List of former or dissident LDS

This is a list of well-known Mormon dissidents or other members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) who have either been excommunicated or have resigned from the church – as well as of individuals no longer self-identifying as LDS and those inactive individuals who are on record as not believing and/or not participating in the church. While the church doesn't regularly provide information about excommunication or resignation, those listed here have made such information public. In a very few cases, the list below may include former adherents of other Latter Day Saint movement denominations who have ceased identifying as Mormon, as well.

See: List of Latter-day Saints for current members of the LDS Church.

Former and inactive members
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Phil Cunningham
Amy Adams
The singer Aguilera in a 2006 performance
National Center for Lesbian Rights executive director Kate Kendell.
  • Kate Kendell is a lesbian lawyer from Utah who currently serves as the Executive Director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights. She graduated from the University of Utah in 1988 and became the first staff attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union of Utah. Kate and her partner, Sandy Holmes, live in San Francisco with their two children, as well as Kendall's daughter from a previous marriage.[113]
  • David Petruschin is a drag queen with the stage name "Raven" and was raised Mormon.[114]
  • Benji Schwimmer, the winner of the 2006 So You Think You Can Dance show.
Former Mormon Misty Snow[115] ran as the first transgender person nominated by a major party for the U.S. Senate.[116]
  • Misty Snow is an American politician and transgender woman who grew up Mormon in Salt Lake City.[115] She won over 1/4th of Utah votes for state senator,[117] as the first transgender nominee for a major party to the nation's Senate.[116]

Excommunicated members
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See also

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