The following exchange happened in a professional meeting with more than a dozen people in attendance. Steve: (referring to something...

What defines me? What makes me Ben? What parts of me shouldn’t be calculated when I consider my identity? What does it mean to be a child...

Recently I was chatting with a dear friend and she shared a dream with me that she had had some time ago. I was struck by the beautiful...

I was raised to be straight. My family, my church, and society all expected me to be straight and pointed me in that direction. Being...

That evening the wife texted me a bit to ask some more questions. After talking about gay stuff for a while she texted: “Also, random...

Over the past year and half I’ve gotten to know Tom Christofferson pretty well. What a pleasure it has been! He is kind, wise, spiritual,...

Since I came out on my blog more than two years ago I’ve been sent Josh Weed’s blog post dozens of times. In the post he and his wife...

I moved back to Provo last week and so much has changed in the six years since I last lived here. I’m 33 now, I look more like a...

This is my second guest post. It was written by a friend of mine who wanted to share his thoughts while also remaining anonymous. He and...

I spent the last week in Cincinnati grading Spanish AP tests. My week was spent hanging out with friends, exploring the city, endlessly...

When I first came out to Mitch and Craig in August of 2007 they recommended that I talk to my bishop about my feelings of same-sex...

When I talk to straight Mormons about my experiences as a gay Mormon they often try to find experiences in their lives that parallel...

This is a post that I mostly wrote for myself. I just had to say something about my buddy. My friend Tami Boyens passed away yesterday. I...

Four years ago my life was less than ideal. Actually, it kind of stunk. I was just rereading my journal from 2012 and 2013 and boy did I...

In September 2015 I started the Tucson LDS Same-Gender Attraction group. No one uses the group’s official name and we all just call it...

Last month three friends and I stayed at an Airbnb in Anaheim while spending two days at Disneyland. Our hostess Leena was super nice....

The new mormonandgay.lds.org website went live two days ago and I spent a lot of time reading every single word and watching each video....

Carl found my blog back in May and we exchanged a few emails. He told me that if I was ever in Utah he and his wife would love to have me...

When church was over a young woman came over to me and thanked me for my testimony. She told me that she has a friend who’s a lesbian who...