The Absolute Worst that Utah Has to Offer
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, with its omnipresent self-righteous fervor, has filed two amicus briefs with the Supreme Court of the United States, asking it to uphold the federal Defense of Marriage Act and California’s Proposition 8. Kirton McConkie, the Church’s law firm, filed the briefs on behalf of six religious organizations—including [...]
What’d you do this weekend? If you’re like us, you probably blacked out from drinking too much candied liquor and awoke, coughing up glitter and wearing nothing more than a feather boa. That’s right – it was Pride weekend in Utah. The biggest news to happen this weekend was the simple fact that several hundred [...]
A BYU-sanctioned panel last week put three homosexual students and one bisexual student in front of hundreds of faculty, staff, and other students to discuss their experience being gay at BYU. By most* accounts, it was a successful, calm, educational experience. Each member of the panel was able to talk about their own thoughts regarding [...]
If you visited CNN.com yesterday morning,* you may have noticed that the front page featured a story about a gay Mormon. You know, one of those. So what is it about Mitch Mayne the Legendary Gay Mormon that is so newsworthy and groundbreaking, that everyone from the Salt Lake Tribune to the San Francisco Examiner to [...]
If you’re a regular reader of Telestial State, you’re probably aware of how we feel about “the gays”. But in case you’re not, here’s how we feel about them: We think they’re awesome. In fact, some of them write for Telestial State. Not only is it none of our business who they decide to scissor [...]
On behalf of the entire writing staff at Telestial State, we would like to wish all of the attendants at this weekend’s Utah Pride Festival a very happy and fabulous Pride weekend! P.S. We’re all going to die someday.
Brigham Young University student Chase Thomas is a tall, slender, fit, handsome young man* who can dance. How do I know he can dance? Because he performed on So You Think You Can Dance? and the judges said “Yes.” For his performance, Thomas wore what are called “dance shorts” – tight, form-fitting, really short shorts [...]
Happy Friday, Utah! Let’s talk about gay stuff. Here is a Salt Lake Tribune story about a “gay Mormon” coming out to his father on national television. Wheeeeeeee!! Tyler Robinson, a self-described “gay Mormon,” did something sort of unusual on national television on Tuesday night. He came out to his father. On national television. On [...]
The Associated Press announced on Tuesday that “The Book of Mormon” musical on Broadway has garnered a whopping 14 Tony Award nominations. The musical, which offers a heart-felt message about the importance of believing in something, however far-fetched, has received rave reviews among the theatre population as well as the gay missionary community. Which is [...]