Ben Schilaty is an Honor Code administrator and adjunct professor at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. He's also a gay Latter-day Saint, striving just like any other member of the Church to know God's will for him and then to do it.
In A Walk in My Shoes, Ben offers a glimpse into the life of a single, gay, active Latter-day Saint and addresses sixteen questions commonly asked - or silently wondered about - by straight members of the Church.

• Were you born gay?
• When did you know you were gay?
• Is being gay a choice?
• Why did you come out?
• Why don't you marry a woman?
• Why do you stay in the Church?
• Have you acted on your feelings?
• What have you learned about agency?
• What is the value of bringing LGBTQ people together?
• What do you do when church hurts?
• How do you find happiness as a single person?
• Why do you talk about your orientation at church?
• What have you learned as a gay man in a straight community?
• How do you deal with the loss of the life you thought you'd have?
• How do you plan to move forward with your life?
• What can I do to minister to LGBTQ members of the church?

Learn how to better support and minister to your LGBTQ loved ones as you take a walk in one gay Latter-day Saint's shoes.
Soft cover.