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LDS Publication Acknowledges the Existence of Affirmation “Affirmation continues to the present, holding an annual conference, publishing a newsletter, and sponsoring social and spiritual events” by Matt Christensen August 2006 For the first time ever, a volume published by Deseret Book acknowledges the existence of Affirmation: Gay and Lesbian Mormons. Edward L. Kimball is the author of Lengthen Your Stride: The Presidency of Spencer W. Kimball (Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret Book, 2005) and a son of the late President Kimball. In a section detailing the anti-gay rhetoric and actions of President Kimball, Edward Kimball notes: In 1977, too, Mormon gays and lesbians began to publicize their views that homosexuality is not "curable" and that homosexual acts based on "mature loving intimacy" should be accepted as essential to the development of an unfractured personality. They organized Affirmation, a support group that soon had chapters in most of the nation's large cities" (page 87).In a footnote, Edward Kimball further notes that "Affirmation continues to the present, holding an annual conference, publishing a newsletter, and sponsoring social and spiritual events." We are glad Edward Kimball had the courage to admit that Affirmation exists. The next step would be for LDS leaders to stop using silly euphemisms and vague circumlocutions and call us what we are: gay and lesbian Mormons. |
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