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Affirmation Venezuela participated on December 9 in a youth forum against corruption titled “1st Youth Meeting for an Integrity Venezuela” and organized by Transparencia Venezuela. The forum was held at the Zulia María Calcaño Public Library, and brought together young people from different civil society organizations and young councilors and other representatives of the Public…

Last Thursday, December 14, 2023, together with the Municipal Institute for Sexodiversity of Maracaibo (@mcbodiversidad), Affirmation Venezuela together with other LGBTQI+ NGOs in Maracaibo, we held the first of a series of gatherings organized by IMSEMA. On this occasion, the topic to be addressed was “What was the year 2023 like in terms of LGBTQI+…

As is tradition, the members of Affirmation Mexico held a posaba; It was last Saturday, December 18, that they met in Mexico City to participate in the last in-person activity of this year. During this activity, board games and dancing were held, some of the participants shared with others the typical foods of this Christmas…

Luis Rincón, national leader of Affirmation in Dominican Republic, together with other members of the chapter, organized the “One Heart” activity with which they celebrated the beginning of the Christmas holidays and the closing of Affirmation activities this year, in the purest Caribbean style. Chapter members enjoyed a weekend full of activities, which included spiritual…

On December 10, 2023, the Solemn Session was held in the Municipal Council of Maracaibo to commemorate the International Human Rights Day, in which the work of organizations working in different areas was recognized, among which was Affirmation Venezuela, recognizing our work in defending the rights of LGBTQI+ people. This type of event has special…

On November 29, Luis David Trujillo, who is the national leader of Affirmation Colombia, was one of the special guests of the awards committee for the 14th delivery of the San Sebastián 2023 awards; Luis attended this ceremony accompanied by members of the group, the reason is that Affirmation was nominated along with other organizations…

Fall 2023 Campaign:  A Joyful LGBT LDS/Mormon Holiday Season Celebration/Campaña de otoño de 2023: una alegre celebración de la temporada navideña LGBT, SUD y mormones  Hashtags #AJoyfulLGBTLDSHoliday #AJoyfulLGBTMormonHoliday #AJoyfulLGBTMormonFamilyHoliday What we are asking Affirmation is collecting videos running from 30 seconds to 1 minute of anyone who is LGBTQ+ and has been a member or…

This GivingTuesday, Affirmation: LGBT Mormons, Families, and Friends will inspire generosity by holding local community and virtual events in cities and countries across the world for and by LGBT Mormons, families, and friends. GivingTuesday is a global generosity movement, unleashing the power of people and organizations to transform their communities and their world. GivingTuesday will…

The San Sebastian Awards are given by the San Sebastian community of Bogota Colombia, each year they recognize organizations that seek to give support to the LGBTQIA+ community, this year this community has nominated Affirmation as the best spiritual group for the LGBTQIA+ community; for us this nomination represents a great achievement as it not…