Description

Various articles concerning homosexuality in Mormonism.

Table of Contents

I. Personal Perspectives

Gay and Lesbian Voices

1. Solus - Anonymous
2. Suffering Into Truth - "Anna Hurston"
3. With All Thy Getting, Get Understanding - Don D. Harryman
4. Lesbian and Mormon - Ina Mae Murri
5. To Thine Own Self Be True - Gordon Johnston
6. One Mormon's Lesbian Experiences - Anonymous
7. I Love My Mormon Family - Linda May Peterson

Partners' Voices

8. Goodbye, I Love You (an excerpt) - Carol Lynn Pearson
9. The Long-Term Lesbian Relationship - Anonymous
10. And Then There Was Light - Jean Burgess
11. After Marriage—What? (an excerpt) - Gordon Miller
12. One View of a Troubled Relationship - Karen Brown
13. A Wife's Story - "Lynn Conley"
14. A Letter to a Church Authority - "Jim Conley"

Voices of Family Members and Friends

15. Homosexuality, Mormon Doctrine, and Christianity: A Father's Perspective - Wayne Schow
16. Finding People Who Care: A Mother's Experience - Gerry Johnston
17. My Brother is Gay - Eileene Zimmer
18. New Friends - Anonymous
19. What to Do When Your Child Comes Out of the Closet - Jan Cameron

II. Professional and Christian Perspectives

20. Kinsey and Beyond - Ron Schow
21. I Am Not a Good Egg - Marvin Rytting
22. Sin and Sexuality: Psychobiology and the Developement of Homosexuality - R. Jan Stout
23. A Therapist's Counsel for Married Homosexuals - Carlfred Broderick
24. Difficult Choices for Adolescents and Adults - Ron Schow and Marybeth Raynes
25. Developemental Tasks of Gay Youth - Robin Pfeiffer
26. Alternatives in Therapy Approaches - Marybeth Raynes
27. A Survey of Scientific Views on Homosexual Orientation - Tineke Bodde Haase
28. Encountering Homosexuality: A Physician Responds - Anonymous
29. Homophobia—Do I Have It? - George Weinberg
30. Suicidal Behavior in Gay and Lesbian Mormons - Christopher J. Alexander
31. Homosexuality: A Part of Life, Not a Curse - John S. Spong
32. A Case for Celibacy - Eugene England
33. In Favor of Families - Marvin Rytting
34. I Do Not Believe Homosexuality a Sin - Melvin E. Wheatley, Jr.
35. Sexuality as Spiritual - Adonna Schow
36. Religious and Moral Issues in Working with Homosexual Clients - James B. Nelson
37. Statements of Professional and Religious Organizations on Homosexuality
38. Resources
39. Annotated Bibliography

Appendix I: Homosexual Outlet (from Alfred Kinsey, Wardell Pomeroy, and Clyde Martin, Sexual Behavior in the Human Male)

Appendix II: 1970 Kinsey Institute Survey - survey and analysis by Ron Schow