Guest Post: First Halloween
Guest Post by Alma. Alma is a transgender stay-at-home mom, still exploring what being a woman means to her. Halloween, throughout my life, has been my most hated holiday. Every year involved hastily thrown...
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My Experience As a Trans Man in the LDS Church – How to Help Your LGBTQ+ Youth As a Church Leader
Guest post by Ilea Brinkerhoff. Ilea is a transgender man who attended the Young Women’s program in the same ward of one of our bloggers. By request, Ilea shares his experiences coming out to...
My Experience Lighting Up BYU’s Y in Rainbow Colors
When I was a child, I was a rule follower. In first grade, our desks were arranged in groups of five, and we were instructed not to move them. One boy (a troublemaker) moved...
Guest Post: #ReconstructingFaith about Sexuality and Gender
Guest post by Alma Frances Pellett (formerly Frank Alma Pellett). Alma has been happily married 20 years and has sired 5 children. She has enjoyed being a software engineer for the Church History Library...
In Memoriam: Kris Treviño Irvin
We at the Exponent are devastated by the death of Kris Treviño Irvin. After an unspecified medical emergency and a short time on a ventilator, Kris passed on Sunday, January 23, 2022, at the...
Guest Post: One Mom, Two Coming-Out Stories, Part One
Guest Post by Anonymous. Anonymous is a wife and mom who lives in an area with a high percentage of LDS people. She enjoys cooking, crafting, and gardening. Here you can find Part 2...
How the Oakland Stake Center now has Gender-Neutral Bathrooms
If you’ve ever been to the Oakland, California temple, you may recall there being two large buildings: one is the visitor’s center, and the other is a large, misshapen building that looks and is...
A Trans Blessing, part 2
Guest post by Victoria Hutchings, President of the Bay Area Chapter of Affirmation Issac’s trans blessing was in good hands with my friend Kimberly leading, my only job was to find folx to fill...
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