For most of his life, singer David Archuleta was a devout member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — until inner turmoil over his sexuality nearly drove him to self-harm. “The church is very much emphasized on…[Continue Reading...]
EXCLUSIVE: The new docuseries Not Part of the Plan exploring the lives of four queer Mormon teens from executive producers Wilson Cruz (Visible: Out on Television), Amy Redford (The Lincoln Project), Xan Parker (Ron Howard’s Rebuilding Paradise) and Hadleigh Arnst,…[Continue Reading...]
I GREW UP in the Church of Jesus Chris of Latter-day Saints (more commonly known as the Mormon church), and that informed how I lived my life and pretty much every choice I made. I knew from fairly early on…[Continue Reading...]
(RNS) — More than 1-in-5 Latter-day Saint college students (22%) say they are something other than heterosexual, according to a new survey from FIRE (the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression). Political scientist Ryan Burge discussed the findings in his…[Continue Reading...]
Growing up a gay, Mormon, Latino in south Texas was not easy. While I was surrounded by many Latine people, I knew the world at large did not see us as the loving and diverse community that we are. On…[Continue Reading...]
For the majority of my early life, Mormonism was my whole identity. I attended church for three hours every Sunday. I studied Mormon materials daily with friends, and I even participated in youth activities at my church throughout the week.…[Continue Reading...]
"As of this year, I've been out of the Mormon Church and out of the closet for seven years," says Frankie Lee, creator and star of the one-man show FoMo: Formerly Mormon. "It took me a long time to get…[Continue Reading...]
For the first three decades of my life, I spent a lot of time in constant worry that anything I did would make me "unworthy." To most people, it might sound like I'm trying to lift Thor's hammer, but to…[Continue Reading...]
David Archuleta discussed his mother, Lupe Marie Mayorga, and her unwavering support after he publicly came out as part of the LGBTQ+ community in 2021 during his attendance at the 2023 Project Angel Food's Lead with Love 4 fundraiser event…[Continue Reading...]
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