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Today I go over Elder Oaks recent address to the students of BYU Hawaii in which he gives “advice” to students about how to deal with anxiety while simultaneously creating more anxiety for them. The post Rainbow Mormon: 012: Elder Oaks, You Need To Calm Down appeared first on Rainbow Mormon.

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Coming out is hard, coming out it Utah is even harder, harder still is Utah County and I imagine Spanish Fork is even more difficult. My hat is off to our brave Utah County Commissioner, Nathan Ivie, who took a very difficult step and came out publicly today. My hope and prayer is that people… Read More »Rainbow Mormon: 010: Thank You Commissioner Ivie The post Rainbow Mormon: 010: Thank You Commissioner Ivie appeared first on Rainbow Mormon.

The LDS Church has recently expressed a lack of support for the Equality Act of 2019 that is currently being looked at in congress. Today I take a look at the Mormon newsroom statement abut the Equality Act and share some of my thoughts and concerns with the Church’s stance. The post Rainbow Mormon: 009: Fairness For All? appeared first on Rainbow Mormon.

In this episode I share about my transition from being a believer in Conversion Therapy to being being an advocate against it. The post Rainbow Mormon: 008: My Conversion Therapy Story Part 2 appeared first on Rainbow Mormon.

A response to Elder Anderson’s recent conference talk.  The talk seemed to reverse the bit of progress made by last weeks reversal of the 2015 exclusion policy. The post Rainbow Mormon: 007: Stand Still While I Slap You With This Olive Branch. appeared first on Rainbow Mormon.

After only 3.5 years the controversial LGBTQ, November exclusion policy has been done away with.  Todays episode discusses this strange 180 degree turn and the damage this policy has caused. The post In 2019 God Changed His Mind About Gay People appeared first on Rainbow Mormon.

In today’s episode I begin to share my experience with conversion therapy and why myself and others found ourselves involved in these practices. If you have questions about this type of therapy or about my experience, please send me a message and I will try to answer your questions.   As I mentioned in the… Read More »Rainbow Mormon: 005: My Conversion Therapy Story Part 1 The post Rainbow Mormon: 005: My Conversion Therapy Story Part 1 appeared first on Rainbow Mormon.

Conversion therapy has been a hot topic in the Utah and LDS news recently.  This episode gives a brief history of  conversion therapy and how the LDS Church has been involved in, and continues to perpetuate the use of, this debunked practice.  This is the first episode of several that will talk about this extremely… Read More »Rainbow Mormon: 004: What is Conversion Therapy? The post Rainbow Mormon: 004: What is Conversion Therapy? appeared first on Rainbow Mormon.

Episode 3 explores what hurtful things gay men and women have had said to them when they came. The hope is to allow listeners to realize that what is sometimes said out of love can be extremely hurtful and to help give people a better idea of how to respond if they ever find themselves… Read More »Rainbow Mormon: 003: What Not To Say When Someone Comes Out To You The post Rainbow Mormon: 003: What Not To Say When Someone Comes Out To You appeared first on Rainbow Mormon.

The State of Utah has a significant suicide problem. We are number 5 in the nation for overall suicides and are leading the nation in suicides for individuals ages 10-17. There has been a lot of debate as to why that is and in my opinion a lot of defensiveness in looking at what the… Read More »Rainbow Mormon: 002 The Utah Suicide Problem: A Response to South Paw Media and Jacob Hansen The post Rainbow Mormon: 002 The Utah Suicide Problem: A Response to South Paw Media and Jacob Hansen appeared first on Rainbow Mormon.

Welcome to the Rainbow Mormon podcast. Where we tackle LGBT issues within Mormonism. Today is Episode one where we will give you a brief introduction about the ground we will cover moving forward. The post Rainbow Mormon: 001: An Introduction appeared first on Rainbow Mormon.