ON BEING BROWN … ON PIONEER DAY
ON BEING BROWN … ON PIONEER DAY By Gina Colvin In 1997 Mormons all over the world were invited to celebrate the sesquicenntial of the arrival of the Saints into the Great Basin. Notwithstanding that most Mormons in Christchurch, New Zealand have never been to Utah nor...
Mormonism Mandates Transhumanism
This is the fourth in a five-part series on Mormon Transhumanism. The first part was an introduction to transhumanism written by James Carroll. Carl Youngblood wrote the second and third parts. If you’re a Mormon, you should be a Transhumanist. To identify as a...
Open Policy, Closed Culture
Several weeks back, we received an announcement in the mail. One of Luv’s cousins would soon be getting married. “She looks East Indian,” I noted as I looked at photo of the cousin and his new fiancé, “Maya.” Not only did she bear what...
Why this feminist doesn’t support female ordination
I recently attended a conference in which Richard Bushman, Fiona Givens, and Terryl Givens fielded questions from an audience. One of the questions dealt with female ordination to the Priesthood. Fiona Givens answered that she disapproved of such efforts. Her belief...
Messengers From Father
Below is an old journal entry from a year ago. It has sat as an incomplete draft on my personal blog for months because I’ve been too scared to post it. However, in conjunction with my recently published interview with Devery Anderson on the development of LDS...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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