(RNS) — Kiersten White had a happy, protected childhood. Growing up in Highland, Utah, the award-winning novelist attended a high school that was 96% Mormon. She descended from pioneers who crossed the plains in the 1800s to live out their…[Continue Reading...]
In General Conference talks this weekend, leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints stressed the importance of heterosexual marriage to become "exalted" for eternity. The message used the powerful leverage of church teachings about the afterlife to…[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...]
SALT LAKE CITY — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints has removed articles promoting Tim Ballard and the nonprofit he founded, Operation Underground Railroad (OUR). The removals occurred on the same day of the Church releasing a statement…[Continue Reading...]
David Archuleta has come a long way since his American Idol days. It's taken a while for the singer to embrace his sexuality as a member of the LGBTQ community but, sometimes, things are worth the wait. But look at…[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...]
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' has an investment portfolio topping $100 billion that includes $49.3 billion invested in stocks. The portfolio is registered with the SEC under the name Ensign Peak Advisors, and its lack of disclosures…[Continue Reading...]
A movie mogul and member of a powerful Mormon dynasty has accused the church of 'lying' about how it has spent billions of dollars of members' money in a bombshell interview with DailyMail.com. James Huntsman, the son of billionaire Mormon…[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...]
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