Gay missionary
Recovery from Mormonism (RfM) discussion forum.
Posted by: CaptainCanuck ( )
Date: November 21, 2011 12:52PM
Gay Missionary Encounter
A few days ago, I was leaving my local library when I was met with a set of missionaries. One greeted me with a polite head nod. I no longer attend church, but was curious enough to let them speak to me if they chose. As I approached, the one elder smiled and said, "Hello. Can I give you this card? It has our website on it. You can use to glance up information about our church."
Some of you may contain seen these things already, but I was handed a small card with the full church name on one side, and a picture of a smiling family on the other with a caption that read something appreciate "How can I be happy in my marriage?" and the church website written below. I recognized the card since I've initiate a few lying on the land when I amble home from work.
The mishie went on to say that they are "representatives of the church of jesus christ of..." when I interrupted to tell, "Yes, I am too." They asked what ward I was in and I said I didn't know since I hadn't been in churc
On Being A Same-sex attracted Mormon Missionary
- John Gustav-Wrathall
- Apr 27, 2015
- 14 min read
I became aware of my attraction to other boys my age at about the age of 10. When I was fourteen, after looking up the synonyms “homosexual” in the dictionary, I finally had a synonyms to describe what I felt. I occasionally wonder how my life would have been alternative if I had felt able to trust my parents and Church leaders enough to split my internal struggles with them. Stuart Matis, the same-sex attracted grandson of Henry Matis, whom my grandfather helped switch to the LDS Church, confided in his parents and Church leaders, and his life ended tragically, in suicide. In any event, I kept my feelings a closely guarded secret for the next 10 years of my life, hoping that through prayer and personal righteousness I could overcome them. Nobody ever asked me if I had such feelings, though wondering if I should include confessed them became a major cause of worry in my life.
As a youth, there wasn’t anything I wanted to do more fervently than to be a missionary. When I was sixteen years elderly, members of my Priests Quorum were given the opportunity to serve a “mini-mission.” I was called to Binghamton,
Missionary man
Andrew Sim recounts an experience he had with a closeted, married man.
OPINION I’m sitting at a bar in the East Village of New York after playing a lovely 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 have material. Instead, I was buzzing from this one. I played to the room, executed my set perfectly and loved my audience the way a mother loves her child. 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, secure skinny black 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 ordinary phrase, “Good set, man.” I politely smile and say, “Thank
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Gay cultural anxieties in the heterosexual setting
Red, White & Royal Blue takes steps to reflect aspects the gay context to both queer and mainstream audiences.
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