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.

Monday, July 15, 2019

Alzheimer's Sucks!

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I lost my cool when I was visiting my parents over Christmas. It was after 11 pm and when I went into my room to get ready for bed all my...
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Tuesday, July 2, 2019

Pride Is the Opposite of Shame

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I have two rainbow pins displayed on my backpack. Each of them containing a symbol that ties them to BYU. They’re rad because they rev...
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Monday, June 24, 2019

Agency and Same-Sex Attraction

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The following essay was recently published in the BYU Studies Quarterly.  You  can access the online version of the article on the BYU Stud...
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Wednesday, June 12, 2019

"How Are You Really Doing?"

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Five years ago I took a summer job working for a nonprofit in Peru. My colleague Eliana and I ran a volunteer program there. We lived in th...
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Friday, April 5, 2019

Reconciling a Changed Policy

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I am not in a same-sex relationship. I have no plans to marry a man. I have no children. The November 2015 policy said nothing about gay Lat...
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Monday, March 18, 2019

You Are the Resources

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My dad asked for a rainbow tie for Christmas. Ginny and Buzz Schilaty are the best resources in the Church. Last week I spoke at a works...
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Tuesday, February 5, 2019

The Time I Went to Conversion Therapy

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Conversion therapy can take a number of forms. The essential premise is that homosexuality is a pathology that can be treated and corrected...
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