Mormons Building Bridges is a community dedicated to making Latter-day Saint homes, congregations, and communities safe and welcoming for LGBTQ people. We are a grassroots movement of Mormons whose faith in Jesus Christ calls us to show unconditional love and support to all God’s children. We are inspired by the Freedom Festival’s mission to “instill a deeper sense of patriotism… Read more →
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Vulnerable LGBT Members: How You Can Help
I’m gay. I fully identify as homosexual. Every blue moon, I find a guy attractive and would happily date him, but the reality stands that there is a 99.9% chance I will marry a woman. It’s just how it is. I make no apologies for who I am. Maybe the world will be shocked when I have a temple marriage… Read more →
“Dear 14 year-old Me” by John Bonner
Dear 14 year-old me, I see you there in the pews, head bowed, lines of tears marking divides down hot, embarrassed cheeks and pooling up in blurry smudges on the pages of the hymnal as you let the sacrament pass you by because you believe you’re not worthy. I see you standing alone in front of the basement window in… Read more →
Press Reports for October 2015
Oct 20, 2015 Erika Munson is quoted in a Peggy Fletcher Stack article in the Salt Lake Tribune. http://www.sltrib.com/lifestyle/faith/3082891-155/mormon-apostle-oaks-kentucky-clerk-wrong?page=2 Read more →
Press Reports for August/September 2015
Sep 28, 2015 Religion News Service about why Mormons still seek to cure their gayness. Conversion therapies don’t work, experts say, so why do gay Mormons still seek them out? Sep 20, 2015 Provo Pride and MBB Hugging Booth http://www.sltrib.com/home/2968636-155/provo-pride-fest-boosts-lgbt-visibility Sep 13, 2015 Anne McMullin Pfeffer wrote an Op-Ed for the Salt Lake Tribune about WCF meeting in… Read more →
Press Reports for July 2015
July 31, 2015 Sit With Me Sunday Scholarship listed in article about Utah Community Foundation. http://www.kcsg.com/view/full_story/26782995/article-The-Community-Foundation-of-Utah-awards-more-scholarships-than-ever-before?instance=more_local_news1 July 23, 2015 Erika Munson was interviewed for this story on the Miracle of Forgiveness. http://www.sltrib.com/lifestyle/faith/2762815-155/lds-classic-miracle-of-forgiveness-fading July 18, 2015 Gigi Ballif Arrington’s letter to the Provo Herald about MBB marching in Provo Pride Parade. http://www.heraldextra.com/news/opinion/local-guest-opinions/guest-opinion-lgbt-deserve-spot-in-provo-parade/article_fa46b652-fdaf-55c9-8b4f-0e8d43667f8e.html July 4, 2015 MBB is mentioned and there is… Read more →
Leave the 99 and Reach the One
Sacrament Talk I became a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints when I was 14 years old. I was, and still am the only member of my family. I was raised in a loving, supportive, non-religious household. Let me explain 2 aspects that prompted my journey to faith in my youth. My grandma Elaine was very… Read more →
Community Conversation
In light of the national legalization of same-sex marriage, we invite you to an evening in which each of us can engage with and process what this Supreme Court decision might mean for the LGBT, SSA and LDS communities, as well as for our nation at large. (link to Facebook event) Community Conversations are an opportunity for individuals of all… Read more →
Leading with Love…Imagine the Difference
The MBB Approach. In accordance with the Gospel of Jesus Christ, the Mormons Building Bridges community is dedicated to conveying love and acceptance to all who identify as LGBTQI and those who experience same-sex attraction or gender dysphoria. Yet since it’s inception, the Mormons Building Bridges community has been criticized – some fair, some unfair – for its approach to… Read more →
Press Reports for June 2015
June 30, 2015 Doree Burt was interviewed about the Supreme Court ruling. http://www.cachevalleydaily.com/news/local/article_6388f05a-1eb4-11e5-9a59-6b93d5ddb047.html June 19, 2015 MBB got a mention and a link to our website in the World Religion News. Mormons Attend Utah Pride Festival in Support of Equality June 10, 2015 Huffington Post featured story on Mormons for Equality and also mentioned MBB. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/06/10/mormon-signs-utah-pride-festival_n_7555238.html?1433969375 June… Read more →