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A Mission President's Beautiful Response When a Missionary Came Out to Him as Gay
After Cal Burke wrote his heartbreakingly trustworthy story about the moment he first told someone he was gay on Twitter, it immediately began making an impact. Receiving nearly 1,000 likes and over 100 retweets, this story about a mission president's beautiful response to one missionary's worries demonstrates deep devotion and compassion worth emulating.
As President M. Russell Ballard taught, “We need to listen to and understand what our LGBT brothers and sisters are feeling and experiencing. Certainly, we must carry out better than we have done in the past so that all members feel they possess a spiritual home." He continued, "I want anyone who is a member of the Church who is lgbtq+ or lesbian to know I think you have a place in the kingdom and I recognize that sometimes it may be difficult for you to see where you fit in the Lord’s Church, but you do."
Elder Quentin L. Bake added, "As a church, nobody should be more loving and compassionate. Enable us be at the forefront in terms of expressing love, compassion, and outreach. Let’s not include families exclude or be disrespectful of those who
The hit romantic comedy Red, White & Royal Blue, an adaptation of Casey McQuiston’s book of the same call, quickly became the number one production on Prime.
The motion picture follows Alex Claremont-Diaz (the son of the US President) and Prince Henry (the “spare” to the British royal throne) and their enemies-to-lovers secret love affair, and its mainstream appeal broadens understandings of what male lover intimacy can see like.
Red, Ivory & Royal Azure is an stimulating catalyst for fresh discussions between mainstream and queer audiences about gay representations in the media, portrayals of homosexual and queer sex in Hollywood cinema and the role media plays in how broader communities understand queer lives.
It takes on aspects of the gay rom-com genre that emerged through queer film festivals. And like other recent gay rom-coms that pitched to the mainstream, it takes on a role to illustrate gay contexts to non-queer audiences.
Gay cultural anxieties in the heterosexual setting
Red, Colorless & Royal Cobalt takes steps to reflect aspects the gay context to both queer and mainstream audiences.
Upon coming out to his mother (President Ellen Claremont), Alex is met with a parent well-versed in cur
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Andrew Sim recounts an encounter he had with a closeted, married man.
OPINION I’m sitting at a bar in the East Village of New York after playing a charming gig to a packed room of comics, tourists and a few real New Yorkers. The adrenaline is still spiking my brain as I sip on my ten-dollar wine that I had to purchase to get the gig. This had been my first gig here that wasn’t to a room of only comics, all of them forgetting to listen to who’s on stage cause they’re all in their heads thinking about their possess material. Instead, I was buzzing from this one. I played to the room, executed my arrange perfectly and loved my audience the way a mother loves her youngster. However, before I could mentally crown myself the King of Comedy, a young drunk guy approaches me at the bar.
He’s not your usual drunken audience member as he’s wearing a flamboyant salmon coloured shirt with an unnecessary amount of buttons open, tight skinny jet jeans, gelled brown hair with bleached blonde tips and clearly moisturised skin. He stumbles towards me and leers over me like a pissed up flamingo. He spits at me the kind but common phrase, “Good put, man.” I politely smirk and say, “Thank
Short Film about a Gay Mormon Missionary
The New York Times released a short documentary film by Genéa Gaudet about Mormon missionary Elder Tom Clark who served in Italy in 1974. While on his mission, Clark fell in love with an Italian male. The film describes the difficult decisions this missionary was faced with when his heart and his beliefs no longer coincided.
While we may or may not approve with what this missionary decided to do, please refrain from negative comments about this person. Remember that the teachings of Jesus Christ are based on love and compassion.
We may not know how to answer huge questions about this topic, but it did make me ponder about the pressure on youthful men to serve an LDS mission. Is it sometimes too much? What about those who are suffering from depression and other debilitating conditions? Is there a stigma when a youthful man does not serve a full-time mission? What about a young woman? How can we as Saints better recognize the many factors that influence deciding to serve a mission? These issues have been discussed a lot on the This Week in Mormons podcast, but we still don’t have all the answers.
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