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Author : Mitch Mayne
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781482036350
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (363 download)
Download or read book How Can You Possibly Be a Gay Mormon? written by Mitch Mayne and published by . This book was released on 2014-09-06 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A gay Latter-day Saint.
Author : Gregory A Prince
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781647692117
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (921 download)
Download or read book Gay Rights and the Mormon Church written by Gregory A Prince and published by . This book was released on 2024-12-31 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Dennis Schleicher
Publisher : CFI
ISBN 13 : 9781462135714
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (357 download)
Download or read book Is He Nuts? written by Dennis Schleicher and published by CFI. This book was released on 2019 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dennis Schleicher's life has been anything but easy. The growing realization that he was gay coupled with his parents' use of religion to justify abuse and neglect led Dennis to have a very complicated relationship with love, God, and organized religion. After suffering a violent hate crime, forced institutionalization, and heartbreak after heartbreak, Dennis was desperate for love and acceptance--he just didn't know where to find it. Walk a mile in Dennis's shoes and see from his eyes how the only love that can truly make you whole is that of the Savior.
Author : Matthew Vines
Publisher : Convergent
ISBN 13 : 1601425163
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (14 download)
Download or read book God and the Gay Christian written by Matthew Vines and published by Convergent. This book was released on 2014 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reinterpretations of key Bible texts related to sexual orientation, written by a Harvard student, present an accessible case for a modern Christian conservative acceptance of sexual diversity.
Author : Brandea J. Kelley PA-C
Publisher : Balboa Press
ISBN 13 : 1504368967
Total Pages : 151 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (43 download)
Download or read book Mormon Grown Gay written by Brandea J. Kelley PA-C and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2016-11-21 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The intent of this book is to encourage and inspire individuals to love who they are when they find themselves outside their cultural norm, and to thrive in their difference instead of striving to change or hide it. Brandea does this through sharing her own story, a long and bumpy, sometimes hilarious and sometimes heartbreaking road to self love and acceptance. This book is not limited to Mormons who are gay. It speaks to a larger audience of any who feel demoralized and judged for being different than the majority around them when they are true to who they really are. Its a story of one who deviated from the heterosexual majority knee deep in the Mormon heartland, and underwent considerable religious and self persecution as a result. Through many experiences, failures, attempts at otherness, and finally success in self acceptance, she has shows that a truly happy ending awaits if you can learn to embrace who you are, who you love, and allow your highest self to emerge. Her secondary intention is to assist those who are trying to help, love, support, fix, or understand the people going through this experience. By sharing the stories and experiences offered by her family and friends, she shows the many different perspectives that loved ones go through. Their perspectives coupled with hers can help guide your actions to be optimally conducive to healing and progress, while avoiding the murky and discordant pitfalls of divisive blaming, shaming, and disassociation. Foster parents, social workers, parents, family members, gays or bisexual, transgendered queers, counselors and therapists, teachers, Mormons, those fascinated with Mormonism, atheists, Muslim, Catholics or confused friends can find insightful support and solace through these well written, honest accounts. How do you get through this fracture? How do you gain faith in the fact that you are perfect the way you were made? How do you reconcile the perceived loss of your culture, family support or your spirituality, and how do you find new spiritual building blocks having only ever known one way? How do you then convince others that youre not broken and you dont need fixing? This enlightening memoir offers deep and valuable insight to an often difficult and tumultuous time. She brings levity to the topic, and provides an entertaining and uplifting journey through the experience of discovering and embracing the higher self that is awaiting discovery in all of us.
Author : Rick Phillips
Publisher : Peter Lang
ISBN 13 : 9780820474809
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (748 download)
Download or read book Conservative Christian Identity & Same-sex Orientation written by Rick Phillips and published by Peter Lang. This book was released on 2005 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Like many conservative Christian faiths, Mormonism instills a strong sense of loyalty and deep religious feelings in its members. The church also teaches that homosexuality is abnormal and sinful. Thus, gay Mormons must learn to manage conflicting religious and sexual identities. This sociological study of the lives and struggles of gay members of the Mormon church is based on interviews with a large sample of gay Mormons and discussions with Mormon church leaders. The plight of gay Mormons is examined as part of a larger struggle over the place of homosexuality in American Christianity.
Author : Gerald S. Argetsinger
Publisher : Lethe Press
ISBN 13 : 1590212649
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (92 download)
Download or read book Latter-Gay Saints written by Gerald S. Argetsinger and published by Lethe Press. This book was released on 2013 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Latter-Gay Saints brings together twenty-five exemplary short works depicting a variety of perspectives of what it means to be both Mormon and queer. Some portray characters determined to reconcile their sexuality with the Mormon faith in accordance with its constantly evolving teachings and policies. The majority present the realities of queer Mormons who have come to terms with their sexuality in a variety of alternative ways. Others are written from outside the Mormon community, commenting on often strange encounters with Mormons who are gay. These stories are also of value for the broader GLBT community revealing similarities that people of faith, regardless of which faith, face in attempting to negotiate their religious heritage with their homosexuality. Some in the GLBT community find a way, while others do not, leaving their faith or having it ripped from them. They are all individuals searching for answers to life's puzzles.
Author : Tom Christofferson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781629723914
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (239 download)
Download or read book That We May be One written by Tom Christofferson and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Martha Beck
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 0307237982
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (72 download)
Download or read book Leaving the Saints written by Martha Beck and published by Crown. This book was released on 2005-03-01 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leaving the Saints is an unforgettable memoir about one woman’s spiritual quest and journey toward faith. As “Mormon royalty” within the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Martha Beck was raised in a home frequented by the Church’s high elders—known as the apostles—and her existence was framed by their strict code of conduct. Wearing her sacred garments, she married in a secret temple ceremony—but only after two Mormon leaders ascertained that her “past contained no flirtation with serious sins, such as committing murder or drinking coffee.” She went to church faithfully with the other brothers and sisters of her ward. When her son was born with Down syndrome, she and her husband left their graduate programs at Harvard to return to Provo, Utah, where they knew the supportive Mormon community would embrace them. However, soon after Martha began teaching at Brigham Young University, she began to see firsthand the Church’s ruthlessness as it silenced dissidents and masked truths that contradicted its published beliefs. Most troubling of all, she was forced to face her history of sexual abuse by one of the Church’s most prominent authorities. This book chronicles her difficult decision to sever her relationship with the faith that had cradled her for so long and to confront and forgive the person who betrayed her so deeply. This beautifully written, inspiring memoir explores the powerful yearning toward faith. It offers a rare glimpse inside one of the world’s most secretive religions while telling a profoundly moving story of personal courage, survival, and the transformative power of spirituality.
Author : Ronald L. Schow
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Peculiar People written by Ronald L. Schow and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mormons embrace the term "peculiar people" as a badge of honor. It represents pride in being God's people and therefore different from the rest of society. The term is equally applicable to gay Mormons who experience misunderstanding, guilt, and derision, often at the hands of fellow parishioners for whom discrimination is now a distant memory.
Author : Source Wikipedia
Publisher : University-Press.org
ISBN 13 : 9781230495330
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (953 download)
Download or read book Homosexuality and Mormonism written by Source Wikipedia and published by University-Press.org. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 30. Chapters: 8: The Mormon Proposition, A. Dean Byrd, Affirmation: Gay & Lesbian Mormons, Antonio A. Feliz, Carol Lynn Pearson, Evan Stephens, Evergreen International, Family Fellowship, GALA (Gay and Lesbian Acceptance), Gamofites, God Loveth His Children, Homosexuality and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, James O. Mason, John C. Bennett, John W. Bryant, Joseph Fielding Smith (presiding patriarch), Latter Days, Law of adoption, Leonard Matlovich, Martha Beck, North Star (organization), Restoration Church of Jesus Christ, Steven Fales, Straight Acting (film), The Divine Institution of Marriage, United Order Family of Christ.
Author : Thomas Johnson
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781724740762
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (47 download)
Download or read book Mormonism and Homosexuality written by Thomas Johnson and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-08-16 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book discusses the science of same-sex attraction (SSA) and homosexuality, including pervasiveness in the general population, the Kinsey sexual orientation continuum, whether homosexuality is increasing in the general population, religious belief among homosexuals, pathology in the LGBT community, whether sexual orientation changes over time (sexual fluidity), whether sexual orientation can change through conversion therapy, and LGBT/Mormon support groups. It also discusses transgenderism and mixed-orientation marriages. This book also discusses the religious issues related to SSA and homosexuality, including various interpretations of the Bible and the Book of Mormon, the writings of the early Christian "fathers," the positions on homosexuality of various religions and Christian denominations, the policies and declarations of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon), and the appropriateness of celibacy. This book also discusses the legal issues related to SSA and homosexuality, including the developments leading up to same-sex marriage, the U.S. Supreme Court deciding that same-sex marriage is legal, subsequent legal developments in the areas of adoption, housing and employment discrimination, sale of products and services, healthcare, immigration, LGBT-inclusive education, athletics, tax exemptions, and conflicts with religious liberty. The book collects many resources, including web-sites, books, and articles and contains over 900 footnotes for verification and further research.
Author : Corbin Brodie
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781523878420
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (784 download)
Download or read book The Gate and the Garden written by Corbin Brodie and published by . This book was released on 2016-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is it really like to be a young gay Mormon missionary, sent out to a foreign country at the age of 19, to convert people to a powerful church you have been raised in which has told you all your life that what you are in your heart is very wrong? This book describes that experience in full with rich personal detail. These are the complete personal journals of a 19 year old boy who went on his Mormon mission to Japan as a sincere believer in the LDS Church, having been taught this was what he must do and hoping God would cure him of his secret homosexuality because of the sacrifice he was making. It documents in detail how his faith in Mormonism completely collapsed half way through the mission experience, how he then happily and fully accepted being gay and somehow managed to survive the full two years because he felt he had to, while struggling to keep his homosexuality and loss of belief in Mormonism concealed. The book offers a huge amount of detail and insight on daily life as a Mormon missionary in Japan a few decades ago. It documents the gradual, step by step loss of religious belief and acceptance of self. This book is a story about crossing the bridge from boyhood to manhood. It is a story about learning to think for yourself. It is a story about a creative awakening, including all the poems and short stories written on the journey. It is a story about being who you are, not who you've been told you should be.
Author : Gregory A. Prince
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781607816638
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (166 download)
Download or read book Gay Rights and the Mormon Church written by Gregory A. Prince and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Mormon Church entered the public square on LGBT issues by joining forces with traditional-marriage proponents in Hawaii in 1993. Since then, the church has been a significant player in the ongoing saga of LGBT rights within the United States and at times has carried decisive political clout. Gregory Prince draws from over 50,000 pages of public records, private documents, and interview transcripts to capture, in detail hitherto unavailable, the past half-century of the Mormon Church's focus on homosexuality. Initially that principally involved only its own members, but with its entry into the Hawaiian political arena, the church signaled an intent to shape the outcome of the marriage equality battle. That involvement reached a peak in 2008 during California's fight over Proposition 8, which many came to call the "Mormon Proposition." The church's activism against gay rights has continually resulted in outcomes that it likely did not intend, including not only public backlash but also reactive court decisions and mass resignations of church members"--Provided by publisher.
Author : Brent Kerby
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781461034223
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (342 download)
Download or read book Gay Mormons?: Latter-day Saint Experiences of Same-Gender Attraction written by Brent Kerby and published by . This book was released on 2011-04-20 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is it like to be a Mormon who is attracted to the same gender rather than the opposite gender? How does this fit into a culture and religion centered on heterosexual marriage? In this book, thirty-seven individuals share their personal experiences, offering a window into these complex questions.The intense despair felt by gay and lesbian Mormon youth poses a significant challenge to their families, teachers, and ecclesiastical leaders who love them but who may be unaware of their difficulties or uncertain of how to help. These youth are often among the most devoted to their faith. While these issues continue to be surrounded by controversy, there is a growing need for understanding and respect for all involved. The accounts in this book offer hope and inspiration to those who wish to create a brighter future for their families and communities.The full text of this book is freely available online at http://gaymormonsbook.org.
Author : Kerry Ashton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780578414140
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (141 download)
Download or read book Saint Unshamed written by Kerry Ashton and published by . This book was released on 2019-01-11 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Being raped at the age of 18 by another man, like other experiences Ashton endured at BYU, where he came out in the early 70s, had a profound impact on his later life. But more than telling about his coming of age, Kerry talks about the lifelong effects of the shame he internalized from his LDS upbringing, and how he eventually unshamed himself.
Author : A. Dean Byrd
Publisher : Millennial Press
ISBN 13 : 9781932597448
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (974 download)
Download or read book Mormons & Homosexuality written by A. Dean Byrd and published by Millennial Press. This book was released on 2008-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With abundant clarity, Dr. Byrd explores common misconceptions, answers challenging questions, and shares personal stories of triumph. In addition, he offers a chronology of the events that have brought the United States and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to their present positions regarding homosexuality. Employing a thorough, scientific, and engaging style, this volume provides readers with the best LDS analysis of the issue of homosexuality available.
