“How Exponent Helped Me Become the Woman I Always Wanted to Be”
When the first woman called me sister, I cried, so happy to see something I thought could never happen.
“Not Giving My Son the Priesthood”
My place in the Patriarchal orders of the Priesthood has been suspended, likely never to be reinstated. I am a transgender woman, one who has set aside her temple recommend and authorization to exercise the Priesthood by embracing who she is, medically and socially.
“Letting Go of My Holy Place”
But this time it is different. As much as I love being in that place, and still hold it as holy, I know that it is not the place for me any longer.