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Were I to agree with the Church that I have lost my way, my spiritual life would be dead. If I choose to believe now that my spiritual process is leading me wrongly, how could I ever again trust the workings of the Spirit? And how could I trust all that the Spirit has heretofore taught me?
You’re traveling through another dimension, a dimension not only of sight and sound, but of mind, a journey into a wondrous land whose only boundaries are that of the imagination. That’s the signpost up ahead. Your next stop: The Twilight Zone…
Affirmation: LGBTQ Mormons, Families & Friends is expanding its search for the newly created full-time position of Director of Operations.
Aqueles que são pegos nesse período de transição, quando os Irmãos resolvem as coisas, têm a possibilidade contínua e real de trauma, rejeição e sofrimento, enquanto estão no cruzamento de sua Fé. É por isso que organizações lideradas por LGBTQ, como a Afirmação, são tão necessárias para apoiar nossos colegas LGBTQ durante essas mudanças.
Como médicos e pilotos, não inventei os princípios que governam a saúde mental LGBTQ – apenas os descobrimos e agora os usamos diariamente para proteger vidas. Oro com os pés todos os dias para que os santos dos últimos dias também compreendam totalmente essas descobertas. Todos fazemos parte de um corpo em Cristo. Podemos ver que cada parte, por mais diferente que seja, é igualmente necessária para nós.
The challenges of embracing both my experience and identity as a gay man and my 28 years in relationship with my husband Göran, at the same time as I embrace and affirm my love for the Gospel of Jesus Christ and my testimony of and love for the Church of Jesus Christ have taught me invaluable lessons about faith, about trust, about patience, about life, about community, about relationship, and most importantly about God, and my own divine nature and relationship with him.
Those caught in this transition period as the Brethren work things out have the continued and real possibility of trauma, rejection, and suffering as they stand at the intersection of their Faith. This is why LGBTQ led organizations such as Affirmation are so necessary to support our LGBTQ peers during such changes.
Like doctors and pilots, I didn’t make up the principles that govern LGBTQ mental health — we have merely discovered them and now use them daily to safeguard lives. I pray with my feet every day that Latter-day Saints will come to fully understand these discoveries too. We are all part of one body in Christ. May we see that each part however different is equally needed by us.
El presidente de Afirmación, Nathan Kitchen, comparte su experiencia y sus ideas sobre la participación de Afirmación en el WorldPride 2019 en la ciudad de Nueva York. «Este es un círculo de amor y apoyo cimentado por conexiones personales aún más fuertes que el Orgullo Mundial. Es el tipo de construcción comunitaria por la que los mormones son conocidos. Y espero que todos se unan».