*sigh*
Controversial Artwork Stolen from School
A group of photographs depicting purportedly homosexual Mormon missionaries was stolen Thursday from Salt Lake Community College, where they were the cause of fierce debate and near violence since going on display earlier this week. The three silver gelatin prints by Don Farmer, part of a larger exhibit, show young men [...]

File under: What can happen when you force two young men at the peak of their sexuality to be only with each other for two solid years.
Sexually Suggestive Photographs of LDS Missionaries Stir Controversy
A series of sexually suggestive photographs of two male Mormon missionaries is causing a furor at Salt Lake Community College.
Police were called [...]

After posting yesterday’s Deseret News letter, I realized that many of you reading from outside Utah may think Iola is just a rare right-wing, religious zealot.
Oh, no; she’s practically running the state.
Maybe I’ll start posting a letter-from-an-idiot each week. Trust me, there’s plenty of material available.
In that spirit, here’s another from the Deseret News, [...]

This state is so ignorant, illogical, and blinded by religion, I don’t know how we ever expect to have equality here.
A prime example from today’s (LDS Church-owned) Deseret Morning News:
No Adam, Steve in Eden
If there is nothing wrong with being “gay,” then why did God create one man and one woman in the Garden of [...]

In cleaning out some old files, I stumbled across this article from May 2002 that I’d saved because I was struck by its quiet hopefulness.
[W]e’ve had plenty of time to reflect on what it means to be a gay couple who consider themselves married in a society that doesn’t necessarily see it that way. For [...]

The folks over at Bloghosts, my hosting provider, have just named Zionide a site of the month for March.
They say:
A fairly new member of our community, Zionide is a well-written journal that comes to us from Nick in Salt Lake City. Deeply personal and honest, Zionide adds something a bit different to the mix.
Isn’t that [...]

Apparently, I have arrived.
This according to Bradford, the self-appointed (though not inaccurately) “mother fucker queen of the gay bloggers,” who has kindly added me to his “elite” blogroll.
Guess all that whoring around finally paid off.
It took a year though; it must be time to brush up on my technique.

I think it’s fair to say I’m depressed.
I’ve gone from sleeping 7 hours each night to around 10. There’s just no reason to get up early. All I do when I wake up is workout, and I can just as easily do that at noon as I can at 9:00am.
As with most depression, I can’t [...]