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2015: Daughter of God – Understanding My Identity as a Woman with SSA
Session Description: Do you sometimes feel that your same-sex attraction makes you unworthy of God’s love? God doesn’t feel that way—He loves you very much and doesn’t want you to ever doubt that. You are a daughter of a loving Heavenly Father and same-sex attraction...
2015: Finding Self Worth and Overcoming Shame
Session Description: Do you separate yourself from others because you feel like you wouldn’t fit in or because you think they could never like you? A better question may be this: Do you like yourself? Many of us have struggled with feelings of shame and...
2015: Thriving in the Single Life
Session Description: So you aren’t married yet, or maybe you don’t ever intend to get married. What can you do in a culture that puts so much emphasis and purpose on marriage? How can you live your life so that you don’t just survive but thrive in this culture? Please...
Voices of Hope: Jeff Gray, 2014
Jeff was born and raised in Stillwater Oklahoma and has strong pioneer roots in southern Utah. He identifies as a SSA man, has never married, and chooses to remain a single man. He graduated from Oklahoma State University in Hotel Management and interned at Disney...
Voices of Hope: Stephen Larsen, 2013
Stephen was raised in the Church and has lived in Maryland, Arizona, the Northwest, and now resides in Utah. Stephen loves to spend time with his family and friends. He has a passion for design, creativity, and art. He also likes to experience the great outdoors....
Voices of Hope: Spencer & Mary Thompson
Spencer and Mary were married in the Salt Lake Temple in 2009 and have a beautiful daughter, Isabelle. They met each other up at the University of Utah. Spencer works as a Physical Therapist in which he finds great joy and passion, and Mary works part-time as a...
Voices of Hope: Philip Keeve, 2013
Pursuing a Political Science degree at Northwestern University, Philip converted to the LDS Church as a college freshman. Between his education, jobs, music, and moving around the country as a student of politics, health, and law, he puts family, friends, and faith...
Voices of Hope: Kory & Colleen Koontz
Kory and Colleen describe theirs as an “arranged marriage”—arranged by a loving Father in Heaven. Kory had previously been married and divorced after 5 1/2 years and with two children. This led him to a crossroad: he could choose to leave the Church and pursue an...
Voices of Hope: Jeff Otero, 2013
Jeff was born in 1982 in Holland. Raised Baptist by his parents, he later settled down in Northern California where, as he puts it, he was “led to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints” and was baptized in the fall of 2006. He currently resides in Lancaster,...
Voices of Hope: David Peterson, 2013
David is from Chicago and has been LDS all his life. His passion in life is teaching. He has a degree in Physics teaching from BYU, served a mission in Italy, and is finishing his MBA. He runs a natural health company, writes, performs, and creates crazy vegan...