A phrase that has been in my mind lately is, “Where love is, there God is also.” This comes from the song, “Where Love Is,” in the...

He’s slowly curing me of the regret I’ve been swimming in. The regret of breaking a heart so determined to love me. A day at the beach,...

They preach about love They preach against hate I say “I know love” But it’s my love they hate How can I feel So loved from on high When...

The Latter-day Queer experience Isn't an easy one. It isn't easy to live, And it isn't easy To describe. Here's the thing People don't...

Some days are easier When I don’t see you like that Where we are just friends And we laugh And eat And cry Some days are harder When I...

I am not a direct descendant of the pioneers. Handcarts did not carry meager morsels and bundles of dusty family heirlooms. I have never...

The body of the mother of my body sits small as a nutshell, in the care-home bed. Sometimes she hums. Some times she smiles, wan and...

There is a battle in me. A war raging between what my mind has been taught to be true, and what my soul and body are fighting to live...

I’m beginning to think that it was never meant to be a final goodbye. I am beginning to feel like the aperture of mortality was too tight...

I hadn’t realized how wearing modest clothing was like Wearing male judgment right next to my skin. Boobs too big, or too small, with...

I want to know when the longing will go away for you. A longing to share a secret circle of inside jokes. A longing to feel our fingers...

they told me, "you come to God. he doesn't come to you." so i sat. listened. believed. dug my fingernails into my palm and pulsed. i...

Six years down the road perhaps there will be another woman who will stir heaven in my solar plexus. Perhaps the sound of her laughter...

Transfigured by Ash Rowan I climb the mountain, alone: hand    over hand and foot    over foot, with no one to greet me at the summit...

I had my exit interview for my mission in a small church in East Texas. We had driven with our STL’s, and everyone was so excited for me....

A random algorithm played one of your songs today. I listed to it once, twice, three times before I stopped to ask myself why we push on...

I can see now Why I've always felt awkward hugging other women. It felt so good And so shameful. I can see now Why I didn't have a...

“There’s a family moving into the ward.” I look up from my laptop and pull out an earbud. “What?” “They’ve got a daughter, a little older...

And like Anne spelled with an E, she apologized for not being a boy, because that's what I wanted, right? And, no, all I ever wanted was...

When I was growing up in Provo, Utah in the 1990’s, a lesbian couple lived a few houses down the street from my family. My (very mormon)...