Humor will not be tolerated!! -Portia

I am so sorry, Cognoscente. That you've had to go through so much pain and that you have a sibling who would use your life story like that.

All I can say is that I'm so sorry you have to deal with him, Cognoscente.

Is this guy a troll, or does he really think blackmail is a morally acceptable response to apostasy?

Thank you for this , Zedability. I felt like you did a good job of balancing the reader's concerns with the reality of what the sibling needs. Hormone therapy often make significant changes in appearance and vocal range in a matter of months, so the fact that the family didn't find out about hormone...

The Board giving out French kissing advice (and to someone who certainly doesn't seem to be married) is hilarious to me. Especially when you put it next to this : I think it's okay to kiss your SO, as long as you kiss him/her like you'd kiss your parents . When I decide to kiss my boyfriend, that wi...

I have menstruation-induced insanity, myself. I think I probably have PMDD . (15% of women with it have suicide attempts, fun!). But fortunately I've never had to deal with anything like PCOS: are your meds supposed to help with the physical side effects? For the past few years, doctors have been h...

My ring fingers are longer than my index fingers, for what that's worth. I can walk into a Mormon sacrament meeting, sit next to a stranger, have an extended conversation with them, sing hymns right beside them, and get invited to Elders Quorum afterward. All without hormone therapy, lowering my voi...

Disclaimer: I take Moroni at his word that there might be mistakes in the scriptures—" if there are faults they are the mistakes of men ." I believe that the scriptures are the word of God filtered through mortal men (gender intentionally specified) and that some things almost certainly go...

Why, exactly, is the last part of this sentence necessary? I'm very prone to jealousy, overreaction, and generally being a little dramatic, but not really more than most girls. I was shocked to see that none of the writers said anything about the blatant misogyny here. Really, most girls are "v...

Somewhat tangential: I was surprised by the mention of the manual. It might just be that I’m not too familiar with how Sunday School lessons work outside of the youth world. Could someone explain the reference to the Howard W. Hunter book? Relief Society, Elders Quorum, and High Priest Group lesson...

BYU certainly gets some interesting graffiti . May 7 – At 10:30 p.m. other graffiti incidents were reported in the Harris Fine Arts Center bathroom stalls encouraging bathroom users to “follow the white rabbit” and asking theoretical questions about the facsimiles in Abraham. BYU Custodial was conta...

This question and CPM's answer got me thinking about the disconnect between the church as a community and some more "progressive" views from general authorities. Even though President Uchtdorf's talk is presumably more authoritative than the manual, being seen as a troublemaker is probabl...

These questions got me thinking about how we as a society look at being "fat." BMI does a good job of assessing populations as a whole, but I'm uncomfortable with the idea that height and weight are enough to give a good picture of an individual's health. Because I'm very much on the smal...

You already know my thoughts on this, but I'll post an answer here just in case someone else in the boardboard world, now or in the future, is in the same spot. I am pleased to announce that effective immediately all worthy and able young men who have graduated from high school or its equivalent, re...

I don't personally know any gay BYU students. This is almost certainly not true. Unless Luciana's BYU ward is a statistical anomaly, there are gay BYU students in it. If she doesn't interact with just about anyone in her ward or classes, I guess it might actually be true. But what she's most likely...

My dad has told me that the idea of being trans was made up a few decades ago. So of course I'm just making stuff up/being deceived because I can't actually be trans.

TBS, definitely let me know if you come up. We should get together.

yayfulness, it came from an employee at one of the hotlines, so there's no source to link to right now. I'll let you know if I have something more citation-friendly from the same source later on.

My LGBT friends have been including numbers for suicide hotlines in their posts on the subject. Calls to Utah hotlines were more than double normal levels last night. And I was one of those on the brink. In the cold light of day, I'm still barely getting by. It feels like I've been punched in the fa...

I haven't been ignoring you, Portia; I've been barely getting by lately, and I couldn’t quite respond. My first thought about what you've written is that being straight isn't terribly relevant to gender identity. I'm bisexual; Caitlyn Jenner is attracted to women. Sexual orientation isn’t even close...