Archive for ‘January, 2015’

transuary: river’s story

YMF is dedicating the month of January to the experiences of trans people. This is a guest post by River Simon. [I was invited to contribute…

transuary: so your kid came out as trans

Dear Parent of Trans Child (or Trans Adult): Congrats! It takes a lot of guts to come out, and if your kid came out to you,…

“remake” review, or why books based in lds morals need to be stopped

TW: TRANSPHOBIA, SUICIDE – This post contains a detailed review of the book “Remake” which contains several transphobic messages, as supported by “The Family: A Proclamation…

sunday spotlight: lucas kieran

Sunday Spotlight is a series where we profile individuals in the Young Mormon Feminists community to hear their stories and get to know them a…

A Skeptic’s Prayer, by Margaret Munk

Is it true
Thou lovest best
Thy meek, unasking children?

Thou hast made us
So diverse, so various,
Yet in the image
Of a Sire
Who filled a universe
With his creative fire.

What father has supposed
His child would grow to manhood
Only hearing and affirming?
What sire could honor such a son?
How could a mind that,
Like a sponge,
Absorbs but never questions,
Doubts,
Or wonders why
Be offspring and apprentice
To a God?

It may be, Lord,
That thou canst never love me
With the calm relief
A father feels
For his obedient child—
The one who’s never any trouble.

But use me
As a bridge
To those more wayward still
Than I.
I cannot give them all the answers;
But they will not ask
The ones who think they can.

Let me speak
To thy lost sheep
As one who,
Understanding how they went astray,
Still loves the Shepherd.