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184: Cameron Call | Breaking Out of Mormon Expectation

Posted 2 years ago Tagged coming out Gay Mormon Mixed Orientation Marriage

Cameron Call grew up in Queen Creek, Arizona. He served a mission in Nashville, Tennessee—the same mission as his father. He married a woman in a Mesa Temple and has three children. He came out to his wife in 2018 … Read the rest here

https://lattergaystories.org/episode-player/7300/cameroncall.mp3?dest-id=1047998

From Islam to Mormonism: Does It Matter?

Posted 3 years ago Tagged coming out Gay Mormon LGBTQ Islam

I was born in 1996, in the Moroccan city of Temara. My story isn’t about being Mormon or having any Mormon connections. But our cultures, in many ways are more common than you think. I had a difficult childhood growing … Read the rest here

174: Nate Gardner | Mission, BYU & (gay) Marriage

Posted 3 years ago Tagged BYU Gay Gay Mormon LDS Church LGBT

Born and raised in Utah, Nate Gardner did everything he was supposed to do to be a good Mormon boy. After serving a mission and going to BYU Nate came out of the closet—fearing he would lose his family.

Because … Read the rest here

https://lattergaystories.org/episode-player/7152/nategardner.mp3?dest-id=1047998

171: David Doyle | @NerdyGayMormon

Posted 3 years ago Tagged @NerdyGayMormon Gay Mormon LGBT

David Doyle is a Latter-day Saint from Florida. He is humble, reliable, lovable, nerdy, and gay. He is an active Latter-day Saint with stake leadership callings—and it is through those callings that he is able to fulfill some of his … Read the rest here

https://lattergaystories.org/episode-player/7103/daviddoyle.mp3?dest-id=1047998

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

165: Paul Bird | Finding My Balance As a Gay Mormon

Posted 3 years ago Tagged Gay Latter-day Saint Gay Mormon

For orthodox Christians, especially Latter-day Saints, Paul Bird’s life doesn’t fit the mold. He admittedly loves the Word of Wisdom, but loathes the Law of Chastity. And that is where his story blossoms.

Paul is from Tucson, Arizona. He grew … Read the rest here

https://lattergaystories.org/episode-player/6979/165-paul-bird-finding-my-balance-as-a-gay-mormon.mp3?dest-id=1047998

163: Melinda Hannah | Painting The Faces of Love

Posted 3 years ago Tagged Gay Latter Day Saints Gay Mormon LGBT Painter LGBTQ Portraits Melinda Hannah

Melinda Hannah is no stranger to pain or trauma. She battled her own traumas while simultaneously watching other’s experience their own.

Melinda is an artist. She used her talent and brush to paint to tell the stories of the marginalized … Read the rest here

https://lattergaystories.org/episode-player/6949/melindahannah.mp3?dest-id=1047998

(re)Building and Fortifying

Posted 4 years ago Tagged Gay Mormon Leaving Mormonism LGBTQ Matt Easton Mormon

This week has been an absolute whirlwind of emotions. On Monday, August 23, my husband and I headed to Mount Lemmon to do a photoshoot with some local photographers. We had so much fun in the tall pine trees that … 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

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

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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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