Thought-provoking commentary on life, politics, religion and social issues.
Our third trans child approached us last month to say that they no longer want to attend church and no longer believe its teachings.
Half of our children now are estranged from the church. Each of them is trans. I don’t consider this a coincidence.
Continue reading “LDS rhetoric pushes LGBTQ members out”
White supremacy isn’t just being a Nazi. White supremacy is the idea that whiteness is better, that it’s a default. Continue reading You don’t need to be white to support white supremacy
While participating in the sacrament recently, I was contemplating the communal nature of it.
Continue reading “How the Sacrament is communal”
I attended a meeting where someone discussed the Family Proclamation. They used coded language about how much society had changed since it was announced. Continue reading How we frame the Proclamation is homophobic
The LDS concept of divinity perpetuates the sexism, homophobia, and transphobia inherent in the LDS church’s teachings and traditions.
Continue reading “LDS concept of God perpetuates prejudice”
About a month ago, Conservatives were up in arms with Virginia introducing the Repeal Act in their House of Representatives. While the bill will improve access to abortions for pregnant women, it doesn’t change when women can access an abortion. Conservatives were claiming that the changes would allow so-called “late-term abortions”, but third-trimester abortions are already legal in Virginia.
Continue reading “Why Conservatives are wrong about late-term abortions”
In a Facebook group I’m on, someone posted the following: “I opened my inside door to find a native female … Continue reading If you make it about race, it’s racist
Gender and sexuality are things we all force upon our children, as society and as parents.
If our child is born with a penis, for example, the doctor tells us it’s a boy. We believe that doctor and raise that child as a boy. We assign him gendered pronouns and give him a gendered name. We envision him growing into a man one day. We dream of him falling in love with a woman and providing us with grandchildren one day.
Continue reading “We force gender and sexuality onto our children”
Being supportive to and an ally of non-binary people requires more than using their proper name (rather than the name you’re used to using). That’s actually the easiest part of it all.
Continue reading “Being an ally of non-binary people requires action”
The only way to become a billionaire is on the backs of poor people.
Continue reading “Billionaires become rich on the backs of the poor”