Tag: Mormon

It took Republican lawmaker Nathan Ivie more than 20 years to come to terms with his identity. However, on Wednesday, the 40-year-old Utah County commissioner came out as gay in a video he published to Facebook.So far, the video has been viewed more than 4,000 times, Ivie embraces his sexual orientation and describes the challenging experience of growing up feeling “spiritually and biologically” at odds. Ivie is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints,...

“You can be gay and a Republican ... you need to trust that people will love you for who you really are,” Utah County Commissioner Nathan Ivie said. By The Associated Press Republican lawmaker Nathan Ivie says it took him more than 20 years to come to terms with his identity. But on Wednesday morning the 40-year-old Utah County commissioner sat in front of his computer and publicly shared the secret that has caused him pain and confusion since he was 9...

'I am proud to be a gay son of God,' he said A student came out publicly during his valedictorian speech at a prominent Mormon college in the US. Matty Easton attended his graduation ceremony at Brigham Young University on 26 April ready to deliver the most important speech of his life. In his speech, Easton gave a shout out to his LGBTI friends at BYU, before revealing he himself identifies as gay. ‘I stand before my family, friends, and graduating class today...

A 12-year-old girl defied all expectations and came out as a lesbian to her Mormon church. Savannah Ward from Utah took the stand at the churches monthly Fast and Testimony meeting at the church. https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=o_0nhyP6dU4 She began the moving speech by explaining that she believes she is “a child of heavenly parents”. “I feel in my heart that they made me and that they love me. I believe I was made the way I am, all parts of me, by my heavenly parents. “They...

Mormon church releases positive LGBTI video in same week they condemn homosexuality in members' magazine Two pieces of media on homosexuality was released by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints this week, one for outsiders and one for members. Published on the Mormon and Gay website, a page used to promote the Book of Mormon to LGBTI people, is a new video. It shows Xian Mackintosh, a 24-year-old guy born in a big family in Utah who got up the...

There’s some tough choices ahead for “Graham,” who wrote in to Gay Times to ask for help with his boyfriend. Here’s the situation: Graham grew up as a Jehovah’s Witness, but is no longer suffering under religious baggage. His boyfriend, on the other hand, is a Mormon and wants to stay with the church. That’s a problem, since we all know what the LDS establishment has to say about gays (nothing good). And the boyfriend is naturally too scared to socialize anywhere they might...

Oscar winner writer and producer Dustin Lance Black seems to be the happiest man, out and proud, with a successful career and a great fiance. However, things were not always so bright for Lance. Growing up in a Mormon family, in a culture that told him he would go to hell for loving men, it was hard for Lance. Lance spoke for Loud and Proud series and revealed details about his childhood, how he discovered his sexuality and faced a...