north Star archive
Keynote & Breakout Sessions
2025: Choices
Session Description: For all my life I have been presented with the multiple challenges experienced by families and individuals who wrestle with SSA as my father was gay. He made three critical...
2021: Ministering to Our LGBTQ/SSA Youth
Session Description: President Jean B. Bingham taught, “No matter what age, when we consider how to minister most effectively, we ask, ‘What does she (he, they) need?’.” In order to minister to our...
2021: How to Have Empathy When Your LGBTQ/SSA Loved One Makes Choices That Don’t Align with Your Belief System
Session Description: What can you do to feel and share genuine empathy with your LGBTQ/SSA loved one as they travel down a path you never envisioned? Your own choices and the empathy you show are...
2021: Healthy Male Friendships 101
Session Description: Have you ever found it difficult to start a conversation or friendship with someone new? What about building and maintaining existing friendships? We will be addressing these...
2021: How We Balance Friendships and Marriage: A Panel of SSA Women
Session Description: In this panel discussion we will be focusing on how SSA/Gay Married Woman balance their friendships with those close to them and how they also make sure their marriage is a...
2021: Finding Healing Through Community While Learning to Connect, Accept, and Support Your Transgender/Non-binary Child
Session Description: There are so many passionate voices out there about the right and wrong way to approach issues surrounding gender identity, and the voices and opinions about the right and wrong...
2025: My Story, Saturday
Session Description: Four individuals share their different stories. Breaking the Boundaries of Identity Stephen Done In Stephen’s “My Story,” he shares how he learned of the blessings, peace and...
2025: Navigating the Challenges and Opportunities of Latter-day Saints who Experience Gender Incongruence
Session Description: Dr. David Haralson is the Clinical Director of Gender Harmony Institute (GHI), a mental health agency dedicated to helping those who experience gender-related distress (GRD) and...
2025: Faithful Waiting: Staying Committed to the Lord While Awaiting Blessings
Session Description: Life is full of seasons of waiting—whether for answers to prayers, personal growth, or long-awaited blessings. In this presentation, we will explore how to remain steadfast in...
2025: Father and Son: United by Love and Law
Session Description: A father and son share how the latter's sexuality has affected their relationship, their individual faith journeys, and how they minister to others in the Church.Target...