Sunstone Sessions to Discuss GLBT, Gender Issues

July 2008

Several sessions of the 2008 Sunstone Symposium will discuss GLBT and gender issues. Affirmation leadres will be speaking specifically to the topic of “The Expression of Spirituality of the Rising Gay Generation.” Their presentation is scheduled for Saturday morning, August 9.

The theme of the symposium is “The Spirituality of the Rising Generation,” focusing on ways in which the challenges and interests of today’s high school and college students and young professionals differ from those of past generations.

Tickets and registration material for the 2008 Salt Lake Sunstone Symposium are available at www.sunstonemagazine.com/symposium.html. You may register for the entire symposium or for a single day, and students with a valid ID may attend many sessions at no cost. Additional information is available on the Sunstone website. You may call the Sunstone office and request a printed program that will be mailed to you. The Symposium will take place at the Sheraton Salt Lake City Hotel; special room rates are available for conference attendees.

For a copy of the preliminary program, visit https://www.sunstonemagazine.com/images/stories/preliminary2008.pdf

GLBT Issues:

Session 232: Panel. Sex and the Young Mormon Soul

Session 326: Proclaiming the Family: Which Family?

Session 336: Short Play: The Children of Tantalus

Session 356: I Love You No Matter What

Session 366: Panel. California’s Continuing Battle over Same-Sex Marriage

Session 376: Panel. The Expression of Spirituality of the Rising Gay Generation

Gender Issues:

Session 123: The Mormon Feminist Poet Mitt Romney for President Road Show Farewell Tour

Session 161: Religious Authority Versus Practice: Female Empowerment in the Mormon and Shambhala Buddhist Traditions

Session 173: Panel. Mormon Motherhood: Choice or Destiny?

Session 253: Heavenly Mothers: Magick, the Divine Feminine, and Homebirth in the Mormon Community of North America

Session 262. Emma Smith as Shaman

Session 271. Panel. What Women Know

Session 371. Panel. La Vida Online
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