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{LDSL Blog} Talking About Same-sex Attraction
Mormon Life says: In our May/June 2012 issue, we published an article about same-sex attraction that has evoked a wide range of responses. Here’s why we chose to do it.
The decision to publish an article about same-sex attraction in LDS Living was not made lightly. To be honest, I lost a fair amount of sleep over this story wondering how it would be received...
Living with Same-sex Attraction: Our Story
Mormon Life says: In 2003, Ty Mansfield wrote an essay for a class at BYU about how he—a member of the LDS Church who has experienced same-sex attraction—had found peace through the gospel of Jesus Christ. That essay resulted in a book, In Quiet Desperation, that made Ty's private struggle public. In 2011 he published an anthology on the same topic, Voices of Hope: Latter-day Saint Perspectives on Same-Gender Attraction.
Editor's note: Same-sex attraction is a sensitive and complex issue. We feel it is important to try to understand how we can better meet the needs of friends, family, and Church members...
Relating to Your Son or Daughter Experiencing Same-gender Attraction: Advice to Parents
Mormon Life says: In conjunction with today's featured article, "Our Story: Living with Same-sex Attraction" by Ty and Danielle Mansfield (click here to read), we offer this excerpt specifically for LDS parents of children who experience homosexual feelings.
The following is an excerpt from Voices of Hope: Latter-day Saint Perspectives on Same-Gender Attraction, taken from the chapter “Perspectives for Parents.” Click here to learn more.ListeningAs we...
LDS officials meet with gay-rights advocates
Representatives from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints met Monday morning with leaders of the Soulforce Equality Ride, a national bus tour aimed at "promoting acceptance of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (LGBTQ) and allied people." LDS Church spokesman Scott Trotter...
BYU groups seek to understand students with same-sex attraction
A video released last week in which BYU students discuss dealing with same-gender attraction and their membership in the LDS Church gathered some momentum in the university community Friday as friends shared it and linked to it on Facebook and YouTube. The video was made by an unofficial group...
Gay and Mormon: BYU students to speak on campus panel
Bridey Jensen is a student at Brigham Young University. She’s also a lesbian. The 23-year-old knows some of her peers see these as mutually exclusive identities, but next week, she hopes to clear up any misunderstandings about what it means to be gay and a devout Latter-day Saint during a panel...
Colliding Causes: Gay Rights and Religious Liberty
Mormon Life says: It would seem non-discrimination is more important religious beliefs.
Scrolling through her e-mail inbox on a fall day in 2006, photographer Elaine Huguenin opened a new message from a potential client expecting to rattle off prices, extra travel fees and proofing...
Mormons Will Continue to Stand for Traditional Marriage
On occasion I've heard active members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (Mormons) when discussing the issue of same-sex marriage, share the opinion that they believe the church will eventually accept it and, like other periods of LDS Church history, will be found to have been on...
LDS Church responds to Prop 8 ruling
Mormon Life says: What a sad day for both the sanctity of marriage and our country's judicial system.
Shortly after the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued its ruling that California's Proposition 8 banning same-sex marriage is unconstitutional, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints...
BYU fires openly gay film producer
Mormon Life says: He wasn't fired for being openly gay, but for not reporting to work. However, I can see this whole situation getting taken out of context and blown out of proportion.
Brigham Young University has fired Kendall Wilcox, a BYU-TV employee who was widely known outside the BYU community for the work he was doing on an independent documentary about being gay and a...
Conference explores unique challenges of gay Mormons
Mormon Life says: Note: the conference was held by an organization not affiliated with the Church.
The unique challenges encountered by those who identify themselves as both Mormons and gay were explored Saturday morning during the first general session of "Circling the Wagons," a three-day...
How Many Ways to be Mormon and Gay?
Gay. Lesbian. Bisexual. Transgender. Queer. Same-sex attracted. Same-gender attracted. LDS. Mormon. Active. Less active. Unorthodox. Open. Ex. Mixed-orientation married. Same-sex married. Partnered. Single. Divorced. Pick any two or three of these adjectives. Link them with a conjunction like...
Conference to discuss issues for gay Mormons
Hundreds of gay Mormons, their families and friends will meet in Salt Lake City this weekend to explore issues of homosexuality and same-sex attraction at a conference titled “Circling the Wagons.” The purpose of the conference, sponsored by researcher John Dehlin, along with Mormon Stories and...
Scottish MPs Complain about BYU President’s “Homophobic” Institution After Speech to Parliament
Mormon Life says: As the author of this article says, it's unfortunate that a good man can't share a positive message without backlash because of perceptions about his religion.
BYU President Elder Cecil O. Samuelson has managed to create quite a stir here in bonnie Scotland after giving a speech before the Scottish Parliament last month. Samuelson was invited to...
