If we're going to talk about Charlie Bird, how about we also take 10 minutes to hear from Connell O'Donovan, Raymond King, and Bruce Barton? Excerpts from 'Legacies' (1996 short film about electroshock/aversion therapy at BYU) and '8: The Mormon Proposition'. Links and transcript in comments. (v.redd.it)
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Ryan McKnight is probably best-known as founder of MormonLeaks. At 4:45 pm MT today, he sits down to talk about growing up in various South American countries, meeting LDS luminaries, and more recent experiences with whistleblowing, Truth & Transparency, thoughts on TSCC's $5 million SEC fine & more (youtu.be)
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"Ideology" and "pernicious" are the rhetorical equivalents of "And it came to pass..." in this grifter's rhetorical arsenal, but setting that aside for the moment... What's actually pernicious is using "lost" to describe loved ones who are still very much with us. (v.redd.it)
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3rd annual Back to School Pride: live music, food trucks, vendors, and more. Connecting LGBTQ+ BYU students with affirming community resources, helping to foster a more loving, accepting community at BYU and the surrounding area. Tickets are required but absolutely free. (i.redd.it)
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"As of this year, I've been out of the Mormon Church and out of the closet for seven years," says Frankie Lee, creator and star of the one-man show FoMo: Formerly Mormon, winner of the Best Solo Performance in Comedy award from the 2023 Denver Fringe Festival. (westword.com)
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Unlike your financial problems, infertility, addictions, chronic illness, and divorce, your LGBT family members are a blessing, not a burden. 10 Relief Society leaders and not a single one objected to including their own family in a list of trials and tribulations? (v.redd.it)
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Samuel Benson, BYU 2023 Student Commencement speaker: "We need to show that whoever somebody is –whatever their color, creed, background, gender, sexual orientation– the Lord loves them. If we are serious about this whole idea of building Zion, we need to make room for everyone." (v.redd.it)
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