LGBTQ+

Affirmation creates worldwide communities of safety, love, and hope and promotes understanding, acceptance, and self-determination of individuals of diverse sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions. We affirm the inherent self-worth of LGBTQIA+ individuals as complete, equal, and valuable persons and support them as they define their individual spirituality and intersection with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Read more...

Includes some great work on LGBTQIA+ history within the Mormon Church. This is the web site of Connell O’Donovan. Born in 1961 in Syracuse, Utah, I have lived in Santa Cruz, California since 1994, and consider Santa Cruz as my home. I am an administrator at UC Santa Cruz, and am currently working on a biography of William Smith, the Read more...

All homosexual or same-sex sexual activity is forbidden by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) in its law of chastity, and the church teaches that God does not approve of same-sex marriage.[1] Adherents who participate in same-sex sexual behavior may face church discipline. Members of the church who experience homosexual attractions, including those who self-identify as Read more...

Since 2012, the Gay Mormon Stories podcast served the LDS | LGBTQ community, bringing almost 100 episodes of stories and videos. We’ve made some big changes to GayMormonStories (not just the name change) and we’re happy to welcome you here. We look forward to having you share, comment and participate in the episodes through the website, Instagram, our YouTube channel, Read more...