#tilwehavefaces

“The complaint was the answer. To have heard myself making it was to be answered. [...] When the time comes to you at which you will be forced to at last utter the speech which has lain at the center of your soul for years, which you have, all that time, idiot-like, been saying over and over, you’ll not talk about the joy of words. I say well why the gods do not speak to us openly, nor let us answer. Till that word can be dug out of us, why should they hear the babble that we think we mean? How can they meet us face to face till we have faces?” The Queen Orual, from Till We Have Faces by C. S. Lewis #byu #usga #lgbt #lgbtq #gay #byugay #gayatbyu #queer #ssa #allies #lds #usgabyu #facesofusga #byuusga #usgaatbyu #TilWeHaveFaces #answer #help #give #grow #learn #god #prayer #spirituality #conference #lds (at BYU)

“Something that is seldom acknowledged here at BYU is the existence of bisexuality. The few mentions of bisexuality that I’ve heard from some professors and fellow students seemed more negative than even when homosexuality is mentioned. I can’t speak for all bisexual people, but I don’t choose those I fall in love with. I can’t just decide to fall in love with someone from the opposite sex in order to avoid dealing with all of the otherwise negative consequences. In addition, not all bisexuals are equally attracted to different genders. For a multitude of reasons, bisexuals, on average, have worse mental health than heterosexuals and homosexuals. There sometimes is a lack of community among us. Occasionally people even use bisexuals as examples of how there is a “cure” to being gay. Bisexuality doesn’t contain some easy fix and it’s not confounded by coercing yourself to love someone romantically. And, despite some hardship I face, I certainly wouldn’t choose to be any different.” #byu #usga #lgbt #lgbtq #gay #byugay #gayatbyu #queer #ssa #allies #lds #usgabyu #facesofusga #byuusga #usgaatbyu #TilWeHaveFaces #bisexuality #bi #community (at BYU)

C.S Lewis, Til We Have Faces