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On Deciding to Stay Lost, by Jaclyn Foster
Zoë stumbled out into the living room, weeping softly. “What’s the matter, sweetie?” I asked, trying to conceal my alarm. “No, they’re...
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Aug 11, 20225 min read
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Easy Conversations, by Jaclyn Foster
[For the prequel, see this post] Utah, 2018 It was one of our last weeks in married housing south of BYU campus before moving to the...
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Mar 7, 20227 min read
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Ash’s Comic
I often wonder… is there a place for me in the world… (Ash, a short-haired person wearing a hoodie, looks uncertain as they weigh two...
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Jan 15, 20191 min read
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What Ashley Told Me
I remember shutting half of my body down once to tell a gay friend, “Having same sex attraction is comparable to mental illness in the...
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Dec 10, 20181 min read
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Morgan’s Story
November 14, 2015 “I have something I need to say. I like girls. I don't know what I’m going to do. I know I love the gospel, though. I’m...
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Dec 5, 20182 min read
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On November 5, Kimberly Anderson
November 5th, 2015, I was in Denver, Colorado preparing to give a presentation at the Auraria Campus downtown. A presentation that I had...
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Nov 5, 20188 min read
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God Sits in my Kitchen Sometimes, by Jaclyn Foster
God sits in my kitchen sometimes. Well, not in mykitchen – in the kitchen of my childhood home, a ‘90s bungalow with white appliances,...
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Nov 5, 20182 min read
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Estelle Hafen's Story
When I was in 8th grade I knew I was going to kill myself. It felt inevitable really. I was miserable. My heart hurt so much. I felt like...
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Sep 21, 20184 min read
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hard conversations, by Jaclyn Foster
“And by the time I identified as being gay, it was too late. I was already homophobic, and you do not get to just flick a switch on that....
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Sep 17, 20184 min read
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Shift, by Jaclyn Foster
You love me And I don't feel like I'm not welcome When you tell me You only hate the sin How could I think It's hurtful Every time you...
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Aug 31, 20181 min read
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On Cleaving: Kerry Spencer's Story
Here is a secret: both my husband and I are gay. That this is still a secret to so many people has been less about shame—though, we’re...
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Jul 19, 201815 min read
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Love Us: Blaire Ostler
I know, you say you love us. But you cannot accept sin. I get it, I do. But what you don’t seem to get is that my “sin” is me. You may...
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Jul 19, 20182 min read
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Amanda Farr's Story
I can remember lurking in the corner of the BYU library, way back in the winter of 2004 reading some of the very first posts on Feminist...
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Jul 19, 20187 min read
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Way in the Closet, Serving the Lord: Judith Mehr’s Story
I am a well known artist in the Mormon community and have received numerous commissions to paint portraits of LDS general authorities,...
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Jul 19, 20188 min read
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