i’m so tired

by Averyl Dietering I’m so, so tired, my friends. I’m tired of my straight Mormon friends trying to justify the Church’s hurtful actions in labeling same-sex…

punish me too!

The LDS Church has recently come out with an addition to the Bishop’s Handbook that states that one of the definitions of apostasy is being married…

why MY jesus has no place in the lds church today

I’ve written seventeen drafts of my resignation letter and sent none of them. I’ve skipped church for months on end because I couldn’t walk into a…

are we misusing Mormonism?

Sometimes (and by “sometimes” I mean very often), I get frustrated with fellow Mormons. I am self-aware enough to acknowledge my massive impatience and intolerance…

lipstick

when i speak instead of listening you start instructing me about ideas that were mine originally, you are saying, “don’t worry that i don’t really ask for or listen…

in regards to exmormons and Christlike love

I have watched many friends and family members leave the Mormon church recently. In fact just since July of this year, I have seen over 10…

how to avoid temple trips

This month’s comic is a little rough, apologies. I’ve been under the gun with school and a new job and I’m still settling into things! RE:…

do you wanna hold the priesthood?

guest post by Sophia Mason Author’s Note: The following painting is discomfiting. We might see it as sacrilegious. But nobody has had to stand in…

Image description: painting titled "Temptation of Christ," by Rohann Zulienn. Christ wears a yellow-ish head scarf, with long dark hair poking out, and is looking down at a large rounded stone he holds close to his mouth.

the gift of whiteness

Guest post by Mat Sillito I am a child of immigrants. Both of my parents emigrated, legally, to the U.S., my father from Canada and my…

Image description: nine portraits side by side of LDS women leaders smiling at the camera. From left to right, they are Neill F. Marriot; Vicki F. Matsumori; Cheryl A. Esplin; Margaret Dyreng Nadauld; Cheryl C. Lant; Chieko N. Okazaki; Bonnie Dansie Parkin; Sylvia Allred; Carole M. Stephens.

general conference sisters

Guest post by Emily Geddes and Lauren Ard, who have created an awesome new resource called General Conference Sisters. Crossposted with Feminist Mormon Housewives. What…

looking at the sonny side

There’s nothing quite like the bond between siblings. Something about springing forth from the same womb space really must be a unifying factor. Although as a…

Michael is wearing a light green shirt, seated with eyes closed as two men in suits stand beside him with their hands on his head. Their eyes are closed and their heads are bowed.

women can be elders, too

Guest post by Michael Adam Ferguson: Michael is a post-doctoral research fellow at Cornell University’s Human Neuroscience Institute. He and his husband, J Seth Anderson, were…