By Stephen Carter Or click here to download the audio file: Call Me by My Name When I was in first grade, I decided to change my name. Well, not change it, exactly, but switch it. My parents had called me by my middle name since I was born—mainly, I think, …
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Fallen Bodies, Eternal Genders
By Ted Lee Ted Lee blogs at The Religiously Sanctioned Co-Habitation Chronicles, raises a family, and is a graduate student at the University of British Columbia studying archives and records management. Or download the audio here: “Fallen Bodies, Eternal Genders” Recently, my elders quorum had a lesson on “The Family: A …
Iron
By Stephen Carter The first Book of Mormon metaphor my childhood brain latched onto was the rod of iron in Lehi’s Dream. I often contemplated a painting of it in an illustrated scripture book I had, fascinated by the drama of it: the struggling bodies, the miasmic landscape, the shimmering tree—all connected by …
The Conflicting Identities Of Lgbt Mormons
In 2015, Amber Whiteley was a contributing author for a book chapter for the American Psychological Association. Titled Conflicting Identities: Sexual Minority, Transgender, and Gender Nonconforming Individuals Navigating Between Religion and Gender/Sexual Orientation Identity, the chapter discusses various religious identities. Whiteley advocated for Mormons to be included in the chapter. This presentation will discuss the …
The Conflicting Identities Of Lgbt Mormons
In 2015, Amber Whiteley was a contributing author for a book chapter for the American Psychological Association. Titled Conflicting Identities: Sexual Minority, Transgender, and Gender Nonconforming Individuals Navigating Between Religion and Gender/Sexual Orientation Identity, the chapter discusses various religious identities. Whiteley advocated for Mormons to be included in the chapter. This presentation will discuss the …
Fallen Bodies, Eternal Genders
By Ted Lee Recently, my elders quorum had a lesson on “The Family: A Proclamation to the World.” Most Mormons are intimately familiar with it: a document released by the First Presidency and the Council of the Twelve Apostles outlining a fairly direct summary of current lds beliefs regarding the nuclear family. First released …