In part 2 of 2 Erik discusses being gay and out at BYU, on his participation at NorthStar, on maintaining chastity while dating men.
064: Erik Lovell Pt. 2 on being out at BYU, dating and celibacy
Author: Daniel Parkinson
063: Erik Lovell Pt. 1 on growing up Mormon and on personal revelation
In part 1 of 2 Erik Lovell discusses his coming out process and discusses in-depth the importance of personal revelation in his journey.
Announcement
Gay Mormon Stories will be temporarily slowing down during the next few months, due to work on a video project. We will continue to put out podcasts with our traditional format, albeit less frequently for the time being. We will…
059: Keaton Johnson Pt. 2 on finding love, marriage and being a parent
In part 2 of 2 Keaton talks about meeting and falling in love with his husband, Randy Roberts Potts who is the grandson of Oral Roberts. He discusses his recent marriage, his new role as a step-father and some of…
058: Keaton Johnson Pt. 1 on coming out, overcoming obesity and drug addiction
In part 1 of 2 Keaton talks about his unusual Mormon upbringing, and how his sexual orientation interplayed with his eating disorder and his substance use.
057: Edward Jones Pt 2 on impacting Mormonism as an LGBT person
In part 2 of 2 Edward Jones discusses how he lives his Mormonism, his feminism and where he see the role of LGBT people and other marginalized group in the church.
056: Edward Jones Pt. 1 on coming out, drug addiction, recovery, leaving and returning to Mormonism
In part 1 of 2 Edward Jones talks about his journey from being a believing Mormon, coming out and leaving the church, drug addiction and how Heavenly Mother rescued him, and returning to the church on his own terms.
055: God’s Affirmation (Presentation at Affirmation Conference 2013)
As I have been conducting interviews for Gay Mormon Stories, I have been impacted by a phenomenon that has been striking and consistent: if we are open to it, God will affirm us as LGBT individuals and give us a…
054: Matt Salmon Pt. 2 on feeling forced out of the church, finding resolution with his family, and pursuing medicine
In part 2 of 2 Matt talks about feeling unwelcome at church, and the impact of Prop 8, his research into church history and his loss of belief, his resolution with his family, his pursuit of a career in medicine,…
053: Matt Salmon Pt. 1 passes through reparative therapy and ecclesiastical abuse, before finally confirming God’s acceptance
In part 1 of 2 Matt Salmon discusses his Mormon upbringing in a political family in Arizona, his intense efforts to conform to his religion, the ecclesiastical abuse that included disqualifying him from serving a mission due to his homosexuality,…