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Affirmation Facebook Group for LGBT People of Color (PoC) and Allies Announced

January 21, 2013 |

A forum to explore and express the intersections of race/ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, and LDS faith

BYU-Idaho Group Fosters Understanding around LGBT Issues

January 19, 2013 |

Understanding Same Gender Attraction, commonly referred to as USGA, is an unofficial group of BYU-Idaho students, whose primary goal is to foster understanding on the topic of homosexuality as a Latter-Day Saint.

Community Forum to Discuss Homelessness among Utah’s LGBT Youth

January 13, 2013 |

“Safe and Sound” Program to Be Launched in Ogden January 2013 Venue: Pleasant Valley Library (5568 South Adams Avenue), Ogden, UT 84405 Date & Time: Tuesday, January 22 at 7:00 pm It is well known that in Utah hundreds of homeless LGBT youth sleep on the streets, in abandoned buildings, in the canyons and in…

New Forum Seeks to Reflect on LGBT Mormon Experience

January 12, 2013 |

A new online forum seeks to discuss the LGBT Mormon experience from a variety of perspectives.

LDS LGBT February Social in Utah

January 11, 2013 |

Friday, February 1, 2013 at 7:30 PM When: Friday, February 1, 2013 Time: 7:30pm in PST Where: Wade & Yvette’s home In the tradition of our December Christmas social we would like to announce our February LGBT LDS Social, guaranteed to be fun and entertaining! We had such a good time at the December social we want…

LDS Family Fellowship Forum to Feature Clifford Rosky

January 10, 2013 |

February 10 at the University of Utah Clifford Rosky is an Associate Professor of Law at the University of Utah’s S.J. Quinney College of Law, where he teaches courses on criminal law, constitutional law, and sexuality, gender and law. Before joining the faculty, he graduated from Yale Law School and served as a research fellow…

Happy New Year Affirmation Friends!

January 9, 2013 |

New Leadership, Meetings Announced by Affirmation President Randall Thacker We start this new year with a palpable excitement in the LGBT Mormon and Allies community. We have received countless messages from literally hundreds of LGBT Mormons, families, and friends from around the globe who are ready to be anxiously engaged in a good cause! We…

People of Faith as Allies: A Global Phenomenon with a Long History

January 7, 2013 |

Many People of Faith, LGBT and Straight, Are Working for Equality

Affirmation Christmas Party in Washington DC

January 6, 2013 |

Chants Intoned, Albino Pachyderms Exchanged by Edward Jones III I was at the office far too early in the morning. I heard a noise and looked through the haze of cigarette smoke. My editor Hugo was sitting on my desk. “Son,” he said, “I got another assignment for you. It’s a doozy.” Fast forward three days…