A Letter To Our Families Author: Wesley Monahan Hi Family, Jess and I have quite a bit to share with you all. It’s been very difficult for us to process, it doesn’t quite seem real. So we assume it may be a lot to process for you as well and we promise to be patient as you may have questions, concerns, or opinions. First things first, I am gay. I know some of you have known (Mom and Dad being the first), but I never really felt comfortable sharing it with the entire family. Then Jess and I got married and it just didn’t seem like a pressing piece of information to share. I’ve known I was gay since I was about 16. I wanted to be a faithful member of the church so I did my best to pray away the gay and serve an honorable full time mission and eventually marry in the temple. Plus, I had never pursued a homosexual relationship so there was nothing keeping me from having full fellowship and rights in the church. I slowly opened up to...