Dictates of conscience : from Mormon high priest to my new life as a woman / Laurie Lee Hall.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hall, Laurie Lee, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gender identity--Religious aspects--Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Gender identity.

Sexual orientation--Religious aspects.

Sexual orientation.

Trans people--Religious aspects.

Trans people.

Trans people--Biography.

Ex-church members--Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints--Biography.

Ex-church members.

Hall, Laurie Lee.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 325 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Salt Lake City : Signature Books, 2024.

Summary:

"Laurie Lee Hall's growing-up years were defined by the conflict between her physical condition as a boy and her inherent identity as a girl. Unable to explain or resolve her gender dysphoria, she committed to living her adult life as a male. She joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, eventually becoming chief architect of its temples and an ecclesiastical leader. In her church and community, rigid adherence to gender roles is not only the norm, but the defining issue of a faith that doctrinally declares one's gender as an "eternal identity." Against this traditional backdrop, Hall finally received spiritual confirmation and personally accepted that she was transgender and always had been. In this remarkable memoir, Laurie Lee details how she risked everything to live true to her long-suppressed gender identity. Through the power of lived experience, Laurie Lee's story affirms the reality of gender identity and the strength and joy of self-acceptance" -- Book jacket.

Contents:

Acknowledgments

Preface

Introduction

The Church vs. me

Learning to pee 'like a boy'

A clip-on bow tie

Tied to a tree

My Gettysburg Address

Not wanting to be seen

Coming out of the pantry

Following my chosen paths

Every young man

Living with a woman

I can't do male anymore

My pioneer trek

A church architect and a bishop

A temple designer and a stake president

Serving under a swinging pendulum

From ashes to authenticity

Esther and the King

Following the dictates of my conscience

Some things must change

Policies of exclusion

Beginning my new life as a woman

Closed and opened doors

Spiritual violence

In the house of my friends

The sun still rises

A wedding and a separation

Finally finding liberty amongst the Saints

Two houses

Love is love

Denial and affirmation

My dreams come true

Afterword

Appendices

About the author.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781560854791

1560854790

OCLC:

1442928891

Publisher Number:

90100686056