LDS LGBT policy
In Mormon Utah, LGBTQ Pride celebrations meet a desperate need
By Jana Riess — June 10, 2022
(RNS) — Pride celebrations are taking off in Utah. They may be more needed there than just about anywhere else in the country.
The top 10 changes President Russell M. Nelson has made in the LDS church
By Jana Riess — January 18, 2022
(RNS) — While many Mormons — including me — expected a Nelson presidency to be staid and uneventful, it’s been full of pleasant surprises.
Why was last week’s speech on LGBTQ rights ‘the most difficult’ of LDS apostle Dallin Oaks’ career?
By Jana Riess — November 15, 2021
(RNS) — Oaks is trying to chart a middle course between religious freedom and LGBTQ+ rights. But in our terribly polarized times, I doubt many Americans are capable of the compromise and civility he’s advocating.
Did Mormonism’s anti-LGBT policy cause more people to leave the LDS Church?
By Jana Riess — November 12, 2020
(RNS) — For many former Mormons, the 2015 LGBT exclusion policy was an important grievance. But we do them a disservice when we imagine it was the only reason they said goodbye.
10 years after Elder Packer’s anti-LGBTQ talk, have Mormons turned the corner on gay rights?
By Jana Riess — October 13, 2020
(RNS) — We’ve certainly come a long way since 2010, but it remains to be seen if the LDS church charted a new course on LGBT issues.
7 top Mormon news stories from 2019
By Jana Riess — December 31, 2019
From vaping (and green tea!) restrictions to a $100 billion nest egg, 2019 was a big year in Mormon news.
Mormon leaders reverse LGBT policy, raising the question: What is revelation?
By Jana Riess — April 4, 2019
(RNS) — Just over three years ago, Mormon leaders touted a controversial LGBT policy as revelation. Now its reversal is also being presented as revelation.
Married. Gay. And Mormon. (Part 2)
By Jana Riess — June 14, 2017
As married gay Mormons, Nick and Spencer had already lived with having no callings, no temple recommends, and no access to the sacrament. Now they faced the possibility of excommunication.
How do Mormons feel about LGBT issues? Join this survey and let your voice be heard
By Jana Riess — November 21, 2016
How do you feel about LGBT issues? If you're a Mormon, let your voice be heard in this new survey.
Most US Mormons approve of church’s LGBT exclusion policy, study shows
By Jana Riess — October 28, 2016
(RNS) One year after the LDS Church banned children of same-sex marriages from baptism and baby blessings, most current Mormons agree with the policy -- and most former Mormons hate it.
LGBT Mormons are out and proud in Provo art exhibit
By Jana Riess — September 21, 2016
Mitch Mayne is one of about two dozen LGBT Mormons whose faces grace a new art exhibit -- telling the world, and particularly LGBT Mormon youth, that it's possible to be gay and fully integrated into Mormon life.
What one bishop offers Mormons who don’t ‘know’ the church is true
By Jana Riess — September 9, 2016
Richard Ostler, bishop of a Mormon YSA ward, shares 8 suggestions in counseling those who doubt, including: Listen more than you talk, don't tell people just to pray more, and mourn with those who mourn.
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