Read a Feb. 8, 2011, column in Religion Dispatches by Joanna Brooks, a religion scholar and writer who grew up in a conservative Mormon home. The LDS church has taken a low-key, media-savvy approach to the often-scathing satirical musical The Book of Mormon, Brooks writes.

The Broadway musical The Book of Mormon won Tony Awards nine at the June 12, 2011, awards ceremony.

James Esseks is litigation director of the American Civil Liberties Union’s Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender & AIDS Project, which has a schools section. The ACLU has been defending the right of Gay-Straight Alliance chapters to meet in schools.

The Broadway musical The Book of Mormon earned 14 Tony award nominations, close to a record.

Physicians for Reproductive Health seeks to improve access to reproductive health care, including abortion. Jodi Magee is president and CEO.

A June 7, 2011, post at the Following Faith blog of The Salt Lake Tribune asks whether “all this national attention [is] good for Mormons?”

Tim Sweeney is President and CEO of the Denver-based Gill Foundation, which says it is the largest U.S. financial backer of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender civil rights. It provides grants through the Gay & Lesbian Fund for Colorado.

See a June 10, 2011, post at the Houston Chronicle‘s Sacred Duty blog that dispels certain myths about Mormonism.

Carolyn Laub is executive director of Gay-Straight Alliance Network, based in San Francisco, Calif. The network is made up of student-run, school-based organizations that talk about issues involving sexual orientation and harassment.