Carol Lynn Wright Pearson (born December 1, 1939) is an American poet, author, screenwriter, and playwright.
Carol Lynn studied music and theater at Brigham Young University (BYU), where she won the award for Best Actress two years in a row.
Gerald had told Pearson while they were engaged that he had participated in sexual relationships with men, but had left that phase of his life behind.
Since then, Pearson has become an unofficial spokesperson for acceptance of gay people by their Latter-day Saint families, as well as a stronger leadership role for women in the broader church community.
1970) is an internationally acclaimed solo performance artist most noted for his Mormon Boy Trilogy (2018)[6] that tells his coming-out story.
Her play Facing East, about a Latter-day Saint family dealing with the suicide of a gay son, opened Off Broadway on May 29, 2007.
Her plays Pegora the Witch and Think Your Way to a Million won statewide contests in Utah; a third, Martyr-in-Waiting, was published by the LDS Church's Mutual Improvement Association.