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
Posted 2 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
Posted 2 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
Posted 2 years ago Tagged Laurie Lee Hall LDS Architect Provo MTC Provo Temple Stake President transgender
At age five Laurie Lee Hall knew she was different, but she didn’t have words for what the “difference” was. For her, language—and better understanding wouldn’t come until many decades later.
Few transgender people have had more influence on Mormonism … Read the rest here
Posted 5 years ago Tagged family trans transgender
One Saturday, at age 13, Emma came to me in the kitchen as I was doing dishes. She looked bewildered. She asked me to follow her outside, in the backyard alone. She handed me her journal and asked with shaking … Read the rest here