Personal Stories of Latter-day Saints and Other Religious People
Who Have Dealt with Same-Sex Attraction or Sexual Addiction

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I am offering space on this server for the personal essays of Latter-day Saints who have experienced same-sex attraction or sexual addiction in some form in their lives (and links to such stories on the Web). I want to make this a place where every perspective and everyone's experience are welcome. I am looking for people who consider themselves Latter-day Saints (whether currently members in good standing or not) to share their stories (anonymously, if desired).

I'm looking for contributions from you!

Stories of Latter-day Saints who have faced same-sex attraction challenges:

+ Becoming Whole Again LDS
Article from the Ensign, January 1997, pp. 26-29

+ Bob's Story LDS
by Bob

+ Guy: Journal of a Beloved Son with SSA LDS
with comments by his mother, Carolee Newgren

+ An LDS Mother's Story LDS
by A.K.

+ An LDS Woman's Experience LDS
by Tanya Petersen*

+ Love! Testimony! Service! LDS
by Scott Singer*

+From Muck to Miracles LDS
by Joe H.

+ My Help With Same Sex Attraction LDS
by Ian Reese*

+ My Journey to Peace LDS
by Dan Flanders*

+ My Story: The Mighty Change LDS
by Richard

+ A Saint from Sin City LDS
by Steve

+The success story of someone who overcame and then helped others LDS
by Rex Goode

+ Testimonies of Various Evergreen Participants LDS

*pseudonym

Other published personal stories:

+ Anonymous. One Man's Struggle.

+ Another Way Out website's personal stories page.
Includes links to many personal stories and testimonies from Christian ex-gays such as John and Anne Paulk, Jeff Konrad, Joe Dallas, Andy Comiskey, and Frank Worthen.

+ Bergner, Mario. Setting Love in Order. $12.
A powerlul account about the author's ten-year journey to wholeness. This book is an important contribution for those who seek freedom from homosexuality and for those who minister. Bergner is extremely insightful and expresses profound truths simply and beautifully.

+ LDS Eldredge, Erin. Born That Way. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1994.
A very helpful book relating the success story of an LDS lady who overcame her SSA through the Atonement.

+ Howard, Jeanette. Out of Egypt. $18.
Practical how-to guide for Christian female SSA strugglers and those who counsel them. Explains various issues confronting those trying to change their feelings and behavior. Jeanette also describes her own journey from lesbianism.

+ LDS Hyde, Garrick & Ginger, eds. A Place in the Kingdom: Spiritual Insights from Latter-day Saints about Same-Sex Attraction. Salt Lake City: Century Publishing, 1997. Includes a list of additional resources. ISBN 0-941846-05-9. Available from Evergreen International Tel. (800)391-1000.
Essays on the effect of same-sex attraction in the lives of Latter-day Saints written largely by members of Disciples, an e-mail support group for people wanting to live the Gospel despite SSA challenges.

+ Johnson, Barbara. Where Does a Mother Go to Resign? $10.
True story of a mother's struggle with the death of two sons and the homosexuality of another.

+ Konrad, J.A. You Don't Have to Be Gay: Hope and Freedom for Males Struggling with Homosexuality or for Those Who Know of Someone Who Is. Hilo, Hawaii: Pacific Publishing House, 1992. ISBN 0-942817-07-9.
A unique book about Christians leaving homosexuality behind, based on the author's personal experiences and written in the form of letters between two friends.

+ Medinger, Alan. All Things Became New.
The story of a married man, now the director of Regeneration Books, who overcame his homosexual struggles.

+ NARTH: A Client Describes the Change Process

+ NARTH: Interviews & Testimonies

+ Nicolosi, Joseph. Healing Homosexuality: Case Stories of Reparative Therapy. Northvale, N.J.: Jason Aronson, Inc., 1993. ISBN 0876683405. $30. Order by calling (800)782-0015.
A broad picture of male homosexuals through the stories of six men counseled by the founder of NARTH. Reparative therapy is the framework within which these men worked to resolve their developmental failure to fully identify with their fathers, which led to an eroticization of maleness.

+ Opp, Gordon. An Ex-Gay Man Describes the Change Process.

+ Paulk, John. Not Afraid to Change.
A candid story about John's life as a homosexual (even to the point of being a drag queen and prostitute) and how he accepted the Savior and overcame homosexuality in this lifetime.

+ Paulk, Anne and John. The Other Way Out.
The story of how a drag queen and a lesbian overcame their homosexual challenges through faith in Christ.

+ Personal Stories of Christian Ex-Gays at Another Way Out.
Includes contributions of such well-known ex-gay authors as Jeff Konrad, Frank Worthen, and Joe Dallas as well as many other personal essays.

+ Prichard, Don W. You're Never Too Old to Change!

+ LDS Schow, H. Wayne. Remembering Brad: On the Loss of a Son to AIDS. Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 1995. ISBN 1-56085-070-1.
Written by the active LDS father of a gay son who laments that the Church did not meet all of his family's needs.

+ LDS Schow, Ron; Wayne Schow; & Marybeth Raynes, eds. Peculiar People: Mormons and Same-Sex Orientation. Foreword by Lowell L. Bennion. Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 1991. 373 pp.
Includes bibliographical references and index. Written with the perspective of people with an LDS background who nevertheless believe that a same-sex orientation should not or cannot be overcome.

+ Testimonies on the Exodus Website

+ Worthen, Frank. From Being Different to Making a Difference.
The founder of Love in Action shares how his Christian faith changed his life forever.

If you think you would like to post your story here, please check it well to be sure it says what you want to say, and only mention your name or other identifying information if you are comfortable with the possibility of anybody reading it. You may use pseudonyms or initials for yourself or others, although I ask you to identify yourself to me with full name, e-mail address, and telephone number. This information will not be shared with anyone else.

Please e-mail your HTML or pure text files (or questions) to me at LDS_SSA@oocities.com. Please include a short description of your contribution (around 50 words maximum). Although I am wanting all sincere perspectives here, I will be the final judge on what is appropriate for this site. But don't hesitate to submit your sincere ideas, no matter how unorthodox. I'll be looking forward to reading them!