Awards
Lists of Brodie award winners:
X-Mormon of the Year 2012: David Twede
X-Mormon of the Year 2011: Joanna Brooks
X-Mormon of the Year 2010: Monica Bielanko
X-Mormon of the Year 2009: Walter Kirn
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Mormon Trolls, Gorgons and Orcs, and Being Tired of Good People
Currently the most posted story in my Facebook feed is this excellent NY Times op-ed from Ta-Nehisi Coates, entitled “The Good, Racist People.” Coates uses the recent frisking of Oscar-winning actor Forest Whitaker as an opportunity to analyze the racism of “good” people: In modern America we believe racism to be the property of the uniquely villainous and morally deformed, the ideology of trolls, gorgons and orcs. We believe this even when we are actually being racist. In 1957, neighbors in Levittown, Read more [...]
Posted in discrimination, Feminism, Homosexuality, LGBT, Sex and Gender, Uncategorized
A MESSAGE TO ALL HOMOPHOBIC PEOPLE AND A LETTER TO MY MOTHER
A MESSAGE TO ALL HOMOPHOBIC PEOPLE Another 17 year old boy named Jack Denton Reese committed suicide on April 22 in Mountain Green, Utah after being bullied for being feminine and/or gay, the day before his boyfriend Alex Smith spoke at a panel about the bullying Jack experienced. The panel was held in connection with the screening of the documentary film, “Bullied.” Alex did not even know that his boyfriend had already killed himself the day before the panel convened. “You’ll always Read more [...]
Posted in Abuse, Christians, crime, Death, discrimination, Empathy, Family, Hate, Health, Homosexuality, Mormon Doctrine, Mormon Matters, Motherhood, Parenting, Secrecy, Sisters, Tolerance, Violence, Youth
GAY COUPLE FIND GREAT HAPPINESS AT LAST, DESPITE MORMON BISHOP’S HOMOPHOBIA
I am now, and have been for over 11 months to date, very happy and my depression has become almost non-existent. I have found out for myself, that being gay or homosexual, is not only right for me, but also can be enjoyed, and bring much joy to the lives of gay people. Life is beautiful, and God has blessed me abundantly since I came out of the closet for the second time in my life. Since “wickedness never was happiness,” I must not be all that wicked after all, because I am very happy! Read more [...]
ANOTHER GAY MANIFESTO: MY PROBLEM WITH THE MORMON CHURCH
What Can I Say…I Am Still Gay! I have never been known to stay where I am not wanted. My present Bishop and Elder’s Quorum President do not like me because I am now openly Gay and they know it. They are both very Homophobic. L Therefore, I have been refused all my Temple blessings, the Priesthood, and participation in home teaching, or teaching Church lessons or having callings or doing other meaningful service or being able to participate in church activities or other special events in Read more [...]
Posted in Abuse, Advice, Affirmation, Boyd Packer, Depression, discrimination, Hate, Homosexuality, LGBT, Mormon Doctrine, Mormon Matters, NOM, Prophets, Religious Right, Suffering, Suicide, Tolerance
Gay People Do Exist – Coming out to my Grandparents
Gay People Do Exist! Coming Out to My Grandparents My grandparents were/are committed Christians. They’ve taught 3rd and 4th grade Sunday school for as long as I can remember. On the infrequent occasions when I attended their church, from kindergarten until I was about 12, I always pulled up a chair and sat between them while we were going over the lesson as a class and eat doughnuts my grandma faithfully bought every Sunday. They taught me about God, prayed with me, and told me of God’s grace. Read more [...]
Posted in Christianity, Christians, Depression, discrimination, Family, Hate, Homosexuality, LGBT, Marriage, Moving On
Brother Selected For The “I’m A Mormon” Campaign
A couple months ago, the Mormon church decided to profile my brother for their Im A Mormon campaign. A camera crew came to his house for an interview; now his profile and testimony are listed on the www.mormon.org website. My brother was thrilled about the opportunity — he saw the honor as a mark of respect for his status as a member. I find myself feeling very uneasy about the matter. At this point, I need to clarify. My brother is black. He was born in 1978, the same year that the Read more [...]
Posted in And I'm a Mormon, discrimination, Family, mormon.org, Uncategorized
Patriarchy, redux
A recent post on a Mormon-themed group blog asked the question What are some of the common themes that emerge in patriarchal societies? It then compared these societies with Mormonism. There were a number of parallels. To me, the most interesting aspect of this article was what it didn’t mention. Here are the salient items that I thought were missing: Persecution of homosexuals. Iran and Saudi Arabia prescribe the death penalty for homosexuality. Other patriarchal societies criminalize it. Read more [...]
Posted in Bloggernacle, discrimination, Homosexuality, Islam, Muslims, Patriarchy, Politics, Polygamy, Sex and Gender
even Mormons don’t believe the Prop. 8 rhetoric anymore
A friend sent me a link to this letter in The Daily Universe: Viewpoint: Defending Proposition 8 Its time to admit the reasons The short version for those who don’t want to follow the link: None of the crappy reasons given by Mormons and the Mormon leadership for passing Proposition 8 even made it into the trial, let alone passed muster under the Judge’s careful scrutiny. Ergo, it’s time for Mormons to admit THAT THEY HAVE NO GOOD REASONS FOR OPPOSING SAME SEX MARRIAGE AND EQUALITY FOR LGBTQs. Read more [...]
Posted in discrimination, Homosexuality, Proposition 8
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Mormon Moment Series on poetrysansonions.blogspot.com
Ahhhhh! The smell of fresh, juicy, slightly wrong Mormon blog posts. It must be Sunday! I have been doing a series of posts related to Mormon and Post-Mormon issues that seem to be *hot* this year. With more and more people interested in Mormons, and now the change in rules for when male and female missionaries are allowed to serve, the Bloggernacle keep heating up! So, if you missed the first posts in the series (because I was a slacker and wasn’t cross posting) here is your chance to catch up. Read more [...]