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183: Richard and Josh | A Love Story

Posted 2 years ago Tagged Gay Marriage Gay Mormon Bishop LDS Church LGBT Mormon Bishop

In the final episode of our three-part story, Josh and Richard share the couch as a couple! They talk about dating, separating religion from their reality, family, navigating a vulnerable part of their lives, and MARRIAGE!

They reflect on what … Read the rest here

https://lattergaystories.org/episode-player/7292/richardjosh.mp3?dest-id=1047998

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

Posted 2 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

158: Kris Packer | From Wife to Husband: A Story of My Journey

Posted 3 years ago Tagged coming out LDS Church

Kris Packer has a long Mormon history. His father, Lynn is a Mormon historian, and Kris’ great-uncle is apostle Boyd K. Packer.

What happens when you come out to your family as a lesbian, but as life progresses, your journey … Read the rest here

https://lattergaystories.org/episode-player/6411/krispacker.mp3?dest-id=1047998

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

155: Kray Casper | BYU Changed My Life: My Gay Coming Out

Posted 3 years ago Tagged BYU LDS Church LGBT

Kray was a remarkably normal Mormon. He knew he was gay, but did everything in his power to deny and hide it. If you bury it, it doesn’t exist, right? He gave everything to the church, served a full-time mission, … Read the rest here

https://lattergaystories.org/episode-player/6233/kray.mp3?dest-id=1047998

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 | 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 | 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

Posted 5 years ago Tagged Allen Bergin Apology BYU Dr. Bergin Gay Mormon History LDS Church

In an effort to highlight the LDS Church’s chronology of LGBTQ messaging, the LatterGayStories podcast released a document called: On the Record. The document shares the policies and doctrines of the Church on the topics of sexual orientation and … 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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