Growing Up Gay & Mormon | Long-term Gay Couple

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  • @lgbtqarchives
    @lgbtqarchives  ปีที่แล้ว +4

    𝐃𝐰𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐂𝐨𝐨𝐤 shares his 'Growing Up Gay & Mormon' story. A life full of ups and downs and an amazing journey of discovery.
    facebook.com/dwight.cook.104
    www.leadingwithpride.com/
    𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐞𝐈𝐧: tinyurl.com/4afe72uv

  • @TheBapun24
    @TheBapun24 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Love you Dwight. Thank you.🙏

  • @edwardwilliams2438
    @edwardwilliams2438 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    This strict male/female paradigm is so simple...yet we place so much value in this false coin. Being well adjusted and loving is much more of a touch stone in this limited existence. Homosexuality has been here since the dinosaurs...why do we wish to judge and demonize the "other" trope! Thanks Mr. Cook for your nostalgic backstory....and positive celebration. Kudos!..and well wishes for the both of you.

  • @RT3319
    @RT3319 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I deeply respect this man's integrity, character and values. Wishing him and his husband a long life filled with health, laughter and love. "All is well, all is well......"

  • @shitsugane
    @shitsugane 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Very interesting story - thank you

  • @strafrag1
    @strafrag1 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great story. Thank you for sharing, Dwight.

  • @PeterShieldsukcatstripey
    @PeterShieldsukcatstripey 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I can relate to wanting to protect your folks.

  • @joshsmit779
    @joshsmit779 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    A handsome engineer with good style. You couldn’t ask for better

  • @davidsciascia4654
    @davidsciascia4654 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    How many million of us from Dwight's generation (I'm 71) just tried and tried to be the best little boys in the world but never, ever were able to drive away our sexual desire for men, even to getting married-maybe then God will change us! So much emotional damage done to ourselves and everyone in our lives. And so many years, decades, even, wasted trying to change ourselves.

    • @ericfreshcorn3590
      @ericfreshcorn3590 ปีที่แล้ว

      hello

    • @AhmadHidayat-j8i
      @AhmadHidayat-j8i 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ❤❤❤❤handsome Daddy me 43 year

    • @Raina-bk1yv
      @Raina-bk1yv 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      So sad to know there are so many souls that have lived this pain, my heart breaks for these souls ❤

    • @FerallHog
      @FerallHog 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      How many overcame and Got over it and had a wife and children and grandchildren and at the end of their life were incredibly grateful that they did not go into the homosexual lifestyle?

    • @Sally-em3dm
      @Sally-em3dm 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Raina-bk1yvf

  • @johns7868
    @johns7868 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Your ceremony sounded like ours - $100 for the Justice of the Peace and I think $40 for the license. Went to Pizza Hut for dinner LOL

  • @simpyotto
    @simpyotto ปีที่แล้ว +5

    What an amazing story! There's just something about the stories of people who were raised in the Mormon religion and come out as gay - their narratives are so relatable and attention-capturing.

    • @wberckmann
      @wberckmann 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      This person's remark validates the fact that H/S is triggered by a mistaken teaching (mormonism), not biological nor a natural diversity.

  • @silmarhonorio
    @silmarhonorio ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I was raised by catholic parents, whose preaching was about love and respect. I think they were that open-minded because they were Brazilian people, whose families weren’t strict. My parents believed that God is love. And, if He is love, He embraces everyone, no matter their sexuality, gender, color, etc. So,because of it, I wasn’t oppressed. The other way around.
    I look back and thank every single second for having had those amazing and wonderful parents.

    • @julienickell
      @julienickell 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I have the same. Catholic parents. Love the church because it taught me about love and how to be close to Jesus. I hate when Mormons send missionaries to Catholic countries. They don't know what they are trying to pull people away from. Like this guy though. He seems so sweet and kind. His daughters are beautiful.

    • @silmarhonorio
      @silmarhonorio 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@julienickell he's really sweet.

  • @eckosters
    @eckosters ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Bless you, what a fantastic story. Be well, both of you and your families

  • @NamaskarShanti
    @NamaskarShanti 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Respect for your personal journey ❤ thanks for sharing it with me ;)

  • @AhmadHidayat-j8i
    @AhmadHidayat-j8i 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Daddy super handsome always healthy daddy

  • @fumarate1
    @fumarate1 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I like listening to these coming out stories.

    • @lgbtqarchives
      @lgbtqarchives  ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks for checking out these stories. Many more will be uploaded soon.

  • @ronsmith2241
    @ronsmith2241 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The Mormans have an enormous amount to answer for. I was a Baptist Pastor and went through 13 years of reparative therapy including electronic shock therapy. However it did prove medically that I am gay and that I was born gay. God creates some people gay and it is absolutely fine. The whole medical profession declassified homosexuality as an illness 50 years ago in 1973.

    • @lgbtqarchives
      @lgbtqarchives  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      As horrific as your story is, I’m glad you survived the pressure to share it with us today. If you ever wanted to share it as a video archive, just let me know.

  • @hori166
    @hori166 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I have a simple rule for living, "Either you help people, or you hurt people, or you don't care." No discussions about angels dancing on the head of a pin, immaculate conception, prophets, etc.

    • @lgbtqarchives
      @lgbtqarchives  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That’s the best rule ever.

  • @pointpleasant6708
    @pointpleasant6708 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    A wonderful story of love FOUND.❤

  • @PeterShieldsukcatstripey
    @PeterShieldsukcatstripey 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    That was in the film Latterdays - the reparative therapy. The character was from Idaho too.

    • @lgbtqarchives
      @lgbtqarchives  6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks for the tip. Gotta watch that movie.

  • @sumanvyas6761
    @sumanvyas6761 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Adult gay lives are so difficult. I am from India . I hardly know anyone beyond middle age and happy . These stories are so important

  • @makeupismylife75
    @makeupismylife75 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Thank you for sharing your story, Dwight ❣️

  • @flyoverurbangarden4315
    @flyoverurbangarden4315 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Than you for sharing your life story. Best wishes for many more good times.

  • @anthonytyler7241
    @anthonytyler7241 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    My husband grew up in the Mormon faith and we are married I am a man as well as you can see imagine that dynamic when you're also a person of color on African-American and he's Caucasian and he grew up in Wyoming and now we both live in Idaho

  • @PeterShieldsukcatstripey
    @PeterShieldsukcatstripey 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Truth does tend to be relative.

  • @joevasquez3434
    @joevasquez3434 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Those eye's, that smile, the belly, ...hot man.

  • @birdyposting
    @birdyposting ปีที่แล้ว +5

    u are so strong ❤

  • @jorgeluisguillen6426
    @jorgeluisguillen6426 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Besos para ti 😘😘❤️ está buenísimo 😅😮

  • @Nameless-k3b
    @Nameless-k3b 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Handsome daddy

  • @RandyBailey-k2e
    @RandyBailey-k2e 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    So wish I could have met You. 😮❤

  • @Clemburke1111
    @Clemburke1111 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Strange thing is Our next door neighbors on our right side on the space coast of Fla were Mormon and they were my favorite neighbors. and after they found out I was gay, nothing changed

    • @lgbtqarchives
      @lgbtqarchives  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I'm not sure what the most current official policy of Mormon Church is when it comes to the LGBTQ community. I'm sure your neighbors didn't learn that from their church. It probably came from understanding how to be a decent human being. Glad you had this positive experience from your favorite neighbors. Most LGBTQ people who actually grew up in those type of communities, have some dark stories to tell unfortunately.

    • @Clemburke1111
      @Clemburke1111 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@lgbtqarchives I think it was due to we lived on the space coast and he along with my father worked for NASA aka highly educated

  • @Pinchton
    @Pinchton ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Reparative Therapy... so this is similar to conversion therapy? Glad you found happiness. Just wondering are you still a member of the Church or left it? Would be interesting to know. I am not Mormon but Anglican (Anglo-Catholic).

    • @lgbtqarchives
      @lgbtqarchives  ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I believe this particular reparative therapy was far more aggressive than your average ‘conversion therapy’. From what I remember, he told me that at some point he completely left the church. The harm and suffering caused by this whole ideology is mind boggling. It pushed people to take extreme measures. Maybe it still does?

  • @optimumreality9745
    @optimumreality9745 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    💙💙

  • @user-eh8yz6ko3t
    @user-eh8yz6ko3t 8 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

    I don’t know how religion continues to persist. I would reject anything that tried to create a wedge between my child or tried to make them feel bad about themselves.

    • @lgbtqarchives
      @lgbtqarchives  8 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      You know how many times I've come across people who were kicked out as a teen, and to this day there's been no real communication with the family they left behind? It's the most disgusting form of "LOVE". Let's not forget those who took their own lives because of religious shame.

  • @mlaenpanic-ud1oe
    @mlaenpanic-ud1oe ปีที่แล้ว +2

    ❤️💓♥️💓♥️👌💟

    • @mlaenpanic-ud1oe
      @mlaenpanic-ud1oe ปีที่แล้ว

      Pozdrav moj gospodin što volim od ♥️ živ ti meni bijo