This is the sixth in a series of guest posts about being fat and female in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Please consider contributing
The history of specific expectations related to how women dress and care of their bodies is as lengthy as religion; however I’d argue the LDS
I thirst and hunger for Something else, for Someone else. My Heavenly Mother? And so I pause. I meditate. I wonder what it means to
Rather than airing grievances that these women used a title that the church disowned, I think the kinder, wiser action is to recognize the complexity
A modern orthodox Jewish acquaintance of mine recently said he realizes the world is really complicated and that no one faith tradition can really make
What do you do when family members or friends don’t feel safe in the church?
When my social transition required me to set aside my male privilege and my priesthood to fit in with and learn from the sisters, a
Most of our hopes for positive change for trans folks evaporated on August 19, 2024 with the release of updates to the General Handbook.
Blogger Kaylee writes “The temple ceremony currently requires participants to fit into one side or the other of a gender binary. Jesus does not fit
As I consider my experiences growing up fat and female in the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints my immediate reaction is a churning
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