Creating space for our LDS gay married families with John Gustav-Wrathallre

Jenie and Allison talk with John Gustav-Wrathall about his journey as a LDS gay man.  John grew up in a faithful LDS family and served a mission and attended BYU.  At the end of his BYU student career he decided to leave the church because he couldn't find a way to honor his sexuality and stay in the church.  John's shares his powerful story about his relationship with Christ and his journey back to attending the LDS faith as a man how is in a committed gay marriage.

Since his returning to church with his LDS brother and sisters, John has founded Emmaus LGBTQ Ministry.   Emmaus is a community of heterosexual/cisgender and LGBTQ Latter-day Saints who are called to ministry for the safety, well-being and happiness of LGBTQ people in and adjacent to The Church of Jesus Christ

John Gustav-Wrathall is a published scholar and teacher in the fields of LGBTQ history and American religion and a former president and executive director of Affirmation. He is active in the Lake Nokomis Ward of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He and his husband of almost three decades are parents of a gay foster son and live in south Minneapolis.

While many would insist that he choose between his husband or his Church, Gustav-Wrathall has written, "I could not reject either and remain a person of integrity. I could not be disloyal to either and not feel that at some level I was betraying both myself and God."

https://www.emmauslgbtq.org

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