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Hi, I’m Austin

Posted 3 years ago Tagged excommunication Lesbian LGBTQ Mormon transgender

My family joined the Mormon church when I was two. One of my first memories is being sealed to my parents in the Salt Lake temple when I was three years old. I don’t remember a lot about it, just a room … Read the rest here

Coming Out | Remembering Spring

Posted 5 years ago Tagged coming out Freedom Honor Lesbian Lesbian Mormon

As a young teenager, I wasn’t aware that I was a lesbian. It was not a topic discussed almost at all back then and I had no words or frame of reference for my personal experiences.

What I knew was … 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

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 | The Love I Never Had

Posted 6 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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IN or OUT of Mormonism.

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18 hours ago

Life in the City, a United Methodist church in Austin, Texas’ Travis Heights neighborhood, has been vandalized again.

Church leaders said members arrived Sunday morning and found the church’s Pride mural defaced with the words “Pride 1st Sin.” The mural was not random decoration. It was painted after the same church was targeted last August, when someone tore down its Progress Pride flag and spray-painted “Pride was the 1st sin” on the church building.

At the time, the vandalism was aimed at the Christian church because it openly welcomed LGBTQ people. This latest incident follows the same pattern.

Life in the City describes itself as a radically inclusive, affirming faith community. After the first vandalism, the church did not quietly back away or soften its position. Instead, members responded by creating a large Pride mural outside the church as a public statement that LGBTQ people were welcome there.

Now that mural has been targeted too.

The church’s artistic director, Crystal Paull, said Life in the City remains committed to loving its neighbors and supporting LGBTQIA+ people and other marginalized communities despite the repeated vandalism.

This is what happens when anti-LGBTQ rhetoric is treated like faith instead of hostility. It does not stay in the comment sections or political speeches. It shows up on church walls. It destroys flags. It tries to intimidate people who are simply trying to worship, gather, and belong.

A church in Texas openly welcomed queer people, got attacked for it, they responded with visibility instead of fear, and it was attacked again for refusing to make itself smaller.

Now which of these actions are more Christlike?
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1 day ago

Cinco de Mayo. Taco Tuesday. Same day.

The grills will be hot, the margaritas will be strong (or mocktails in Provo, Utah), and someone—somewhere—is going to take it way too seriously.

Stay calm. Pace yourself. And celebrate with good friends. 🌈

You’re ready.
We trained for this. 🌮

Happy Cinco de Mayo, amigos!
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2 days ago

The Force is strong with this one. 😅

Happy Star Wars Day!
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