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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Pride parades this summer: Will MBB march again, and if so, will they allow signs that advocate equality?
Summertime is upon us, which means it’s time for planning for the annual Pride parades. Last year was the first time Mormons marched in Pride in large numbers. The contingent in Salt Lake City was the largest, marching behind a banner titled Mormons Building Bridges (MBB). MBB garnered nearly all the media attention, despite the fact that smaller contingents (such as Mormons for Marriage Equality) organized in far more cities across the country with messages advocating equality (e.g., marriage Read more [...]
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The Curious Case of Mormons and LGBT Rights
If you haven’t already, check out my article published yesterday on Religion Dispatches! Views: 653
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Joseph vs. The Gold: Help me script it!
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08wRRff8x0k Ever since seeing this not so good version on youtube, I’ve been wondering what a good recreation of the Joseph Smith run with the plates might look like. It’s all based on Lucy Smith’s account: “The plates were secreted about three miles from home… Joseph, on coming to them, took them from their secret place, and, wrapping them in his linen frock, placed them under his arm and started for home.” After proceeding a short distance, he thought it Read more [...]
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self-delusion; do they not realize it?
I know I’ve done a bit of rabble-rousing with my last few posts, but this is another one that was spurred by the ethnography I recently read about Mormonism. In it, the author talks about how Mormon parents think about their kids in discussing the life trajectory of Mormons as relates to Mormonism. The part that struck me as so interesting was the fact that so many Mormon parents believe that their kids are “closer” somehow to god or Jesus or that the veil isn’t as “thick” (whatever “thick” means Read more [...]
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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
the “Mormon Moment”: Publication Opportunity
An edited volume examining the “Mormon Moment” is under development. The editors are looking for contributions (see this call for chapter proposals). Of particular relevance to the MSP community might be chapters on how the Mormon Moment affected “outer blogness”, former Mormons, or the GLBTQ community (Mormon or non-Mormon). Views: 1130
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FIRST GAY PRESIDENCY MESSAGE
FIRST GAY PRESIDENCY MESSAGE Living the Abundant Gay Life Robin Johnson and George Circle (Adapted from Tomas S. Monson) Living the Abundant Gay and Lesbian Life At the advent of a new year, we challenge Latter-day Saints and all Christians everywhere to undertake a personal, diligent, significant quest for what I call the abundant life—a life filled with an abundance of success, goodness, and blessings and acceptance and tolerance and love of all gay people. Just as we learned the ABCs in Read more [...]
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IS HOMOSEXUALITY AN ABOMINATION?
IS HOMOSEXUALITY AN ABOMINATION? And if so, Just What is an Abomination anyway? In the Old Testament of the Bible, in Leviticus 20:13 it says: “and if a man lies with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination…” Does the word abomination mean “evil” or just “unnatural”? According to the scriptures, there are a few other things that are an abomination, such as: having various weights—both great and small, in your house, or having various measures—both Read more [...]
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BEING GAY: SOME THINGS THAT I HAVE LEARNED!
SOME THINGS THAT I HAVE LEARNED One thing that I have learned is: although Gay people are born gay; when gays have gone through the process of: first denial, then self-loathing and other steps, and finally acceptances; then Gay people are ready to move on to healthy relationships. Another thing that I have learned is: that for relationships to work; each person in that relationship, must learn to deal with all the rejection from family, friends, the clergy, members of their church, and other so Read more [...]
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Ex-Mormon Finds Joy And Happiness In Gay Relationship
EX-MORMON FINDS JOY AND HAPPINESS IN GAY RELATIONSHIP I was a Mormon for 50 years and after being excommunicated twice for being gay, I left the church and found happiness with my boyfriend Cody (nickname). I have been in this relationship for over 2 years now, and it has brought me much joy and fulfillment and has erased my depression, which the LDS Church was never able to do, to the extent that is now my pleasure to enjoy. I will be talking about gay marriage, and why I believe it should Read more [...]
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