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Podcast: Mormon Land
Episode: How LGBTQ+ advocacy in the LDS Church has evolved | Episode 395
Description: Critics often say that there is no place in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for LGBTQ+ members. After all, they rightly point out, the faith’s policy is that having same-sex attraction is not a sin but acting on it is.
That can put those who are in a same-sex marriage or advocating for it in a tough position. It also has led to self-loathing among LGBTQ+ members and serious conflicts with those who believe everyone has a right to love whomever they choose.
In 2012, members of the then-newly formed Mormons Building Br...