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Queer Mormon Theology: An Introduction - Blaire OstlerList Item 4
As I read this book, two words kept coming to my mind: “prayers” and “words.” From the late 1840s until 1978, countless prayers went up to petition a change in the exclusionary and harmful policy that denied priesthood ordination to Blacks.
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Tabernacles of Clay: Sexuality and Gender in Modern Mormonism - Taylor G. Petrey
Taylor G. Petrey's trenchant history takes a landmark step forward in documenting and theorizing about Latter-day Saints (LDS) teachings on gender, sexual difference, and marriage.
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GAY LATTER-DAY SAINT CROSSROADS - Evan Smith
Evan Smith believed the anti-gay messages he heard in church during his childhood, which contributed to some negative views he held toward LGBTQ people. Later, as a bishop and then a counselor in a stake presidency, his heart softened as church members came to him seeking guidance about feeling attracted to others of the same gender.