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Other: Videos

Top Choice:

• The Gospel and Sexual Minorities (by Jeff Bennion and Dan Ellsworth)
  1. Part 1: Worldviews
  2. Part 2: A More Nuanced View of Sexuality
  3. Part 3.1: Restoration Sexuality
  4. Part 3.2: Transcending Pride and Shame
  5. Part 3.3: Continuing Beyond Pride and Shame
  6. Part 3.4: The Power of Acceptance
  7. Part 4.1: Getting Clear Within Yourself
  8. Part 4.2: Cultural Dynamics in Ministry
  9. Part 4.3: Ministering to the Person in Front of You

• Data and Doctrine: Engaging Difficult Gospel Topics with Reason and Faith (by Josh Coates)
• Mapping Empathy and Knowledge, Latter-day Saint Issues and Influencers (by Jeff Bennion and Dan Ellsworth)

Other: Podcasts

• Gender Dysphoria (by Ty Mansfield)
• Life is Complicated — Understanding Attraction and Sexual Orientation (by Ty Mansfield)
• The Raising Family Podcast: Part One: Identity (by Jeff Bennion)

Other: Articles

Top 3 Choices:

1. Why “All-in” LGBT+/SSA Saints Are So Reluctant to Speak Up (by Blake Fisher)

• A Love Note to Diamond Marriages and Sapphire Singles (by Jeff Bennion)
• A New Kind of LGBT+ Advocacy (by Angela Bradford)
• An Alternative to Gender Transition (by Chelsea Johnson, David Haralson, and Jeff Bennion)
• An Open Letter of Hope to David Archuleta (by Ty Mansfield)
• Beyond the Rainbow: Supporting LGBT+ Saints Faithfully (by Skyler Sorensen)
• Chastity, Covenant, and Quiet Redemption: The Temple for a Sexual Minority Saint (by Hypatia)
• Coming Out & Walking Away. Why? (by Jacob Hess) (Meridian Magazine Version)
• The Consequences of Ideology-Driven Medicine for Transgender Teens (by Rebecca Taylor and Jeff Bennion)
• Conversations at the Crossroads: Latter-day Saints Discuss Sexuality and Doctrine (by Jeff Bennion and Dan Ellsworth)
• The Elder Holland I Know (by Jeff Bennion)
• Exclude Not Thyself (by Skyler Sorensen)
• Faithful Answers to Common LGBT+ Questions (by Hypatia)
• The Givenness of Divine Gender Identity (by Brianna Homes and Samuel Major)
• Have Progressives Really Won this Contest of Ideas? (by Jeff Bennion and Dan Ellsworth)
• Holding the Tension of Truth and Love (and Where We All Get It a Little Wrong) (by Ty Mansfield)
• Our Deepening Divide Over Identity (by Dan Ellsworth)
• Preferred Pronouns: At What Cost? (by Hypatia)
• Queer and Covenant-Bound: Paradox Resolved (by Ryan Strong)
• Religion, Medicine, and the Future of Transgender Youth (by C.D. Cunningham)
• Separating Fact from Fiction with Gender Identity (by Hypatia)
• Seven Ways Latter-day Saint Teaching about Sexuality Have Been Misrepresented (by Jacob Hess and Jeff Bennion)
• Sexual Fluidity and the Gospel of Jesus Christ (by Hypatia)
• The Simple Truth about Biological Sex (by Rebecca Taylor)
• Visible Identities & Invisible People (by Meagan Kohler and Jeff Bennion)
• When Law Meets Love: Dallin H. Oaks’ Ministry to Sexual and Gender Minorities (by Jeff Bennion)
• Whose Image Are You Seeking In Your Countenance? (by Jeff Bennion)
• Every Body Matters (by Meagan Kohler)
• Douglas Laycock: How Will New LGBT+ Rules Affect Religious Liberty? (by C.D. Cunningham)
• Is Latter-day Saint Theology Responsible for LGBT+ Suicides? (by Stephen Cranney)
• Disagreement Doesn’t Equal Hate. Even on BYU’s LGBT Policy. (by Public Square Staff)
• Why Is It “Big News” That Believers Are Motivated by Love? (by Jacob Hess)

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