Feb 16, 2025 | Mormon Policy, Sexual Issues, Sin
Question Gramps, What is the Church policy for those who gender transition? Kay Answer Kay, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints maintains clear doctrinal stances regarding sexual orientation and gender identity. According to Church...
Sep 27, 2020 | Current issues, Sexual Issues
Question Gramps, I am very confused. I read that adultery is a sexual relationship between two people not married, but what about imagined sexual relationships even if no physical act is committed. I struggle with my thoughts and fear I am guilty of the second...
Sep 10, 2020 | Sexual Issues
Question Gramps, I was talking with a friend today and she mentioned that the Church Handbook was recently updated. As she told me the changes she said that they took out masturbating or self gratification being a sin. After talking to her I went to look and...
Jun 6, 2019 | Repentance, Sexual Issues
Question Dear Gramps, When an endowed priesthood holder violates the law of chastity before he is married, what church discipline is invoked and what is it based upon (severity, length of time, etc)? Kristi Answer Dear Kristi, The duties of a...
Jan 29, 2018 | Addictions, Sexual Issues
Question Gramps, I am struggling to forgive my husband after he betrayed me in one of the most intimate ways possible: adultery. His adultery was through pornography and masturbation. I can only imagine how much greater my pain would be if he had been...
Dec 23, 2017 | Repentance, Sexual Issues
Question Hi Gramps, I’m having trouble. I’m on a mission and I want to start off by saying that I fully intend on finishing my mission. The problem is I’m not here worthily. I want to be, I just don’t have the courage to confess my...
Apr 12, 2017 | Sexual Issues
Question Gramps, At what point do I need to confess to my bishop as far as the law of chastity? I know you can repent on your own, but serious sins need to be confessed to the bishop. Where is that line? Thanks. E Answer Dear E, There are...
Nov 30, 2016 | Forgiveness, Sexual Issues
Question Gramps, I had a friend who when he was 9 and 10 touched a girl (only above the waist) when she was asleep. This only happened about 3-4 times. Now that he is 16 he has felt awful about it everyday and has no intention or feelings of doing it again. He...
Sep 15, 2015 | LDS Church, Sexual Issues
Question Gramps, “There is no true Latter‑day Saint who would not rather bury a son or a daughter than to have him or her lose his or her chastity ‑‑ realizing that chastity is of more value than anything else in all the world.” Heber J. Grant,...
Jul 27, 2015 | Premortal Life, Sexual Issues
Question Gramps, I have been a member of the LDS church all my life and believe the doctrine stating that our spirits had a gender before we became mortal. I find myself pondering the possibility of an imperfectly gendered body. Hermaphrodites exist, and...
