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My eleven-year-old son and ordination to the LDS male-only priesthood

April Young-Bennett - January 7, 2019 129

Shortly after my son's eleventh birthday, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) announced changes to the procedure for ordaining LDS boys...

Body

Better styles and fabrics aren’t enough. Let’s end the garment-wearing mandate.

April Young-Bennett - July 23, 2021 76

The New York Times recently featured an article about Mormon women's garments, featuring interviews with brave and smart Latter-day Saint women. If you haven't...

feminism

Has the LDS church become more woman-friendly since 2015?

April Young-Bennett - September 28, 2021 40

During the last half decade, several improvements have been made to policies within the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) that can be directly connected to public awareness campaigns, lobbying and publications by Mormon advocates. I am now taking a look back at progress over the last six years.

feminism

13 Lessons Learned as an Organizer of Ordain Women during its Infancy

April Young-Bennett - August 16, 2018 37

The Ordain Women movement is celebrating its fifth anniversary, and asked me, as one of its original organizers, to share some thoughts about its...

history

When an LDS leader said women have priesthood authority, I was outside in the rain because the brethren wouldn’t let women come in.

April Young-Bennett - March 21, 2024 34

It’s time we stopped making excuses and ordained women to the priesthood—the obvious kind of priesthood.

Culture

Why I don’t use the term “TBM”

April Young-Bennett - July 18, 2019 27

What the heck is a TBM? In progressive Mormon circles, TBM is shorthand often used to describe members of the Church of Jesus Christ of...

Policy

The Unholy Practice of Excommunication

April Young-Bennett - September 5, 2019 24

For the second time, the case of Lavina Fielding Anderson has demonstrated that the church discipline system of the Church of Jesus Christ of...

feminism

Sending Older Women Out to the Hall to Wait

April Young-Bennett - May 20, 2021 24

When I was a full-time missionary, my busy companion and I met a much less busy senior missionary. She was literally waiting in the...

Body

The Super Obvious Advantages of Male Biology to Priesthood Leadership

April Young-Bennett - May 17, 2018 22

Let’s talk about the unique attributes that men possess that make them better suited to preside over the church than women. Take height, for example....

Body

Start Here: Change These Policies to Better Prevent Abuse by LDS Priesthood Leaders #MormonMeToo

April Young-Bennett - March 25, 2018 20

Include women equally with men in LDS Church policymaking. Current policy is written almost exclusively by men, with almost all women in the church...

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