feminism / Gender / Policy / women
by Guest Post · Published June 21, 2019 · Last modified June 17, 2019
I’ve taught Gospel Doctrine in three different wards for a combined 10 years, and I could never get a woman to sub for me. I asked plenty. They always said “Oh, I could never...
feminism / In Memory of / Policy / women
by Guest Post · Published June 21, 2019 · Last modified June 20, 2019
Guest Post by TimTam When I first saw the thousands of brilliantly coloured ribbons tied to the fence around a cathedral in Ballarat, I mistakenly thought that meant that church welcomed gay parishioners....
feminism / Gender / Policy / women
by Guest Post · Published June 19, 2019 · Last modified June 10, 2019
As ward music chairman, I submitted a name for choir director. It took them ten months (ten months!) to call her, and the first counselor was really lukewarm about my pick. I told him...
A year ago, the church asked for feedback in preparation of creating a new hymnbook and children’s songbook which will be correlated and translated into many languages and will (hopefully) include more songs originally...
feminism / Gender / Policy / women
by Guest Post · Published June 17, 2019 · Last modified June 10, 2019
When I talked about wearing pants to church, a man I know insisted women HAD to wear skirts. When I asked where that rule was, he recited that verse in D&C about how we...
Gender / Journeys / Policy / Relationships
by Abby Hansen · Published June 17, 2019 · Last modified June 21, 2019
(Edit from the author: Just to be extra clear, my audience in this blog post is the general membership of the church, to remind them what *we* are missing out on when we...
feminism / Gender / Policy / women
by Guest Post · Published June 16, 2019 · Last modified June 10, 2019
I was 14 or 15 when I was in my Bishop’s office for a temple recommend interview for baptisms for the dead. During this interview, my Bishop told me that I could not participate...
feminism / Gender / Policy / women
by Guest Post · Published June 15, 2019 · Last modified June 9, 2019
When I was 21 I wanted to serve a mission. I had a timeline for when I was hoping to get a mission call because my parents lived in Russia at the time but...
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