This GivingTuesday, Help LGBTQIA+ Latter-day Saints Know They’re Not Alone
For many LGBTQIA+ people with a Latter-day Saint connection, there’s a moment when it feels like there are only two options: deny who you are, or walk away from everything you’ve ever known.
Affirmation exists so that no one has to face that choice alone.
On GivingTuesday, December 2, we’re inviting our global community to come together in generosity to sustain communities of safety, love, and hope for LGBTQIA+ Latter-day Saints, their families, and their friends around the world.
Why GivingTuesday Matters for Our Community
GivingTuesday is a global day of generosity, but for members of Affirmation, it’s also deeply personal.
Every day, people find us when they’re searching online late at night, when a church conversation leaves them shaken, or when they’re just trying to figure out if anyone else like them has survived this journey.
“Whether someone is staying in the Church, stepping away, or somewhere in between, Affirmation is often the first place they hear, ‘You are not broken, and you are not alone,’”
— Fred Bowers, President of Affirmation
Your GivingTuesday gift helps ensure that when someone reaches out, Affirmation is still here.
What Your Gift Supports
When you give to Affirmation on GivingTuesday, you’re supporting real people in real communities around the world. Your donation helps us:
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Sustain online and in-person peer-led support communities in multiple languages
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Provide suicide prevention and mental health–focused trainings for volunteer leaders
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Offer virtual events and local gatherings that reduce isolation and foster connection
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Reach LGBTQIA+ youth, parents, families, and leaders who are seeking understanding, tools, and hope
A gift of any size becomes part of a larger, life-affirming message:
LGBTQIA+ Latter-day Saints deserve to live, to love, and to belong.
“Showing Up Together” on GivingTuesday
“GivingTuesday is about showing up together,” Bowers says. “A $10 gift, a $25 monthly pledge, or a larger leadership gift all become part of a global signal that LGBTQIA+ Latter-day Saints deserve to live, to love, and to belong.”
Here are a few simple ways you can participate:
- Give online at affirmation.org/donate on or before GivingTuesday.
- Become a monthly donor to sustain this work all year long.
- Recommend a grant from your donor-advised fund (DAF) in support of Affirmation.
- Make a gift of stock or other assets if that’s a better fit for your giving.
- Share why you support Affirmation on social media using #GivingTuesday and tagging @AffirmationLGBTQ.
- Invite a friend to learn about Affirmation and join you in giving.
About Affirmation: LGBTQ Mormons, Families & Friends
Affirmation creates worldwide communities of safety, love, and hope and promotes understanding, acceptance, and self-determination of individuals of diverse sexual orientations, gender identities, and expressions. We affirm the inherent self-worth of LGBTQIA+ individuals as complete, equal, and valuable persons and support them as they define their individual spirituality and intersection with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints or their faith tradition.
About GivingTuesday
GivingTuesday is a movement that unleashes the power of generosity around the world. It was created in 2012 at New York’s 92nd Street Y and incubated in its Belfer Center for Innovation & Social Impact. What started as a simple idea of a day that encourages people to do good has grown into a global movement that inspires hundreds of millions of people to give, collaborate, and celebrate generosity year-round. The movement is brought to life through a distributed network of entrepreneurial leaders who lead national movements in more than 110 countries worldwide. An integral part of the global generosity movement is the GivingTuesday organization, which offers support and resources to GivingTuesday leaders and fosters connection and collaboration across the network.
To learn more about GivingTuesday, please visit: www.givingtuesday.org.