Hello

Blaire Ostler is a philosopher specializing in queer and Mormon studies, and is a leading voice at the intersection of queer, Mormon, and transhumanist thought. She is the author of “Queer Mormon Theology: An Introduction.” Blaire is also an artist and poet, and spends her spare time hiking, painting, writing, and bickering with her friends about almost any topic imaginable. Blaire lives in Utah with her husband and their three children.  

Books

Queer Mormon Theology: An Introduction
Published with BCC Press

I Spoke to You with Silence
Featured Essay, “Love & Change”

Continuing Revelation
Featured essay, “Heavenly Mother: the Mother of All Women”

The Transhumanist Handbook
Featured essay, “A Transhumanist God”

We Hold Your Name
Featured poem, “We Were Rebuked”

Dove Song: Heavenly Mother in Mormon Poetry
Featured poem, “The Priestess”

Presentations
and Podcasts

Latter-day Struggles (January 2023)
“Sacred Queerness"

Latter-day Stuggles (January 2023)
“A Queer Mormon Walk with Blaire Ostler”

The Foyer (February 2022)
“LGBTQ Mormon History and Theology”

Called to Queer (January 2022)
“Blaire Ostler”

Questions From the Closet (October 2021)
“What does it mean to be intersex?”

Sunstone Podcast (October 2021)
“Queer Polygamy: A Conversation with Taylor Petrey and Blaire Ostler”

Affirmation International Conference (September 2021)
“Queer Mormon Theology with Blaire Ostler”

Affirmation International Conference (September 2021)
“BYU Queer Student Leaders Panel”

Affirmation International Conference (September 2021)
“Parents and Allies Session”

The Cultural Hall Podcast (August 2021)
“Queer Mormon Theology”

The Sisterhood Podcast (July 2021)
“She’s Not Wrong”

Sunstone Symposium (July 2021)
“Tabernacals of Clay Panel Discussion”

Listen, Learn, and Love (July 2021)
“Author: Queer Mormon Theology”

Drunk Mormon Podcast (July 2021)
“Queer Mormon Theology with Blaire Ostler”

Drunk Mormon Podcast (June 2021)
“Gender Bender”

Latter-day Faith (June 2021)
“Queer Mormon Theology”

At Last She Said It Podcast (June 2021)
“Be Brave Like Blaire”

Mormon Mental Health Podcast (June 2021)
“Blaire Ostler and Queer Mormon Theology: An Introduction"

Beyond the Block (May 2021)
“Bonus: Blaire Ostler”

Listen, Learn, and Love Podcast (April 2021)
“Blaire Ostler: Intersex and Bisexual Latter-day Saint”

Affirmation Virtual Fireside (March 2021)
“Easter Message: Redeeming Queerness”

The Cultural Hall Podcast (February 2021)
“Mormon Transhumanism with Blaire Ostler”

Dialogue “Out Loud” (November 2020)
“Hug a Queer Latter-day Saint”

Affirmation International Conference (October 2020)
“Dustin Lance Black and Blaire Ostler”

Listen, Learn, and Love Podcast (October 2020)
“Blaire Ostler: Queer Latter-day Saint and Queer Theorist”

Sunstone Podcast (September 2020)
“Mormonism and White Supremacy in Education”

Sunstone Podcast (July 2020)
“A Technological Resurrection”

Sunstone Podcast (June 2020)
“Black and Queer in the LDS Church with LeiLoni Lee”

Sunstone Fireside Podcast (March 2020)
"What Mormons Should Know About COVID 19”

Sunstone Fireside Podcast (March 2020)
"BYU Whiplash: A Conversation with Danny Dawson”

Latter-Day Lesbian Podcast (March 2020)
"Time to Flourish!”

Sunstone Fireside Podcast (March 2020)
"LDS Theology and the Transgender Experience with Kelli Potter”

Sunston Fireside Podcast (February 2020)
“Trans and Mormon with Samantha Richardson”

Mormon Happy Hour Podcast (December 2019)
"Queer Perspectives on the Policy of Silence”

Mormon Discussions Podcast (December 2019)
"Gospel Topic Essay: Mother in Heavenly”

Sunstone Fireside Podcast (December 2019)
"Mormonism, Nietzsche, and the Ostlers”

Sunstone Fireside Podcast (December 2019)
"Queer Meals and Safe X-mas with Jerilyn Pool”

Sunstone Fireside Podcast (November 2019)
"Making Room: A Conversation with Cristina Cole”

Sunstone Fireside Podcast (October 2019)
“Standing as a Witness”

Sunstone Fireside Podcast (September 2019)
"Blaire Ostler Discusses President Nelson’s Five Truths”

Unshackled: Steele Archer (August 2019)
"A Controversial Religious Debate”

Sunstone Fireside Podcast (August 2019)
"Indigenous and Mormon”

Sunstone Podcast (August 2019)
“An Introduction to Mormon Transhumanism”

Momorm Happy Hour Podcast (August 2019)
"Mormon Transhumanist Association with Blaire Ostler”

Human Stories with Jill Hazard Rowe (June 2019)
“Human Stories: Blaire Ostler”

Sunstone Fireside Podcast (June 2019)
"The Last Manti Pageant”

Mormon Transhumanist Association Conference (April 2019)
"O Death, Where is Thy Sting?”

Mormon Happy Hour Podcast (April 2019)
"A Queer Chat about the Policy Reversal”

Sunstone Fireside Podcast (March 2019)
“A Trans-Masculine/Asexual Mormon Experience”

Sunstone Podcast (March 2019)
“Changes in Mormonism”

Sunstone Podcast (March 2019)
“Mormon Theology is Queer”

Mormon Happy Hour Podcast (November 2018)
"Queer Polygamy"

Mormon Sex Info Podcast (September 2018)
"Personal Experience as Bisexual Mormons”

Mormon Happy Hour Podcast (September 2018)
"The Exclusion Policy Doubledown"

Ministry of Ideas Podcast (August 2018)
"Spiritual Machines"

Mormon Happy Hour Podcast (June 2018)
"Blaire Ostler on Dan Reynolds"

Listen, Learn, & Love Podcast (May 2018)
"Peter Moosman and Blaire Ostler"

Mormon Transhumanist Association Conference (April 2018)
"Feminism Meets Transhumanism"

Mormon News Room Podcast (March 2018)
"2018 Mormon Transhumanist Conference Promotion"

Year of Polygamy Podcast (March 2018)
"Queer Polygamy"

A Thoughtful Faith Podcast (February 2018)
“A God Who Changes”

I Like To Look For Rainbows Podcast (February 2018)
"Queer Mormon Thoughts on the Exclusion Policy"

Affirmation 2017 Keynote Address (September 2017)
“Make Love Win”

Ask a Mormon Sex Therapist Podcast (June 2017)
"Morality and Pornography" 

Mormon Transhumansist Association Conference (May 2017)
"Postgenderism: Liberation from Homogenization"

A Thoughtful Faith Podcast (April 2017)
“The Image of God”

Sunstone Northwest Symposium (December 2016)
"Eternal Progression: Change as a Constant"

Mormon Transhumanist Association Conference (May 2016)
"Diversity of God"

Sunstone West Symposium (February 2016)
"Broadening our Understanding of Sexuality and Procreation"