Mormanity: An excellent example of striving to understand
I believe most Mormons would respond with revulsion or at least severe confusion upon finding out that somebody they know suffers from what is commonly known as “gender identity disorder” (there are...
View ArticleJim’s View
Reprinted here with permission and with only minor editing is a post by James Hopkins from a discussion on the TGIMormons Yahoo Group. It should be strictly noted that this is only to be taken as one...
View ArticleNative American Viewpoint
This is a post by Angela Brightfeather reprinted here with permission from the Durham Gender Alliance Yahoo Group clarifying another member’s understanding of the Native American concept of people...
View ArticleExaltation available to all
Transgendered people go far back into history. Most likely they have been here since the days of Adam and Eve. They are found among all races and in all cultures. Being transgender is part of the...
View ArticleElder Nelson’s Recent Statement
When there’s not much said by the leaders of the Church on the subject of gender identity issues those who have a vested interest in this issue tend to be very aware of the few mentions there are. The...
View ArticleTranssexuality is one form of intersexuality
I’ve been trying to tell people all along that transsexuality is one form of intersexuality and just found out last night that Milton Diamond agrees with me on this point: “Actually from my own...
View ArticleFamily Acceptance Project Pamphlet
This pamphlet, “Supportive Families, Healthy Children: Helping Latter-day Saint Families with Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Children,” was recently brought to my attention that was published...
View ArticleAnother Casualty
In the small world of transgendered Mormons most of them have experienced some level of rejection, from outright consignment to hell by church leaders and other members to more subtle forms of...
View ArticleSome thoughts on the science of gender
This is a post by Lisa Barnett reprinted here with permission and extracted from a discussion at the TGIMormons Yahoo Group: I have attached an article that I read recently. It is a research article...
View ArticleNew FMH Post
Just saw that Feminist Mormon Housewives has posted a blog entry about the subject of transgendered individuals in the Church with the crux of it being that we hear often in the Church that our mortal...
View Article“LDS Transsexual Policy: a Critique” by Brad Carmack
This video is being included here (and the editor of this blog agrees with some of the points made in the lecture while not fully agreeing with others) to call attention to this topic being discussed...
View ArticleLDS Trans Member in the News
Haven’t posted in a long time. I’ve got a number of ideas for new posts. For now I will just quickly mention a brand new news story. A number of Salt Lake news channels have been talking about the case...
View ArticleTransgender Awareness Month 2013
Over at the North Star website they have recently concluded their first annual Transgender Awareness Month. This looks to be observed every November to coincide with the yearly Transgender Day of...
View ArticleAnother example of an active, transsexual Mormon
Over at KRCL.org there is a new podcast about Sara who is transgender and Mormon. The podcast is just about 4 minutes and she reports being positively received by the ward(s) and stake(s) she’s been...
View ArticleA third example of an active, transsexual Mormon
Looks like the dam is beginning to burst. This is not only the third example I know of of an LDS person who is transsexual and also active. It’s just the third one mentioned here on this website. At...
View ArticleSurvey of Mormons who have LGBT/SGA family or friends
Take the Survey Here The purpose of this survey is to assess how members of the LDS church feel about and relate to their LGBT* or SGA** family members and friends and how they feel about various LGBT...
View ArticleTransMormon Video
Found at Upworthy is this video of Eri Hayward, a male-to-female Mormon transgender girl in Utah: I believe this video is a couple months old so I asked Eri’s father, Ed, if he had any updates and just...
View ArticleDocumented Case of Approved LDS Sex Change
This is a case I’d heard about over 20 years ago, but I recently found the actual reference for it: The arbitrariness of gender-based privilege in exercising priesthood is illustrated in one example...
View ArticleTrib Talk: With Elders Oaks and Christofferson
Here’s a brand new video of Jennifer Napier-Pearce from The Salt Lake Tribune speaking with Elder Dallin H. Oaks and Elder D. Todd Christofferson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. When the apostles...
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