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].
Material type:
TextPublisher: Salt Lake City : The University of Utah Press, [2022]Copyright date: ©2022Description: xi, 202 pages ; 23 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781647690793
- 164769079X
- 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+
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Main Library | NonFiction | 289.332 I11 | Available | 33111010875090 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Nobody knows what to do about queer Mormons. The institutional Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints prefers to pretend they don't exist, that they can choose their way out of who they are, leave, or at least stay quiet in a community that has no place for them. Even queer Mormons don't know what to do about queer Mormons. Their lived experience is shrouded by a doctrine in which heteronormative marriage is non-negotiable and gender is unchangeable. For women, trans Mormons, and Mormons of other marginalized genders, this invisibility is compounded by social norms which elevate (implicitly white) cisgender male voices above those of everyone else.
This collection of essays gives voice to queer Mormons. The authors who share their stories-many speaking for the first time from the closet-do so here in simple narrative prose. They talk about their identities, their experiences, their relationships, their heartbreaks, their beliefs, and the challenges they face. Some stay in the church, some do not, some are in constant battles with themselves and the people around them as they make agonizing decisions about love and faith and community. Their stories bravely convey what it means to be queer, Mormon, and marginalized-what it means to have no voice and yet to speak anyway.
Includes bibliographical references.
Foreword / by Lisa Diamond -- Introduction / by Kerry Spencer Pray and Jenn Lee Smith -- Part I: Essays of identity -- Introduction to Part I / by Jenn Lee Smith -- The thing about secrets / by Amanda Farr -- Memoir of a Wikta / by Naji Haska Runs Through It -- Frank Pellett's story / by Frank Pellett -- On hair and intersections / by Sarah Pace -- I give you a name (& this is my blessing) / by Aisling "Ash" Rowan -- Immersive theater / by Jenn Lee Smith -- My agender, autistic Mormon life / by Mette Harrison -- Married and bisexual / by Amber Lewis -- The silence that echoes / by Melissa Malcolm King -- Part II: Essays on relationships -- Introduction to Part II / by Kerry Spencer Pray -- I do not sing for my husband / by Jenny Smith -- I spoke to you with silence / by Anonymous -- On the side of love / by Bobbie Lee-Corry -- Cute : a polycule / by Bea Goodman -- Wedding dress / by Anonymous -- Love and change / by Blair Ostler -- Noticed / by Anyonymous -- Ordinary magnificent / by Kerry Spencer Pray -- Melaleuca / by Kel Purcill -- On cleaving / by Kerry Spencer Pray -- Part III: Essays on shame, suicide, and the closet -- Introduction to Part III / by Kimberly Anderson -- Closed casket / by V.H. -- A conversation I'll never have / by Jasper Brennan -- Out/Into the closet / by Anonymous -- The ocean that shaped me / by Abby Kidd -- Hard conversations / by Jaclyn Foster -- Lynette's story / by Kerry Spencer Pray -- By their fruits ye shall know them / by Jodie Palmer -- Way in the closet, serving the Lord / by Judith Miller -- Part IV: Essays on the church -- Introduction to Part IV / by Taylor Petrey -- Unspeakable / by Eliana Massey -- I owe a debt / by Rebecca Moore -- If I can find hope anywhere, that's the best I can do / by Kaja M. Kaniweska -- With a firm hope / Miranda Ybarra -- Minha auto aceitação (my self-acceptance) / by Cristina Moraes -- E se? (What if?) / by Irving Diego Santos -- Seeking courage, pride, and limits / by Chelsea Gibbs -- The binary / by Ari Glass -- Five stories of why I don't belong / by Chris Davis -- Pioneer pattern / by Alma Linda Martinez -- My Lord has come / Becca Barrus -- God sits in my kitchen sometimes / by Jaclyn Foster -- 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"-- Provided by publisher.