The first time many people concerned with LGBT rights learned about the Mormon Church’s anti-LGBT activism was in 2008, when it played a major role in winning passage of California’s Proposition 8, the ballot measure repealing same sex marriage in the state. But the Mormon Church’s organizing against LGBT rights dates back even earlier, to Hawaii in the 1990s, and it took lessons from that campaign, including its use of secrecy, all the way to California.
Rose Ethington
Rose Ethington is PRA’s former Communications Director, and a journalist, activist, and researcher. Originally from Utah, she has written extensively about the relationship between the LDS (Mormon) church and An umbrella acronym standing for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer or questioning. Learn more issues, as well as the public land takeover movement. Rose’s writing, advocacy work, and research have been featured on MSNBC, CNN, Fox News, CNBC, The New York Times, The Guardian, and The Public Eye magazine. Follow Rose at @MountainRosebud.
