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Ciência Versus Dogma: a Biologia Desafia o Paradigma SUD

February 24, 2019 |

A ciência é importante. Se adotarmos as descobertas da ciência, que a orientação sexual e a identidade de gênero são biologicamente indelevelmente impressas durante o desenvolvimento fetal e que são variedades normais, então nos tornamos uma sociedade mais justa e também receptora dos enormes dons que as pessoas LGBT trazem para a sociedade. mesa.

Volunteering a Work of Love and Compassion

February 22, 2019 |

The world today does not exist without the support of these organizations that have helped people around the world, fighting hunger, disease, persecution, injustice and bringing a little hope; helping people to overcome their difficulties, spiritual or material.

Looking Upwards: 2019 Conferences in Affirmation Brazil

February 22, 2019 |

This year’s theme will be “Looking Upwards: Do not Give Up on Your Challenges, Face Them.” This theme that makes us think about all the challenges we have in our lives, how we should face them and where to get the strength we need.

Finding Peace through Gratitude in the Face of Adversity

February 22, 2019 |

Do not be a victim. Take care of your wounds. If you can not handle them alone, seek professional help. Trying to heal where you have been hurt is almost impossible if your situation does not change. Purposefully separate yourself from those things or people that hurt you. No matter how bad your family members are, you cannot stop being who you are.

Science vs. Dogma: Biology Challenges the LDS Paradigm

February 20, 2019 |

Science matters. If we embrace the findings of science, that sexual orientation and gender identity are biologically indelibly imprinted during fetal development and that they are varieties of normal, then we become a more just society as well as recipients of the enormous gifts that LGBT people bring to the table.

Two Degrees off Center: Putting Out the Welcome Mat

February 19, 2019 |

If the LDS Church really is sincere, if it really proclaims itself to be Jesus Christ’s church and this new ministry movement is more than just an experiment, then it has to do more than put out the welcome mat and proclaim an open-door policy. It has to do more than display a sign in front of its buildings stating “Visitors Welcome.”

Audio: Affirmation Launches “Historic” Chapter Development Efforts with Organizational Web Conference

February 19, 2019 |

Over 70 members of the Affirmation community signed on Sunday, February 17th, to participate in a web conference detailing Affirmation’s efforts to organize and strengthen chapters throughout the United States and Canada to provide vital face-to-face communities to support LGBTQ Mormons, their family members, and friends.

¿Qué yugo lleva tu corazón?

February 17, 2019 |

No te quedes con la actitud de víctima, cuida de tus heridas, si no puedes lidiar con ellas sólo busque ayuda profesional. Intentar curarse viviendo en el mismo lugar donde te has herido, es algo prácticamente imposible, busca salir de ese lugar. En cuanto a tu familia, ellos nunca dejaron de serlo.

Laurie Lee Hall, Affirmation Senior Vice President, Warns Against Transerasure on Salt Lake Tribune’s ‘Mormon Land’

February 12, 2019 |

“Ultimately, an individual often gets to a point where they must live the way they feel internally, in their mind and heart, how they are,” Hall explained. “Identity is a sense of self that’s in the mind, in the heart, and in the soul that transcends the actual physical biology, whatever that may be.”