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...
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Kris Irvin, a tweeting transgender Latter-day Saint who pushed for equality, dies at 35
https://www.sltrib.com/news/education/2022/01/28/kris-irvin-tweeting/
Acceptance, Inclusion, Belonging
Engaging everyone in the same way creates that sense of belonging. There’s a difference between acceptance and belonging.
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...
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...
A Trans Blessing, part 1
A couple of years ago, I wrote about the women’s blessing I and a few of my ward sisters did for my oldest’s baptism, right after the confirmation. Today I’d like to share about...
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