Earlier this week, while driving to Boise, ID, the hymn "Down in the River to Pray" came on the radio. (Ironically, on the Mormon ...

I was dreading Tuesday. I was terrified of Tuesday. Last Tuesday I was ostracized, outcast, and oppressed. Tuesday broke me. But this Tues...

Yesterday I stood in the stand by line with over 300 women (and our male allies) for admittance to the Priesthood session of the General Con...

"Why are we here? Where do we come from? Where are we going?" I remember when the missionaries asked me these questions as an inve...

I've never really understood Mixed Orientation Marriages... a marriage where one member of the marriage is straight, and the other is ga...

Yep! You heard it! I'm speaking at the Affirmation Conference on September 13-15 in Salt Lake City, Utah. I'm participating with one...

Cultural Mormonism... I hate it. I walk around Salt Lake City everyday, and everyday I hear about another horror story about people's in...

I have a new job. I have a new car (as of three hours ago!) I'm making more money, and I have good benefits. I have a way to pay for the...

Today I envy the heterosexual.  I envy being "normal".  I envy being wholesome and clean. I envy the girls that swoon over men lik...

I'm  unorthodox. I am a headstrong, independent woman.  I don't let people limit me. And I don't let people push me around. Eve...

I've never sat down to write down my conversion story. I've told it countless times, and I still have my journal from when I was an ...

A man's place is in the Army. The pastoral duties of men who have children might distract them from the responsibility of being a pare...

I've gotten a lot of flak from a variety of people about my choice of words when I identify myself. Which is annoying, but whatever. I...

In December 2011, I was at the Oquirrh Mountain Temple doing baptisms. It's one of my favorite temples in the valley, and it was here, d...

A woman came into my store at work today, and asked if she could ask me something a little personal. I said sure, because I'm an open b...

My faith is important to me... You could go as far as to say that it's the most important thing in my life. And normally I keep these ki...

Today the Supreme Court of the United States struck down key parts of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), and dismissed an appeal over Calif...

I went to church today for the first time today in almost a year. I attended a family ward, which was already a bit out of my element, since...

While I was still a closeted lesbian beginning to prepare for an LDS mission, I spoke with one of the missionaries I knew while I was...