In 2007, at the age of 23, my parents became the 5th and 6th people I told that I was attracted to men. They were immediately loving and...

Last year after giving a presentation at BYU on the LGBTQ & SSA student experience at BYU, a professor came up to me and asked what it...

Just over a year ago I participated on an LGBT themed panel at the BYU Religious Freedom Review. During the session a man asked the panel...

As I write this post it is my mom’s 71st birthday. Three years ago she was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s the day before her birthday. Two...

Below is the text of a talk I gave at my stake conference last night.  I am an optimist by nature. In spiritual terms, I was given the...

August 12th marks the 12 year anniversary of my first coming out. I’ve told that story hundreds of times at Ally Nights, in one on one...

I lost my cool when I was visiting my parents over Christmas. It was after 11 pm and when I went into my room to get ready for bed all my...

I have two rainbow pins displayed on my backpack. Each of them containing a symbol that ties them to BYU. They’re rad because they reveal...

The following essay was recently published in the BYU Studies Quarterly. You can access the online version of the article on the BYU...

Five years ago I took a summer job working for a nonprofit in Peru. My colleague Eliana and I ran a volunteer program there. We lived in...

Me, Paul, and Dianna who were all at that meeting LGBTQ Latter-day Saint experience. And that’s what we did. The next day I wrote: “I...

“You are the resources,” I said. “The Lord has placed you in your callings so that you can be the resource for any member who feels...

Conversion therapy can take a number of forms. The essential premise is that homosexuality is a pathology that can be treated and...

There are 40 people in my social work cohort at school. 40 people who I’m in class with all the time. 40 people who are some of my...

I get a lot of phone calls from struggling gay Latter-day Saints. I got two such phone calls last night. And sometimes, like last night,...

My friend Josh called me last year when I was still living in Tucson. He asked me what he should say when someone says something unkind...

I’ve cried three times since my mom was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. When I got the email from my dad about her diagnosis, the day before...

I saw this delightful saying on a wall last week Elder Clayton continued, "One cannot check religious identity at the church or synagogue...

The story of Rhoda presents a clash of beliefs. She knew through personal experience that Peter was at the door. On the other hand, the...

I wish that we LGBT Latter-day Saints had a place to find each other. We need each other. With the help of my stake president in Tucson I...