DMP Key Texts

*Primary Text* Michaella - For the Divorced Single Parent

• The structure of different steps and anecdotes *
• Letting the individual mourn and struggle in their own personal way *

*Primary Text* Sarah - Macintosh Story on mormonsandgays.com

• The relationship between the father and the son *
• The feelings of shock, anger and disappointment *
• Their responsibility to accept the son’s partner
• The dinner table *

*secondary text* Maegan - The Family Acceptance Project “LDS Pamphlet, Preventing Suicide”

• Believe your LGBT child can have a happy future *(There can always be a happy future)
• We often mourn when people come out
• The consequences of not accepting and loving your LGBT child
• Not cutting off an LGBT child’s resources and friends, specifically friends who are also in the LGBT community

*Primary Text?* Madelyn - Slam poem about her friend who got pregnant at 18

• “To thank God for irresponsibility”
• That happiness can come from something we view as a tragedy*
• The format of a slam poem

MarKaye - Heteromormativity Twine game & Mormon Women navigate pressures around work, family and employment

• The amount of choices on a daily basis
• The idea that you can click backwards on a computer but not in real life
• Depression is based on not doing what you want, not a specific decision
• The individual's desire directly correlates with happiness
• The decision whether or not to go on a mission
• What are we willing to talk about?
• The different ideas of what a family is
• Things are not always as they always were
• We project our own ideas onto history

Macy - Gender Roles video

• How young they are
• A comparison between kids doing this versus adults
• How well do we hide it the older we get?
• Costume and dress. How would that change answers?
• What the kids noticed as a gender identifier
• Wondering if all stereotypes are inherently bad

*secondary text* Becca - Myle’s Story & Josh Weed

• Who is going to quote scripture to me from the comfort of their seemingly perfect life?
• The pain and the thoughtfulness
• Not wanting to pressure others to make the same decisions
• Luckily for me I was blessed with the most incredibly loving parents anyone could hope for
• Apologizing for his previous posts being used against the LGBT community  

Concerns:

• Telling other people's’ experiences when we ourselves have not gone through them.
• Us not being fully aware of their experiences
• Representation on stage

Staging Ideas:

Centered around the dinner table

Unity, heartbeat

Turning a tragedy into something beautiful

“There’s no wrong way to be happy”

This is only a part of the story.