tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2730636855717448971.post3467849821302299078..comments2023-06-10T03:06:39.748-06:00Comments on In These Gay Mormon Shoes: PE: Coming out to friendsJonathan Adamsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03888679384571699094noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2730636855717448971.post-79098722242100696882011-01-28T11:27:34.151-07:002011-01-28T11:27:34.151-07:00@Clive- I think you are right. As more of us have ...@Clive- I think you are right. As more of us have the courage to tell the people in our lives that know and care about us, the more aware people become and the fast change happens.<br /><br />@Ned- It is a sad thing that so many of us can relate so well to those feelings of hopelessness. I hope that one day it is rare to hear of such deep despair over this issue.<br /><br />@Jen- Thank you Jen! I'm glad I didn't write it when I was first coming to grips with everything because I still had a lot of anger and bitterness to work though. I don't think it would have been written with the same spirit.<br /><br />@Joe- thanks muchlyJonathan Adamsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03888679384571699094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2730636855717448971.post-17787018682272858392011-01-27T20:21:33.444-07:002011-01-27T20:21:33.444-07:00What a great way of putting things...What a great way of putting things...Kurt Petersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12610294728203577699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2730636855717448971.post-88614526675722075762011-01-26T18:08:51.148-07:002011-01-26T18:08:51.148-07:00I wonder if you know how amazing you are. This is ...I wonder if you know how amazing you are. This is amazing, and I think about how I would feel if I got this letter from a friend back in my superstrict thinking days, and it would have been moving even then. <br /><br />Thank you for sharing!jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07609613967033394629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2730636855717448971.post-10736254965952964632011-01-26T08:53:42.092-07:002011-01-26T08:53:42.092-07:00As one who as also contemplated and almost attempt...As one who as also <a href="http://moho50.blogspot.com/2010/11/suicidal-thoughts.html" rel="nofollow">contemplated and almost attempted suicide</a>, I'm so grateful for your articulate expression of the war that many of us gay Mormons end up fighting with ourselves--are war in which the casualties are often our self-esteem, our friends, our families, and sometimes even our very lives. Thank you for sharing this touching and hopeful letter. Thank you for sharing the process and the hard-won victory you have gained by accepting and embracing that you are both Mormon and gay. Thanks for a most welcome post on this cold but sunny Wednesday morning in the shadows of the everlasting hills.Nedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05938186985738546670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2730636855717448971.post-79495954143684758632011-01-26T08:46:08.516-07:002011-01-26T08:46:08.516-07:00Jonathan, thanks for sharing and thanks for "...Jonathan, thanks for sharing and thanks for "manning up." As people increasingly become aware that we are all around them, that we are good and noble individuals, the fear and bigotry that haunts us will over time disappear. Your letter, and, more importantly, your life choices have done much to move forward the cause. I appreciate your courage and your candor.Clive Durhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13429000026909551119noreply@blogger.com