Articles
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"Goodbye, I Love You:" A Story of Love
"Carol Lynn Pearson's book, Good-bye, I Love You, is a personal account of her struggle to understand her husband, Gerald, the love they shared, their religious life, homosexuality in general, her husband's in particular, AIDS, and Gerald's death...
A Former Bishop Comes Out
"When I was in my late twenties, I was called to serve as Bishop of a large, culturally diverse ward. For several years, I fully immersed myself in dedicated service to the ward members and had many rewarding and faith-promoting experiences which are now indelibly imprinted in my mind. In fact, I have had so many spiritual experiences that they cannot be listed. I was well prepared to be a Bishop, from being a leader in my Aaronic Priesthood quorums, serving almost a year as the Assistant to the Mission President, serving in Elders Quorum and Sunday School Presidencies, and being a counselor in a Bishopric. I was always worthy in every way to participate in the Church and to hold a Temple Recommend. I still am. However, little did I know (or wished to acknowledge) that festering within me were hidden aspects of who I really am. I am gay...
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Struggling With "Same-Gender Attraction" in the LDS Church
"Mormonism teaches that any sacrifice is worthwhile for service to God and the LDS Church. Spencer W. Kimball's 1969 Miracle of Forgiveness instructed each homosexually inclined male to just forget his desires and "force himself" to date the opposite sex and marry a woman in one of the sacred temples "for time and eternity." In 1971, the Church officially published his pamphlet New Horizons for Homosexuals (later called A Letter to a Friend), which had a section titled "Multiply and Replenish" as a step in repenting from homosexual activities...