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May 2019

May 03, 2019

Rescinding Policy without Apology is Bad Leadership

Mette Harrison put effort in gathering names to support this important position statement she drafted...

April 2019

April 11, 2019

Mental Health Implications of Policy Reversal

Natasha Helfer Parker, Lisa Butterworth, Sara Hughes-Zabawa and Jennifer White of Symmetry Solutions, LLC talk...

April 08, 2019

Plea to President Nelson about Families

President Russell M. Nelson, I want to be respectful, yet firm and to the point....

April 05, 2019

MMHA Makes Statement in Response To Policy Reversal

I am extremely fortunate to work with some of the most amazing people advocating for...

April 04, 2019

A Pivotal Step Towards LGBTQ+ Inclusion and Repair

Amazing. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon church) has finally conceded...

March 2019

March 27, 2019

Drop in the Bucket: Changes to Temple Ordinances

I am having a hard time celebrating the changes the Church has made in regards...

November 2018

November 29, 2018

What do Sex Therapists Learn in Training?

Check out my latest interview for Mormon Sex Info with Tammy Ellis, who is currently...

March 2018

March 24, 2018

Forget Religious Freedom… We Need Rights Protected from Religious Patriarchy, Oppression and Shame

Over the last week, due to the leaked interview of Joseph L. Bishop, I have...

January 2018

January 26, 2018

Unicorns and Bats

I have yet to have the type of sit down I’d like to have with...

January 17, 2018

Statement from Affirmation about the First Presidency

As we welcome a Prophet and his Counselors to their new leadership roles, I feel...

January 08, 2018

No Ram in the Thicket

I heard of another transgender youth who died by suicide in a small community of...

November 2017

November 06, 2017

2 Years Later Abusive Policy Still Stands

Like many things that seem like an alternate reality these days... it's hard to believe...

October 2017

October 04, 2017

Eclipsing with our Opposites… Love Loud

I very much wish I could have attended the Loveloud Festival in person, but instead...

June 2017

June 20, 2017

Forced to Look at Our Straight Privilege

A 12-year old young woman forced us, as an LDS membership this past week, to...

March 2017

March 23, 2017

We Are Not the Authorities on “Counterfeit Marriage”….

I wrote a post at the beginning of the week celebrating a video the church...

March 17, 2017

Church Releases Affirmative Family Video of Gay Son!

Yesterday, the Church released a video that shows a family who deals with the coming...

March 14, 2017

Utah’s Escalating Suicide Rates

Two articles were released this week that deal with the growing and alarming number of...

December 2016

December 18, 2016

Mother and son bridge the void of faith transition…

The following excerpt is from an anonymous guest. With the spirit of Christmas all around...

December 14, 2016

Op-ed by Neuroscientists stating “Fight the New Drug” Misrepresents Science

An incredibly important oped, Anti-porn School Program Misrepresents Science, was published today by the Salt...

November 2016

November 30, 2016

Book Review: God Told Me to Hate You

I was asked by Patheos to do the following book review: In God Told Me...

November 17, 2016

Developing Sexual Well-being

Developing Sexual Well-being Natasha Helfer Parker and Kristin Marie Bennion - two Certified Sex Therapists...

November 12, 2016

Post-Election Support

My colleague, Isa Bischoff Jones, reached out to me a day after we had received...

September 2016

September 30, 2016

I’m Gay and this is My Church Too!

With General Conference among us, I know we are bound to hear much about the...

September 28, 2016

Troubling Report is Disavowed – Yes, of course!

Today, faculty members of John Hopkins University published an op-ed in The Baltimore Sun, Hopkins faculty...

September 09, 2016

The tired question: Do people “choose” to be gay?

Today’s guest post is written by Dr. Jim Pfaus. Opinions shared on guest posts may not...

September 08, 2016

Atlantis Article… Are you kidding me?

The recent article regarding gender and sexual orientation posted in The New Atlantis has started...

August 2016

August 30, 2016

A Ward’s Embrace to a Gay LDS Couple

Today’s guest post is written by Nick Einbender. Opinions shared on guest posts may not completely...

August 24, 2016

Why do you still care? #2

Today’s guest post is written by Alisa Bolander. Opinions shared on guest posts may not completely...

June 2016

June 30, 2016

Crisis Facing our LGBTQ+ Members

I don't want to use triggering or sensational language at a time like we are...

May 2016

May 06, 2016

A Mama Dragon’s Support for Tyler Glenn

Today's guest post is written by Lori Bolland Embree. Opinions shared on guest posts may not...