Religion and the Spiritual Needs of Gay Mormon Men

Abstract

This article discusses the spiritual and religious issues confronting gay Mormon men and the coping methods they employ in reconciling faith and sexuality. Out of five gay Mormon men who were interviewed, four dealt with the incompatibility between church doctrines and sexuality by significantly reducing or even banishing church activity from their lives. Most felt that their religious background had affected them negatively by teaching them that it was bad to be gay. Human service professionals will benefit from educating themselves about Mormonism and about what it is like for gay men to live within its ecological niche.

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