So You’ve Got Identity Incongruency. Now What?
“queer PTSD” “queer mormon PTSD” “queer mormon women PTSD” Oh wait, I forgot to add the part with ADHD. “queer mormon women ADHD PTSD” It’s kind of funny that I forgot the ADHD part,...
Category: Gender
The Dilemma of Wanting/Ignoring Women’s Voices at General Conference
I am caught between longing and a confession. The longing: Ever since I began seriously considering women’s place in God’s plan, I have felt keenly the scarcity of feminine voices in my faith community. I...
In Pursuit of Happiness…
By Jenny Over the last year I have felt an explosion of energy surrounding my dreams and ambitions. A few months ago I wrote about how my dreams and ambitions were squashed as I...
A Tale of Two Coming Outs
Once upon a time (16 years ago) I came out. I was 18, in my freshman year of a woman’s college, and I had my first real girlfriend. I had a boyfriend in high...
How I became Sex-Positive
By Hannah If you’re unfamiliar with the term, “sex positive” – read this definition first! Everything I learned about sex came from the World Book encyclopedia, starting with the day my first menstrual cycle...
what the bishop said
Although my brother will no longer come to church with me, and neither will my sister (notwithstanding that respectively they gave, until a certain point, their time, their money, and their hearts— their open,...
Reading The Book of Mormon as a Young Mother
I found out that I was pregnant with my oldest daughter the day after my oral exam for my doctoral degree. It was a stressful and emotional experience, made so much worse by being...
Women of the Bible Series: The Acts of Paul and Thecla
To me, the most memorable part of Laurel Thatcher Ulrich’s book, A Midwife’s Tale, is the chapter where she relates the story of a scandal in Hallowell, Maine. Rebecca Foster, wife of the minister...
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