Unraveling Faith, Choosing Love

My letter to loved ones when leaving the LDS church

Three years ago I sent a letter to my family explaining that I was leaving the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It was possibly the hardest thing I’ve ever written. At the time, my world had been turned upside down—I had spent years wrestling with the dissonance between my faith and my love for the people around me, especially my LGBTQ+ fami…