Affirmation: Gay & Lesbian Mormons

News Stories Archives - 1999

January

Affirmation's Youth Services Director Urges Letters Sent to President

Gay Marriages Will Encourage Social Stability

"Dr." Laura Schlessinger Attacks Gay People--Affirmation Youth Services Director Responds

New Church Handbook Raises Concerns

February

Brouhaha in the Arizona State Legislature

Who's Dropping By?—Affirmation Site Visitors are Coming from All Over

Hate-crimes Bill Fuels Contentious Debate in Utah

New Mailing List for Gay Mormons in Europe Started

March

Same-Sex Marriage in Utah?!

April

The Reasons Why Affirmation is Needed

Anti-Gay Attacks Said More Violent

May

Church's Letter Urging Members Throughout California to Support DOMA

July

Mormon Church "Regrets" Exodus by Gay Members

Group Urges Gays to Leave LDS Church in Protest

Affirmation Meeting Protested

Why Leno Questions Mormon Role in Anti-Gay-Marriage Issue

Assumptions: What Is Marriage for?

Assumptions: The Slippery Slope of Mormon Politics

Homophobes Misinterpret Bible to Support Anti-gay Agenda

Substitute Hate Crimes Legislation Introduced by Senator Hatch Excludes Sexual Orientation, Gender, and Disability

The Mormon Church and Same-Sex Marriage

Activists Quit LDS Church Over California Letter

Mormons and Gay Marriage

Church Stance Hurts Family

Anti-Gay Letter Distributed by Church in Missouri

21st International Conference at Lake Tahoe
Fun promised for all!

Mormon Church Initiates Attack on Gay Civil Rights in California

Church Actions May be in Violation of Law

Mormons now target California

Supports and Obligations of Civil Marriage

Supervisor Hits Mormons For Politicking

Chronology of Church Political Activities in California

Same-sex Marriage and Chocolate Chip Cookies

A Fitting Parable

Same-Sex Marriages

August

Marital Reservations

Army May Discharge a Gay Mormon Lawmaker

Seeking Statements for Lawsuit Against Mormon Church

Letter Writing Protest Gains Momentum

California E-Trade Boss Gives $300,000 to Fight Knight Initiative

Call for Nominations for National Executive Director

LDS Need to Deal With Gays

We're Queer, We're Mormon and We Want To Get Married

Mormons Raise Cash to Stop Gay Marriage

Lesbian Health: Current Assessment and Directions for the Future

Agree to Disagree
Watts Respond to Wardle's Editorial

1999 Mortensen Awards - Call for Nominations

Proof: California Mormons have been Raising Funds for the Knight Initiative

September

Mormons Take 'Family Values' to Polls

Mormon Church Assailed on Gay Marriage Stand

Gay Community to Church: This Is the Last Straw

A Major League Player's Life of Isolation and Subterfuge

NYTimes Article on Billy Bean, gay athelete from Mormon background

Cammermeyer Coming to Affirmation's Tahoe Conference

Why Same-Sex Marriage Is the Crucial Issue

Queer Spirit & Our Allies Unite

Research on Child Abuse Among Mormons

October

Knight Initiative Takes Nose Dive

Candidacy Statements for Affirmation's Executive Director
It's time to select another Director. Are you eligible to vote?

Marriage, Mormons, and Queers, Oh My!

Anti-Same Sex Marriage Tactics Sure to Produce Embarrassment and Scandal

Living in a Homophobic Society

Who Is Being Harassed?

LDS-Church Leaders Are Hypocrites

Chronology of church's DOMA activities

Compiled by Dave Combe

Why We Do Some of the Things We Do

November

Geneva Conference Hits Roadblock

It's Knight's Initiative That Appears Unnatural

New Mail List for BYU Gays

New Mail List for LDS Lesbians

The Case Against the Notion of "Homosexual Panic"

A Queer History of Mormonism
Course teaches Church History, a side you don't hear about in Sunday School.

December

Vermont Supreme Court Deals Setback to Defense of Marriage

New List Serves GLBT Mormons or exMormons in the Atlanta area

National Director Election Results In!