The book of queer Mormon joy / edited by Kerry Spencer Pray.
| Other author | Pray, Kerry Spencer contributor, editor. |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | First edition. |
| Publication | Salt Lake City : Signature Books, 2024. |
| Description | xvi, 233 pages ; 23 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Foreword / Carol Lynn Pearson -- Introduction. The joy of dancing: the lives of modern LGBTQ Mormons / Robert A. Rees -- Section I. Joy is complicated: To dance in the dim light: meditation on joy, part 1 / Kerry Spencer Pray -- Goodnight, Baby Lion / Jaclyn Foster -- Blue Jays, I mean too Jay's / David Doyle -- Another extended metaphor of an ocean voyage, as a prose poem about queer joy / ZV Hawkes, joyful Queer -- Take my whole life too: a gay Mormon says goodbye to his mom / Troy Williams -- Have not, have knot / Kel Purcill -- Joy is not made to be a crumb / Jenn Lee Smith -- The Tree of Life has many branches / Connor Davis -- Summer of the moths / Allyson Verona Turner -- Section 2. Joy is defiance and faith: To dance in the dim light: meditation on joy, part 2 / Kerry Spencer Pray -- Ashes to authenticity / Laurie Lee Hall -- Haunted / Jim Carlston (née Kathy Carlston) -- A hidden love story / Gerado Sumano -- Colour me queer, or, electric blue / Kel Purcill -- Notes from the field (an archeology of gender) / Jaclyn Foster -- You and me: so happy together / Monica Delgado -- A revelation / Erran Speaker -- To Eva / Emmett Preciado -- Breathing room / Aisling "Ash" Rowan -- Dancing on red-hot furnaces / J. Robyn Byers -- "Other. Please explain." / A universal friend -- The place is too cool for me / Josh Huntsman -- Our little Zion / Skyler -- Giddy heady greedy heedless / Becca Appel-Barrus -- Section 3. Joy is gratitude for home: To dance in the dim light: meditation on joy, part 3 / Kerry Spencer Pray -- Sunday religion / Eli McCann -- Worthy of love / Blaire Ostler -- The proposal / Jodie Palmer -- Easy conversations / Jaclyn Foster -- A new name / Ari Ahsoka -- Eggplant / Jessica Woodbury -- Left of centre / Sherrie Gavin -- Home comes quietly / Rae McCausland -- Spring 1 / Stacey Harkey -- Claiming queerness / Vanessa Bennett -- A sacrament of queers / Lavvynder Rose -- Joy is the most beautiful feeling / Andi Ybarra -- The answer to a question not asked / Alma Frances Pellett -- Homecoming / Jaclyn Foster. |
| Abstract | "The story of queer Mormons is one that some might not expect to be joyful. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has traditionally asserted that queerness is counter to God's plan and that gender as determined at birth is eternal. Any marriage other than a monogamous pairing of male and female is "counterfeit." So called "wickedness," we are told, "never was happiness." But queer Mormons tell different stories-stories filled with joy. This collection includes essays by queer Mormons across the LGBTQ spectrum who, when they looked inside themselves, found divinity rather than sin. Stories by people who are made exactly as they are meant to be, and live accordingly. Queer Mormons who feel forced out of the institutional church don't typically find despair on the outside or abandonment by the divine. Instead, their lives are rich and beautiful-made all the more so by the struggle. The Book of Mormon tells us, "Men are that they might have joy." The Book of Queer Mormon Joy affirms that trans, nonbinary, intersex, asexual, bisexual, polyamorous, and gay people have joy. Joy is for everyone"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Genre/form | Essays. |
| Genre/form | Literature. |
| Genre/form | LitteĢrature. |
| LCCN | 2024935100 |
| ISBN | 9781560854708 |
| ISBN | 1560854707 |
| ISBN | (ebook) |