Mormon-Themed Posts of Mine at Main Street Plaza

I was a contributor to Main Street Plaza (a web-community interested in Mormonism) from 2010 to 2015.  My interests have moved in other directions now... probably because I'm 30+ years old now and left the Church half-my-life ago! Here are my posts, organized thematically.

Erotic Detours (or Destinations!)

 
 

As I work on my fantasy novel, I keep running into a conundrum...

Graduate school work (part 2)

Marxism and Queer of Color Critique
(2012, 12pgs)

"The Curious Case of Mormons and LGBT Rights"

Check out my essay published today at Religion Dispatches!  A critical critique of national LGBT rights-based strategies given the Mormon context. 

Graduate school work (part 1)

Now that I'm in a Ph.D. program, I don't want to think that all my previous work is too amateurish for the world to see!

Remembering Mahāpajāpatī: Buddhism, Feminism and Humility
(2009, 12pgs)

Mormons in Pride Parades -- A Critical Reflection

I had hoped this opinion piece would show up in the next issue of Sunstone Magazine.  Alas, I've been informed Romney will take up 99% of it.  I would've thought at least 47% would be dedicated to other topics... ah well.

This past summer for the first time, Mormons marched in Pride parades in substantial numbers, a fact that deserves critical attention.  I believe what follows provides some of that attention, as I consider the possibility that the Church's institutional heterosexism was extended more than disrupted.

(Anti)Homophobia, Capitalism and Yaoi “Politics”

Click for my post at Yaoi Research.  (Web Archive link)