Why It Is Not Helpful To Tell Me To Leave
My arms ached. My back would feel it tomorrow. My fingers frozen from the nip of the wind. Tears welled in my eyes as I began to feel sorry for myself and the pathetic situation I was in. Again. As a single mother, snowfall doesn’t mean hot cocoa, snowmen, and...
Passing Out Towels
(Artist: David Cohen) Yesterday, the LDS Church announced the following changes concerning youth involvement in temple rituals: “Young women (ages 12-18) with a limited-use temple recommend may assist with baptistry assignments currently performed by sister...
Stop Insulting the Priesthood
There’s a new party line emerging in the Church about the priesthood. It is this: “No one blesses themselves through the priesthood, so everyone is equally blessed by the priesthood.” This is becoming the neat little response to concerns about the men-only nature of...
How to Start Helping
In the last few days, I’ve seen a huge surge in members of the Church wanting to reach out to refugees in any way they can. I’m thrilled about this, as I’ve been following the middle-eastern refugee crisis since last year, and I would love some...
April 2016 General Women’s Conference Session is a Win
If you are like me, conference is risky. Sometimes it is hard to watch, and it is a big reminder of how we don’t belong. It is all full of messages on how to be a good Mormon, and we don’t fit the bill in a lot of ways. If you are like me, sometimes you feel like...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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