Ben There, Done That

My last name is pronounced shi-LAD-ee (roughly rhymes with beef patty). I love puns, cacti, eating out, and good punctuation in text messages. I'm a lifelong Latter-day Saint and I'm gay.

Tuesday, January 19, 2016

Is Being Gay a Weakness? A Gay Mormon's Perspective

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Is being gay a weakness? This is a question that I have pondered many times.  If you had asked 21 year old me this question I would have mo...
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Tuesday, November 24, 2015

A Line in the Sand

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On Thursday, November 5th I drove to California to visit my friends Ian and Amy.  It had been more than a year since I'd seen them so w...
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Friday, November 13, 2015

Institute Devotional

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Today I spoke at the Tucson LDS Institute about my experiences as a gay Mormon.  A number of people who weren't able to attend asked me...
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Thursday, October 8, 2015

The Time I Almost Left the Church

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A few people have asked me what I thought about Elder Holland’s talk during the October General Conference.  Here are my thoughts on that ...
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Wednesday, September 30, 2015

I Know General Conference Is True

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We Mormons like to use the word know a lot.  We know the Book of Mormon is true.  We know the church is true.  We know that loads of things...
Monday, August 17, 2015

LeAnne in the Land of Lincoln

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I just got back from quite an adventure helping LeAnne move to Chicago from Salt Lake.  The plan was to leave her house at 4:00 am last Thu...
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Thursday, July 9, 2015

$21 of Forgetting

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I apologize to anyone who is here looking for discussion on being gay and Mormon.  My last blog post spread much more than I ever expected ...
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