I Spoke to You with Silence: Essays from Queer Mormons of Marginalized Genders Pray Kerry Spencer
I Spoke to You with Silence: Essays from Queer Mormons of Marginalized Genders Pray Kerry Spencer Nobody knows what to do about queer Mormons. Even queer Mormons don't know what to do about queer…
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I Spoke to You with Silence: Essays from Queer Mormons of Marginalized Genders Pray Kerry Spencer
Nobody knows what to do about queer Mormons. Even queer Mormons don't know what to do about queer Mormons. The institutional Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints prefers to pretend they don't exist, that they can choose their way out of who they are, leave, or at least stay quiet in a community that has no place for them.
For women, trans Mormons, and Mormons of other marginalized genders, this invisibility is compounded by social norms which elevate (implicitly white) cisgender male voices above those of everyone else.This collection of essays gives voice to queer Mormons. Their lived experience is shrouded by a doctrine in which heteronormative marriage is non-negotiable and gender is unchangeable. The authors who share their stories--many speaking for the first time from the closet--do so here in simple narrative prose.
They talk about their identities, their