In the Oct. 15 edition of The Salt Lake Tribune, Stuart C. Reid published a piece criticizing the critiques of Elder Dallin H. Oaks and his recent comments about the LGBT community.
In this piece, Reid falsely asserts that Oaks has always been on the side of being more accepting of LGBT individuals. Unfortunately, my lived experience as a gay man and a former Latter-day Saint informs me otherwise. Many Latter-day Saints cannot comprehend the profound spiritual pain that my LGBT siblings have experienced because of the words and actions of Oaks and other LDS leaders.