Faces of Affirmation

Trans Mormon Voices

February 1, 2017 |

This is not just a bathroom issue. It’s daily life. It’s being gendered correctly, it’s having your name, and pronouns respected. It’s being able to go to a store and be treated with respect. It’s being permitted to be yourself.

Being Mormon, Lesbian, and in Love…

January 1, 2017 |

As I sit in Fast and Testimony meeting this morning I hear one man speak of families. He says he has recently been wondering why families are so important to our Heavenly Father. He then answers his own question by stating, “it is because within marriage and families we learn to love like God”. “Exactly”, I thought.

Born to Paint

December 18, 2016 |

The biggest thanks however goes to Our Heavenly Father and His Son Jesus Christ. I have come up from the depths of hell to be among His blessed children to give back to others and show others that life does exist for those of us who are LGBT and we have meaning and purpose. He’s the one that has given me my talents and it’s been through my experiences here on earth, including finally coming fully out as being gay.

Finding Hope

December 5, 2016 |

I can promise you that you can find hope, strength and courage to fight and help others fight. You can find a voice in a world that says we don’t deserve to have one. You can find yourself as you serve others in our community. It’s like the song says, “Love can build a bridge from your heart to mine”.

Finding Spiritual Peace Through Transition

November 27, 2016 |

We are all transitioning. Everyone here is transitioning in a sense. And as we transition from female to male, male to female, from critic to ally, from judgment to unconditional love, I know that peace will come. And it does come through trusting in God. Trusting that even though things don’t completely make sense right now, that God is in control and He is watching out for you.

Alex Florence Faces of Affirmation

Answering the Call

November 15, 2016 |

After years of struggling to allow my soul to be complete and awakened, the moment of deciding to becoming my authentic self had arrived.

The Struggle for Self Acceptance

May 8, 2016 |

For many years I have struggled, first to have the love of someone who despised me. Then I fought to be someone I was not, then I struggled to accept who I really am… I may have been abandoned in this life by earthly parents, but my heavenly Father has never left me.

The Real Love of Christ

April 24, 2016 |

The pure love of Christ can remove the scales of resentment and wrath from our eyes, allowing us to see others the way our Heavenly Father sees us: as imperfect mortal and flawed beings, that have potential and worth far beyond what we can imagine. Because God loves us so much, we too must love and forgive each other, including those who do not accept us.

Faces of Affirmation – Averyl Dietering

February 7, 2016 |

Today, things still aren’t perfect, but I feel empowered by my sexuality and grateful to be a queer Mormon. Kristen and I married in June of 2015, and we’re currently living in Los Angeles where we are both pursuing PhDs in English. We’re planning on starting a family in the next few years, but for now, we are just so thrilled to be together.