[1][2][3] The United Order Family of Christ was founded specifically for young gay men only, ages 18 to 30.
[4]: 380 Because they practiced a uniquely Mormon form of communalism[5] called the United Order in which they held "everything in common", Desmond affirmed that the Family was "not for the great majority of the Gay LDS".
The second is the Metropolitan Community Church founded by the Reverend Troy D. Perry in 1968 in Los Angeles.
He married Sally Jo Hathaway from Costa Mesa, California in the St. George Utah Temple on December 8, 1965, though they presumably separated shortly after.
[8] Grace Lutheran Church's Reverend Vernon Johnson held the funeral and he was buried in Fairmount Memorial Park, Spokane, Washington.