[17][18] It also manages several social media discussion groups for different sexual and gender minority demographics, as well as spouses, parents, and other family members.
[7] In 2014 North Star merged with the reparative-therapy-endorsing, LDS-founded organization Evergreen International,[7] and North Star leadership used to give an implicit endorsement of Journey retreats run by Brothers Road (formerly called People Can Change) which was also founded by LDS men.
[33] Many prominent members and leaders of North Star (such as those featured in TLC's "My Husband's Not Gay"[34]) were involved in conversion therapy,[39] and board members Preston Dahlgreen and Jeff Bennion defended the Jewish conversion therapy organization JONAH in the 2015 court case Ferguson v.
[28][40][41] In 2015, Mansfield stated that North Star no longer tacitly endorses any therapeutic organization or approach, but instead encourages individuals to share what has been personally helpful to them in finding congruence between their sexuality and their faith.
[22] In 2012, North Star sponsored the launch of the Voices of Hope Project to share the stories of believing LGBTQ members of the LDS Church.