Transgender Day of Remembrance
Today is the Transgender Day of Remembrance. It was first held November 20, 1999, marking the anniversary of Rita Hester’s death, an African American trans woman who was killed in her apartment. Now on...
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What Good Is a Prophet?
“Claiming to speak for God is a tricky business — especially when God changes his mind, often, on hot-button political issues after receiving immense public backlash.” – Lauren Jackson, writing for CNN about the...
Christlike Attributes, Implicit Bias, and Loving Your BIPOC Neighbor as Yourself
By Michelle Franzoni Thorley In the October 2020 General Conference, I was struck by the address from Elder Scott D. Whiting, “Becoming Like Him.” In this talk he spoke about the process of attaining...
Guest Post: My Relief Society’s Anti-Racism Discussion
By Nicole Sbitani The Relief Society mission statement declares that sisters in Zion “work in unity to help those in need.” The past few months have reminded me that there is much work for...
Guest Post: Reckoning with the Great Man
by Anelise Leishman On July 4, 2020, the Black Student Union at BYU addressed a letter to the university’s president Kevin J. Worthen, Russell M. Nelson, and the NAACP. In it, black students call...
The Parable of the Sower
Easy gestures that point to peace and justice are not what God is calling us to, but real transformation where we understand new things about ourselves and our communities, making new kinds of choices.
An Open Letter to the LDS Church: Addressing Our History of Structural and Cultural Violence
#Blacklivesmattertochrist organized a letter-writing campaign to the LDS church calling for anti-racism training to be included in the church’s curriculum and manuals. You can find out more about them here. What are the two...
Guest Post: My Apology for My Complicity
by Monika Crowfoot First of all, I want to apologize. I want to apologize for my complicity and support of a religious institution that was inherently racist, oppressive, and prejudiced. And to do my...
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