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“I love the Mormon community and I have a unique opportunity to build bridges” by Matt Christensen August 2007 Author Carol Lynn Pearson, whose play Facing East is being staged in San Francisco through August 26, was featured August 18 in the San Francisco Chronicle. Facing East explores how the suicide of a gay young man affects his LDS family. “I love the Mormon community,” Pearson said, “and I have a unique opportunity to build bridges.” Pearson told the Chronicle that a number of local LDS leaders attended the opening of Facing East in San Francisco.“They've been nothing but supportive,” she said. “I believe the Mormon heart is a good heart. I feel comfortable with my role in the Mormon church.” The article notices that Mormon-dominated Utah has the highest suicide rates in the country for males ages 15-24. “I'm not an artist's artist,” Pearson said about her efforts to raise awareness about suicide in the gay Mormon community and her own sense of mission. “Issues are more important to me than art itself.” Pearson will be one of the speakers at the upcoming Affirmation Conference in Washington DC, where she will also sign copies of her recent book. No More Goodbyes: Circling the Wagons around Our Gay Loved Ones. |
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