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Hi, I’m Kevin

Posted 1 year 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 3 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 4 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 4 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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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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