Maybe it was her own brunette’s natural prejudice against the petite blond—or maybe it was Brandi’s bright idea that using some of the kerosene would help the fire start a little faster. Paige had thankfully made it to the girls before they tried that brilliant idea, or all of them would have gone home to their parents without eyebrows.

Savannah's bold testimony was captured on video taken by family friends, and has since gone viral a month later. But the 12-year-old's moment is just the latest in a long line of queer Mormon resistance. Android App: play.google.com/store/apps/ details?id=com.onseeker. selenakitt&feature=search_ result#?t= W251bGwsMSwyLDEsImNvbS5vbnNlZW tlci5zZWxlbmFraXR0Il0 This silencing of queer Mormons isn't rare. In fact, activists have fought for more representation and voice within the church, especially since 2015's document leak. In the aftermath, activists organized highly visible protests, including in Utah, to push against the idea that acting on same-sex desire would compromise their faith. Paige isn’t looking forward to chaperoning her younger sister’s Girl Scout Troop for a camping trip outing—burning S’mores, telling the same old ghost stories and listening to little girls giggle all night long—until she meets the new Girl Scout Troop leader, Brandi.The video shows the visibly nervous girl in a red tie declaring her identity, with church leaders cutting off her mic in the middle of her testimony, silencing her for unapologetically coming out.

Savannah's parents were both apprehensive at their daughter's desire to come out to her church. After all, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) -- the official name of the Mormon church -- is notoriously homophobic. Her books EcoErotica (2009), The Real Mother Goose (2010) and Heidi and the Kaiser (2011) were all Epic Award Finalists. Her only gay male romance, Second Chance, won the Epic Award in Erotica in 2011. Her story, Connections, was one of the runners-up for the 2006 Rauxa Prize, given annually to an erotic short story of “exceptional literary quality.” The petite blond is just her type, so when a tent mishap leaves Paige without one, forcing the two women to share, the trip goes from tame to thrilling faster than either of them could have imagined.

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If you’re sure?” Paige glanced over at the giggling group of girls, already in their suits, towels slung over their shoulders, among them Paige’s little sister, Jess—the sole reason she’d agreed to come along on this exasperating outing in the first place.