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How Many Ways to be Mormon and Gay?

Gay. Lesbian. Bisexual. Transgender. Queer. Same-sex attracted. Same-gender attracted. LDS. Mormon. Active. Less active. Unorthodox. Open. Ex. Mixed-orientation married. Same-sex married. Partnered. Single. Divorced. Pick any two or three of these adjectives. Link them with a conjunction like “but” or “and.” As many combinations as you can imagine: that’s how many ways there are to negotiate being gay in the Mormon tradition.

I'm Letting My Wife Go

I’m sure it may come as a shock to some people, but I let my wife go. It was one of the hardest things I’ve had to do, but it was the right thing for the both of us.

Help for Life Challenges

How are we both the children of God and Christ? The answer sustained 1 woman after divorce

By John Hilton III

We know we are the spirit children of Heavenly Father, so how is it that we can also be the children of Christ? The answer is wonderfully ennobling.

From the Church

‘We need you!’: See this new Church resource for encouraging single adult participation

By Newsroom of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

In recent decades, the demographic characteristics of the Church have shifted such that members who are single now constitute more than half of the adult membership.

{Single Saints} Dating with Kids

By Jessica Carter

I feel like I’m leading a double life.

The 6 Blessings Challenge

A few nights ago, with the house fast asleep and the only sound my snoring goldendoodle, I stared at the ceiling and considered the year that now slips into the night, soon to be replaced by the bright dawn of 2014.

Former Soviet Gold Medal-Winning Gymnast's Path to the LDS Church

In August 1996, Rustam Sharipov reached the pinnacle of gymnastics, standing on an Olympic stage in Atlanta to receive his second gold medal in as many Olympics. The ceremony capped nearly 20 years of training and competition for Sharipov and represented an achievement few athletes ever experience.

SOM Transcript - S6E37

When Missionaries Can't Come "Home": How to Support Them When Family Life Changes While They Are Serving

By Kelsey Berteaux

It was 10:30 on a Sunday night. Missionary Jensen Parrish was in her 13th month of serving an American Sign Language mission in the Vancouver, Washington, area when there was a knock on the door. “There stood the last two people we would have expected: our mission president and his dear wife, each wearing a grim expression,” she recalls. When the pair gave her a hug, she knew something was very, very wrong.

Ask a Latter-day Saint Therapist: I Regret Getting Remarried When There’s Conflict

By Jonathan Decker, LMFT

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