Meet our book endorsers! Pearson, Dushku, Ostler & Ostler, Cook, Barrus, Dee, Timothy D., Quincy, Smith, and now Whitney
We’re delighted to have Truman Whitney join our lineup of folks who have kindly written endorsements for our free book, GayLDSCrossroads. Here’s a little about each person:
Carol Lynn Pearson, author of Goodbye, I Love You and No More Goodbyes: Circling the Wagons Around Our Gay Loved Ones, as well as I’ll Walk With You (picture book based on her Primary song by the same name)
Judy Dushku, co-founder of the magazine Exponent II, former Boston Stake Relief Society President, founder of THRIVE Gulu in Uganda, former professor of government at Suffolk University, and mother of a gay son
Richard Ostler, host of the podcast, website and book Listen, Learn and Love: Embracing LGBTQ Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (https://deseretbook.com/p/listen-learn-and-love-embracing-lgbtq-latter-day-saints?variant_id=189035-paperback)
David B. Ostler, author of Bridges: Ministering to Those Who Question
Bryce Cook, author of an influential essay at mormonlgbtquestions.com, founding member of ALL (Arizona LDS LGBT) Friends & Family, and co-director of the annual “ALL Are Alike Unto God” Conference held every April in Mesa, AZ
Clair Barrus, Mormon historian who manages TodayinMormonHistory.com, blogs at withoutend.org, has published in the Journal of Mormon History and most recently in the John Whitmer Historical Association Journal (“Religious Authority, Sexuality, and Gender Roles of the Elect Ladies of the Early Republic: Jemima Wilkinson, Ann Lee, and Emma Smith”)
Christina Dee, moderator of the Mormons Building Bridges Facebook group, and volunteer at the Utah Pride Center, Encircle, and Affirmation
Timothy D., a convert who enjoys talking with other converts, listening to the journeys of other LGBTQ+ Saints in-person, on podcasts and in online publications, and spending time with his family
Sarah Quincy, affirming aunt and supportive sister
Jason Smith, affirming uncle and supportive brother
Truman Whitney, gay Harvard law student and returned missionary
Many thanks to these good folks who have kindly written reviews of the book! We humbly hope this book will help you on your journey.