Perry Ekimae

Tyler Perry According to The Family: A Proclamation to the World, marriage is only authorized when it is between one man and one woman.   Sexual relations outside the confines of an authorized marriage are sinful.   Indeed, “man’s laws cannot make moral what God has declared immoral” [1].   Therefore, gay marriage is against the laws of God, gay sex is always immoral, and the only options for a gay member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints are to stay celibate for the rest of their lives, enter into a mixed-orientation marriage (which can be extremely damaging to all parties involved), or exit the church. Furthermore, we learn that gender is characteristic of eternal identity, and that gender as defined in the Family Proclamation as “biological sex at birth” [2].   Therefore, if an assigned female at birth (AFAB) individual were to transition socially and physically, even though their behaviors and physical features, and I mean all of those physica...

  Tyler Perry Note: I get a little sweary at the end.   But it’s fine.   I’m fine.   We’re all fine here.   How are you? Because 2020 sucks, Jacob Hess has delivered a Part 2 to his eloquent and well-written dissertation on Mormons Building Bridges (MBB) and their ilk that is certain to convince all wayward souls to return back to the fold of Mormonism.   In an absolute stunning display of excellent pacing, smooth prose, and entertaining education, Jacob Hess has solved Mormon bigotry, cured the divide between LGBTQ people and the church, and offered up a stunning solution to world hunger.   He also included the chemical formula to a 99% effective COVID vaccine that is going to be available on the market next week. The above is what sarcasm looks like.   Sarcasm is my defense mechanism when I have decided that beating my head against the wall until either the wall breaks or I do is an improper strategy for coping with ignorance, condescendin...

Tyler Perry When I came out as a broken straight person who likes masculine bodies, the clear and apparent conflict with my Mormon upbringing was brought to the forefront of my conversations with others in the church.   How do I rationalize my faith with my identity?   How do I deal with the apparent lack of hope within the Plan of Salvation?   Where do I turn to for a sense of community?   These were difficult questions with difficult answers.   So, I am going to answer each of them as concisely as possible in order. I don’t.   I wrote an essay on it [1].   Mormons Building Bridges and similar groups. So, when I see the writings [2] of a stunning intellect, such as those by Jacob Z. Hess, PhD and mindfulness extraordinaire, telling me that Mormons Building Bridges is leading people away from the church, I have to wonder how much he actually understands about the issues at hand.   In fact, his entire way too long essay that is going to get a p...

 Tyler Perry I want to preface this essay by saying that the Church has removed this talk from its website, as of August 2019, and the associated pamphlet was discontinued in 2016 [1].   The intent of this essay is not to air the dirty laundry, but to give insight into the influences of how many church members view sex, sexuality, and LGBTQ issues.   The pamphlet was distributed for almost forty years, and it has undoubtedly had an impact on the language, beliefs, and culture of many church members. It was shown to me almost as a joke.   I had never seen the pamphlet before, and when another Elder showed it to me, it seemed silly that this was spoken over the pulpit at General Conference.   The opening of the talk was deliberate and unequivocating, while the body of the speech was filled with corny metaphors and unhelpful, though familiar, advice. “To Young Men Only” was the transcript of a talk by Boyd Packer in the Priesthood Session of the October 1976 Ge...