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.

Thursday, May 5, 2016

Goldilocks and the Gay Mormon Paradox

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I occasionally get messages from well-meaning people explaining to me what’s wrong with my life and how to fix it. “Marry a man,” they sa...

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Tuesday, March 15, 2016

Thank you, Elder Holland, But I Wish You Had Said More

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Last Tuesday was a super-stressful day. I'm winding down my grad school experience so I have a lot of "self-directed time" ...

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Monday, February 8, 2016

How to Be a Gay Mormon's Hero

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After a blog post I wrote back in June an anonymous commenter wrote: " Thank you for a well written post. Your impassioned writing ha...

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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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