Mormonism’s transgender confusion
BYU-Idaho is in the news, seeking a religious exemption to Title 9 antidiscrimination laws for a transgender student who appealed to the federal government in a case of discrimination on campus. In the letter to the office of civil right in the US department of...
The LGBTQ Mormon Crisis: Responding to the Empirical Research on Suicide
By Michael Barker, PA-C and Daniel Parkinson, M.D. Note to readers: This blog post is very data driven. To help with the flow of the blog post, the studies referenced throughout are cited, footnoted, and expanded upon in the notes and resources section following our...
Book of Mormon Stylometry in Pictures and Tables
Measuring Style in the Book of Mormon This blog post is long (3000 words, 28 images), and it is a quick, poor, and short summary of stylometry relevant to the Book of Mormon. I’ve left out some topics that were only covered with words. I’ve not...
Finding the miraculous in everyday life
Whether its Moses parting the Red Sea, Jesus rising from the dead, Mohammed riding a winged horse of fire up into heaven, or the Angel Moroni appearing to Joseph Smith to lead him to an ancient record written by his own hand on gold plates, all the World’s great...
“M&Ms”: Meditating Mormons
M&M stands for “Meditating Mormons.” A fellow conference attendee dubbed me with the witty honor at an educational retreat at Smith College in northern Massachusetts. We were participating in a session to analyze all the different facets of our identity and...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.
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