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Nuestros ancianos LGBT no deben poner fin a sus vidas desvaneciéndose en la soledad. Merecen ser rodeados y alentados por los amigos y la familia y la comunidad. Nuestros jóvenes LGBT no deben ver solamente un futuro que se sienten demasiado débiles para enfrentar. Aquellos de nosotros entre la juventud y la vejez no deben vivir nuestras vidas paralizadas con la incertidumbre, incapaces de creer en nuestra capacidad de discernir el camino correcto, de elegir el bien.
A retreat for current and future gay, bi and transgender fathers, March 18-20, 2016, in Lehi, Utah! Come join us for edification, support, and fellowship!
Our LGBT elders must not end their lives fading into loneliness. They deserve to be surrounded and buoyed up by family and friends and community. Our LGBT youth must not see only a future they feel too weak to face. Those of us in between youth and old age must not live our lives paralyzed with uncertainty, unable to believe in our ability to discern the right path, to choose the good.
Crecer como mormón y salir del clóset fue una larga jornada, una larga y difícil jornada en la que aún sigo. Cuando salí del clóset, a diferencia de muchos otros mormones LGBTQ que conozco, mi familia fue suficientemente comprensiva y casi siempre me mostró amor.
Yo no soy ex misionero pero siento que lo que hacemos en Afirmación es parte de la obra misional. Llevar el Evangelio a aquellos amigos y amigas LGBT que se sienten solos, que también necesitan de Dios como todos nosotros.
I see a grassroots yearning for more satisfactory answers to our existential questions about homosexuality, and more satisfactory resolutions to the challenges created by the existence of gay people in a social system that was designed as if they didn’t really exist. As far as I can tell, our leadership at the highest levels is not “out of touch” with the general membership when it comes to this. They are wrestling with the issues as much as anyone else, though their process is not as publicly visible.
“I didn’t really know what to expect from Affirmation, but what I experienced was profoundly spiritual, and it healed my relationship with my son.” Your donation could mean the difference between hope and despair for a LGBT Mormon, their parents, family members and friends. Please consider giving something before the end of the year!
What seems to be a hopeless situation, an endless struggle, diminished potential, or a lost cause, the most unlikely to have a happy outcome, a series of irrelevant events, or just some confirmation that my prejudices are correct turns out to be a pretty big deal indeed. A Saviour is born, not as the Emperor of China or the spiritual leader of the Roman Empire, but as ‘just another kid’ with dubious prospects.
We will stand with the “red letter” words of Jesus himself, following his radical policies of absolute love and absolute inclusion. These are the words and the actions we will celebrate this Christmas, for these are the “tidings of great joy.”