north Star archive
Keynote & Breakout Sessions
2022: Finding Peace & Coping With Gender Dysphoria
Session Description: This closed-door session will offer a chance to engage in a frank conversation about the need to seek peace while coping with gender dysphoria. The safe construct of this...
2022: More Than Just a Sex Talk: Teaching Sexuality in the Electronic Era
Session Description: Today sexuality, gender identity, and sexual orientation are buzz words in school hallways creating conflict as well as inclusion for youth. Parents are asking, “How do we talk...
2022: Becoming Wiser From Our Why’s: Vital Lessons Learned Through Staying in My Marriage
Session Description: If you have been in dark places in your marriage, and have taken those dark places to the Lord, what has He done? How have you changed? Grown? Become wiser? Reflecting on growth...
2022: Lessons Learned About the Savior Through My Experience With Same-Sex Attraction
Session Description: Having only recently come out and dealing openly with the complexities of same-sex attraction, Dr. Galke has been overwhelmed at how completely the Savior understands him, and...
2022: Finding Belonging & Community as a Gay Man in the Church
Session Description: Belonging and community sometimes don’t come easily if you identify as SSA or LGBT. Tradition and culture, together with shame and trauma, can create frustration for those...
2022: Spouses
Session Description: Come sit with spouses of those who experience same-sex attraction. During this session we will share about struggles and triumphs in our relationships. Whether you are a husband...
2022: Building & Maintaining Connections with Your LGBTQ+ Child
Session Description: It can be hard to balance the desire to love and support a child with a unique journey and your desire to cling to and teach true doctrine, especially when it feels like those...
2022: Life in Recovery: Dealing with Pornography & Addictions
Session Description: We will explore: How sexual, pornography, and romantic addictions can differ from other addictions; How these types of addictions tend to affect women differently than men; How...
2022: Creating Safe Spaces for LGBT/SSA Saints
Session Description: How do we create safe spaces for LGBTQ/SSA Latter-day Saints? The General Handbook states: “The Church encourages families and members to reach out with sensitivity, love, and...
2022: Naming & Caring for Male Body Shame
Session Description: Gay men are twice as likely as straight women to struggle with an eating disorder or subclinical levels of body shame, yet that shame keeps us from naming our pain and attending...