Our third trans child approached us last month to say that they no longer want to attend church and no longer believe its teachings.
Half of our children now are estranged from the church. Each of them is trans. I don’t consider this a coincidence.
Continue reading “LDS rhetoric pushes LGBTQ members out”
I attended a meeting where someone discussed the Family Proclamation. They used coded language about how much society had changed since it was announced. Continue reading How we frame the Proclamation is homophobic
The LDS concept of divinity perpetuates the sexism, homophobia, and transphobia inherent in the LDS church’s teachings and traditions.
Continue reading “LDS concept of God perpetuates prejudice”
Gender and sexuality are things we all force upon our children, as society and as parents.
If our child is born with a penis, for example, the doctor tells us it’s a boy. We believe that doctor and raise that child as a boy. We assign him gendered pronouns and give him a gendered name. We envision him growing into a man one day. We dream of him falling in love with a woman and providing us with grandchildren one day.
Continue reading “We force gender and sexuality onto our children”
Being supportive to and an ally of non-binary people requires more than using their proper name (rather than the name you’re used to using). That’s actually the easiest part of it all.
Continue reading “Being an ally of non-binary people requires action”
Over the last few months, I’ve seen people sharing memes and links about trans women athletes competing on primarily cis women teams. They’re worded in a way to get people worked up over having a “biological male” or “genetic male” competing with “biological/genetic females”, with the assumption that being assigned male at birth gives athletes some sort of advantage.
This just isn’t true.
Continue reading “Trans athletes don’t have a physical advantage”
Someone recently commented on one of my Facebook posts, saying something like, “I don’t care if people are gay; I just don’t want them shoving their sexuality in my face.”
Continue reading “Don’t shove your sexuality in my face”
About a year ago, an interview of Ben Shapiro was circling on Facebook. When asked about his stance on marriage equality, he responded by saying that the government should stay out of marriage.
Why were libertarians not calling for the government to stay out of marriage prior to gay people demanding the right to marry? Continue reading “The government should stay out of marriage”
If God is unchanging, then what God ordains can’t be changed. So if we argue that slavery is ordained by … Continue reading What God ordains can’t be changed
Liberals love respectability politics. It’s why they like rainbows painted on crosswalks but not on half naked bodies in a … Continue reading Liberals love respectability politics