March 25, 2019
In 'Believer,' Dan Reynolds exemplifies allyship among people of faith
Imagine Dragons' front man, Dan Reynolds, explores how the Mormon Church’s policies effect the LGBTQ community in his HBO documentary, 'Believer.'
Mormon
August 28, 2017
LGBTQ youth fall in love with LOVELOUD Festival
LGBTQ youth were "shooketh" at the first ever LOVELOUD Festival... and that's a good thing.
August 16, 2017
by GLAAD
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints expresses support for LGBTQ youth in historic LOVELOUD Fest statement
Today, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) applauded the LOVELOUD festival, created by Dan Rey
January 27, 2015
Mormon hierarchy calls for freedom to ignore laws that protect LGBT people from discrimination
Leaders from the Church of Latter Day Saints, or the Mormons, held a press conference today, stating that the church would, in undetermined cases, support non-discrimination laws that protect LGBT people. However, in return, the church stated that it would not change its beliefs about LGBT people, and would continue to support broad religious exemptions that undermine those laws.
June 25, 2014
Mormon Church officials increasingly threaten members for supporting LGBT community online
A recent trend of Mormon Church members receiving threats of losing permission to enter a member's temple or even excommunication because of the opinions they expressed online.
June 13, 2014
Two Mormon activists are threatened with ex-communication for being pro-LGBT and -women's rights
Two prominent Mormon activists, John Dehlin and Kate Kelly, have been threatened with excommunication for their social justice work advocating equality for women and the LGBT community within the Mormon Church.
LGBT-affirming Mormon group banned from Utah’s biggest parade
Utah’s biggest parade, Days of ’47, has deemed the LGBT-affirming faith-based group Mormons Building Bridges “too controversial” to have a participating float, reported the Salt Lake Tribune.
June 5, 2013
Gay bishops and Mormon Boy Scout Pride: the LGBT Religion News Summary for June 5, 2013
The ELCA elected their first openly gay, Native-American bishop, and a gay Catholic priest opens up about his hidden life in the Catholic church. A Mormon basketball player becomes the first out college player at his small Catholic college, anti-LGBT tensions rise in Nigeria, and the UK sees its first Muslim lesbian partnership. Click through to read these stories and more in the religion news summary for June 5th, 2013.
May 23, 2013
Faith groups react to the Boy Scouts vote to drop the ban on gay Scouts
Within moments of the announcement that, by a 61% margin, the Boy Scouts of America would be dropping its ban on gay scouts, denominations and faith groups offered their reactions.
May 19, 2013
People of faith support equality in Scouting
To give an accurate representation of where people of faith stand on marriage equality, let's look at some of the major denominations that support scouts for a quick recap. GLAAD has created a handy graphic that shows which denominations support inclusive scouting for all.
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