The Note I Wish I Would Have Received After About One Year or So of Marriage
Pieter Bruegel the Elder – The Fall of the Rebel Angels (1562) So, how are you? How is [insert spouse name here]? I ask because this is usually right around the time that people at least start to really fall out of love. Some people by now feel thoroughly out of...
Am I Latino Yet? An Awakening
Note: This originally published in the Huffington Post on February 12, 2017 Recently I changed my Facebook profile name from Michael to Miguel. This was in response to some thoughts I’ve had lately about my Guatemalan heritage and conversations with my prima,...
Tainted Eternal Love
“I know that love eternal will not be denied…” – the Moody Blues In honor of Valentines Day being last week, I would like to reflect on my marriage. First, let me make it clear that according to the teachings of the LDS Church- or even the...
Mormons Building Bridges Retreat
I recently attended a Mormons Building Bridges Contemplative Retreat in Sundance, Utah. Attendees were asked to participate in introspective questioning and sharing about gender identity and sexual orientation in relation to LDS policy and Mormon theology. The retreat...
I Believe This Book Is True
I often write critically here. I strive to do so in the spirit of community, as one who only wishes us to be our best. Today, I want to write something different. I want to share what the Book of Mormon means to me. Because – in my own way that may not be so...LGBTQ Mormon Crisis
Two Printable handout for bishops and stake presidents that talks empirically about LGBTQ suicides:
The LGBTQ Mormon Crisis: Responding to the Empirical Research on Suicide
Youth Suicide Rates and Mormon Religious Context: An Additional Empirical Analysis
The Barker Brothers’ Projects
These videos were created for Latter-day Saint parents and allies to voice their love for their LGBT brothers and sisters, sons and daughters. They want to give a message of comfort and support to other parents who are navigating the difficult conflicts that can arise in families around this issue.
“Cogito!” (“I think!”) follows the intellectual adventures of a recovering academic outside the walls of academia.
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