Did the Mormon Church Accidentally Feature a Gay Designer Who Pokes Fun at Their Homophobia?

LDS Church’s official social page accidentally promotes brand geared toward gay & ex-Mormons

This queer Mormon designer is showing his community that he’s beautiful in his way ’cause God makes no mistakes, despite what comments on the LDS Church’s official social media accounts say. On Monday, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints shared a photo and interview with New York City-based fashion designer Pono Skousen on their Instagram and Facebook accounts. That said, their social media team might have forgotten to run a backgrou…

Did the Mormon Church Accidentally Feature a Gay Designer Who Pokes Fun at Their Homophobia?

The official Instagram and Facebook pages for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints posted a positive profile about fashion designer Pono Skousen on June 29, in the eleventh hour of Pride Month, that has since caused quite a stir online — because, as it turns out, Skousen is gay and some of his clothing parodies the faith’s anti-LGBTQ+ teachings.In the interview, Skousen spoke about his relationship to faith, and about learning how to …