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Olin Thomas
2007 Declared "International Year”

by Olin Thomas, Executive Director
January 2007

While Affirmation has long attracted members from beyond the United States, it has only been in the last several years that groups of gay and lesbian Mormons have begun to organize chapters. A regional conference was held in Mexico City in April of 2004, marking the first Affirmation-wide event outside the U.S.A. In 2006, the Mortensen Award was awarded to someone from outside the United States for the first time. In light of such developments, I am going to make the International side of Affirmation the focus of increased attention during 2007.

Each month Affinity will carry news of chapters or individuals from around the world. We will also work on better outreach to potential members outside the United States. If you served an overseas mission and would like to help with this effort, please contact Olin (olinaffirmation.org) or Alyson (alysonPDXaffirmation.org) and let us know what in what country you served and what language you learned. GLBT Mormons are everywhere and Affirmation wants to be there for them.