I spoke to you with silence : essays from queer Mormons of marginalized genders /
I spoke to you with silence : essays from queer Mormons of marginalized genders /
edited by Kerry Spencer Pray and Jenn Lee Smith ; [foreword by Lisa Diamond].
- xi, 202 pages ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references.
The thing about secrets / Memoir of a Wikta / Frank Pellett's story / On hair and intersections / I give you a name (& this is my blessing) / Immersive theater / My agender, autistic Mormon life / Married and bisexual / The silence that echoes / I do not sing for my husband / I spoke to you with silence / On the side of love / Cute : a polycule / Wedding dress / Love and change / Noticed / Ordinary magnificent / Melaleuca / On cleaving / Closed casket / A conversation I'll never have / Out/Into the closet / The ocean that shaped me / Hard conversations / Lynette's story / By their fruits ye shall know them / Way in the closet, serving the Lord / Unspeakable / I owe a debt / If I can find hope anywhere, that's the best I can do / With a firm hope / Minha auto aceitação (my self-acceptance) / E se? (What if?) / Seeking courage, pride, and limits / The binary / Five stories of why I don't belong / Pioneer pattern / My Lord has come / God sits in my kitchen sometimes / by Lisa Diamond -- by Kerry Spencer Pray and Jenn Lee Smith -- by Jenn Lee Smith -- by Amanda Farr -- by Naji Haska Runs Through It -- by Frank Pellett -- by Sarah Pace -- by Aisling "Ash" Rowan -- by Jenn Lee Smith -- by Mette Harrison -- by Amber Lewis -- by Melissa Malcolm King -- by Kerry Spencer Pray -- by Jenny Smith -- by Anonymous -- by Bobbie Lee-Corry -- by Bea Goodman -- by Anonymous -- by Blair Ostler -- by Anyonymous -- by Kerry Spencer Pray -- by Kel Purcill -- by Kerry Spencer Pray -- by Kimberly Anderson -- by V.H. -- by Jasper Brennan -- by Anonymous -- by Abby Kidd -- by Jaclyn Foster -- by Kerry Spencer Pray -- by Jodie Palmer -- by Judith Miller -- by Taylor Petrey -- by Eliana Massey -- by Rebecca Moore -- by Kaja M. Kaniweska -- Miranda Ybarra -- by Cristina Moraes -- by Irving Diego Santos -- by Chelsea Gibbs -- by Ari Glass -- by Chris Davis -- by Alma Linda Martinez -- Becca Barrus -- by Jaclyn Foster -- Foreword / Introduction / Part I: Essays of identity -- Introduction to Part I / Part II: Essays on relationships -- Introduction to Part II / Part III: Essays on shame, suicide, and the closet -- Introduction to Part III / Part IV: Essays on the church -- Introduction to Part IV / Contributors.
"I Spoke to You with Silence" is a collection of original essays and previously published writing that first appeared on blogs and social media outlets where self-identifying Mormons of marginalized genders share their thoughts anonymously without risking friendships, their marriages, their standing in the church, or their lives"--
9781647690793 164769079X
2022000318
GBC2A3313 bnb
020641745 Uk
Gender identity--Religious aspects--Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Gender identity--Religious aspects--Mormon Church.
Sexual orientation--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Gays.
Lesbians.
Transsexuals.
Mormon gays.
Essays--Mormon authors.
LGBTQ+.
Essays.
Includes bibliographical references.
The thing about secrets / Memoir of a Wikta / Frank Pellett's story / On hair and intersections / I give you a name (& this is my blessing) / Immersive theater / My agender, autistic Mormon life / Married and bisexual / The silence that echoes / I do not sing for my husband / I spoke to you with silence / On the side of love / Cute : a polycule / Wedding dress / Love and change / Noticed / Ordinary magnificent / Melaleuca / On cleaving / Closed casket / A conversation I'll never have / Out/Into the closet / The ocean that shaped me / Hard conversations / Lynette's story / By their fruits ye shall know them / Way in the closet, serving the Lord / Unspeakable / I owe a debt / If I can find hope anywhere, that's the best I can do / With a firm hope / Minha auto aceitação (my self-acceptance) / E se? (What if?) / Seeking courage, pride, and limits / The binary / Five stories of why I don't belong / Pioneer pattern / My Lord has come / God sits in my kitchen sometimes / by Lisa Diamond -- by Kerry Spencer Pray and Jenn Lee Smith -- by Jenn Lee Smith -- by Amanda Farr -- by Naji Haska Runs Through It -- by Frank Pellett -- by Sarah Pace -- by Aisling "Ash" Rowan -- by Jenn Lee Smith -- by Mette Harrison -- by Amber Lewis -- by Melissa Malcolm King -- by Kerry Spencer Pray -- by Jenny Smith -- by Anonymous -- by Bobbie Lee-Corry -- by Bea Goodman -- by Anonymous -- by Blair Ostler -- by Anyonymous -- by Kerry Spencer Pray -- by Kel Purcill -- by Kerry Spencer Pray -- by Kimberly Anderson -- by V.H. -- by Jasper Brennan -- by Anonymous -- by Abby Kidd -- by Jaclyn Foster -- by Kerry Spencer Pray -- by Jodie Palmer -- by Judith Miller -- by Taylor Petrey -- by Eliana Massey -- by Rebecca Moore -- by Kaja M. Kaniweska -- Miranda Ybarra -- by Cristina Moraes -- by Irving Diego Santos -- by Chelsea Gibbs -- by Ari Glass -- by Chris Davis -- by Alma Linda Martinez -- Becca Barrus -- by Jaclyn Foster -- Foreword / Introduction / Part I: Essays of identity -- Introduction to Part I / Part II: Essays on relationships -- Introduction to Part II / Part III: Essays on shame, suicide, and the closet -- Introduction to Part III / Part IV: Essays on the church -- Introduction to Part IV / Contributors.
"I Spoke to You with Silence" is a collection of original essays and previously published writing that first appeared on blogs and social media outlets where self-identifying Mormons of marginalized genders share their thoughts anonymously without risking friendships, their marriages, their standing in the church, or their lives"--
9781647690793 164769079X
2022000318
GBC2A3313 bnb
020641745 Uk
Gender identity--Religious aspects--Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Gender identity--Religious aspects--Mormon Church.
Sexual orientation--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Gays.
Lesbians.
Transsexuals.
Mormon gays.
Essays--Mormon authors.
LGBTQ+.
Essays.