I’m Kevin. I have been out as gay to a good portion of my friends and family for the past 10+ years. For a short period, there was a liberation from “coming out”. Something was comforting to those around
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Hi, I’m Marsh

Posted 1 year ago Tagged coming out family LGBTQ Mormon

Hey I’m Marsh, I like playing guitar, reading lots of books, and studying history. Also socially weird and my only small talk conversation starters are esoteric like knowing the names of birthstone gems or the bizarre and macabre world of

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Hi, I’m Dallas

Posted 2 years ago Tagged Addiction family Gay Father LGBTQ Recovery

After months of working two jobs and becoming a 42-year-old gay prostitute, my kids and I have finally stabilized. Yeah, that’s a lot (and there’s a lot to this story).

Day one of my sobriety: it was my fourth release … Read the rest here

Hi, I’m Jake

Posted 3 years ago Tagged coming out family LGBTQ Mormon

I was first aware of my attraction to boys when I was in second grade though I didn’t know exactly what it meant. Obviously, at that age, it is not a sexual attraction but I found myself admiring other boys … Read the rest here

Hi, I’m Scott

Posted 3 years ago Tagged family Friends Gay Mormon LGBTQ ally transgender

Hi, I’m Scott. I’m originally from upstate New York (Saugerties). I was raised Catholic until age 8, when my parents joined the Mormon church. At age 10, we moved to the Austin, Texas area and moved every 2-3 years after that. Growing … Read the rest here

Hi, I’m Jake

Posted 3 years ago Tagged family LDS Church Mixed Orientation Marriage

My name is Jake, and I grew up in Mapleton/Springville Utah, where it seemed most of the population were members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I was raised in the LDS church and believed in it … Read the rest here

Hi, I’m Meghan

Posted 3 years ago Tagged family LDS Church Mixed Orientation Marriage

Hi, I’m Meghan. I am a wife, a mother, a serial DIY-er, and a chronic over-thinker. I am a child of Heavenly Parents and a disciple of Christ, and I am bisexual.

I had zero awareness of my orientation until … 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

Hi, I’m Dusty

Posted 5 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

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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