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This market research isn't what I expected tbh

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I tried to put the most common choices to kind of see what people think. I'd really appreciate if in the notes or replies if y'all had any specific animals in mind especially birds since I just listed stuff off the top of my head. Feel free to reblog for a wider audience etc etc

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Just wanted to say glad my little post helped! I definitely felt prompted to post it and I’m grateful to you and all other LGBT members of the church on here I’ve learned and been inspired from! hope you’re doing well

I just now got this but this is such a lovely little message. I didn't realize I'd been teaching or inspiring anybody. I've mostly been yelling into the void as my life exploded everywhere

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Vote in my poll I'm doing market research

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I tried to put the most common choices to kind of see what people think. I'd really appreciate if in the notes or replies if y'all had any specific animals in mind especially birds since I just listed stuff off the top of my head. Feel free to reblog for a wider audience etc etc

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God loves your body. Your intersex body, your transsexual body, your nonbinary body, your transgender body, your genderqueer body, your androgynous body. Whatever body you have, God loves it dearly.

#said jokingly: but does he love the hip replacements since he didn’t make those

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You know, Joseph Smith revealed the name of the brother of Jared in a revelation outside of the Book of Mormon; I think we're long overdue for revelations of the names of, like, Nephi's sisters, the wives of the BoM prophets, and the women that aren't Abish or Sariah that still played an important role in how everything went down.

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“It is not pleasing to God when any passage of scripture is used to diminish or oppress races, genders, or classes of beings” - Doctrine and Covenants 163:7c, revealed by God to the prophet Stephen M. Veazey

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The early Saints' attitude towards hell was so badass. Joseph with "If we go to hell we'll turn out the devil's and make a heaven of it" and Brigham with "I want to hear the bells [of hell] ring again." Where is that spine of steel today

That spine of steel is among the queer members, the disabled members, the PoC members, and all the members that the world are trying to eradicate. The amount of times I think to myself ‘fine - I’ll go to hell if that’s what happens to those who love boundlessly’ is… honestly staggering. I’ll hear the bells of hell ring over and over again as I go out and serve the samaritans around me, the rejects of society, and those deemed unfit to be in the houses of the lord by false judgements. And no power in Heaven or on Earth can stop me.

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I made my friend tweet this so that I could share it with y’all on tumblr

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I need everybody to know this post singlehandedly had me exposing my wife to such niche Mormon culture as Everclean and InsideOut Acapella because I had to explain the snowman song

I'm making myself a Mormon extension pack of Cards Against Humanity, tell me things to write on the white cards

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I'm making myself a Mormon extension pack of Cards Against Humanity, tell me things to write on the white cards

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So we had our youth fundraiser last night. I deal with a lot of social anxiety and noise sensitivity, so I made my bids in the silent auction early and sat down on the side pretty quickly. And eventually I made a new friend who came over to say hi.

An older woman came over to say hi and just told me about her day. She mentioned she dyed her hair to not get clocked as "too old" because she was looking for a job, which of course worked because the world is terrible.

And with conspiratorial glee, she showed me her secret leg hair revolt against the patriarchy. So of course I showed her mine. And it was easily my favorite interaction I think I've ever had at any church activity.

My ministering sister, whom I adore, also came over to say hi. And that brought over someone else I've seen around, but haven't spoken to. He showed her pictures of the trip he just took to Boston to a bunch of old game show sets he went to go see, because game shows are his jam. He showed her pictures from his trip, where he was having the time of his life, then showed me because he could see I was taking an interest. He told her about how Family Feud came about, and then showed her artwork he did for autism awareness day.

I won some cookies made by the Young Women, brownies made by the Young Men, and my crochet lap blanket sold for $50 to the bishop. I got to see the delightful contest over the prize of the night—the offer from someone to come clean windows.

It was a good night. I had fun watching people and just being in the energy of the community I'm a part of, getting to know them better.

I may be weird. But we're all a little weird. And we like that about each other. And in a way I can't quite describe well because I've never felt it as keenly as I did then, I felt this unspoken acceptance to be my own kind of weird.

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Interesting how the first real decision Adam made in the Bible was to put his love and desire to be with his partner over his ability to be with God.

And then people in the church are surprised when they tell people those are the options and people choose love.

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Heads up

If my husband doesn't find substantial work by the end of the month, idk what we're gonna do

#i havent even had meds in months #im doing extremely poorly

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the one thing I'll always love about mormon masculinity is that we will not be having any of that "haha I hate my wife" shit. the male general authorities set the example every single conference of saying "I love my wife, she's the best person I know, I'm the most lucky man who ever lived, every time we disagree I'm usually wrong because she's wiser and I've learned so much from her," etc. oaks was like "I'm releasing these men. give them and their wives a vote of thanks." the message to every man is to celebrate and appreciate the women he knows, not put them down.

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I was gonna say Elder Christofferson's talk about those who stay valiant in the gospel and how it impacts future generations makes me think of all the wonderful people I've interacted with here in the queerstake. You've made a difference and an impact on my testimony, and I hope I can help make an impact and strengthen the testimonies of younger generations of LGBT saints.

#i appreciate this so much #like im actively struggling not to walk directly into oncoming traffic #and this helped me not do that #so thank you