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Cuando juzgamos a alguien después de leer solamente el primer párrafo de una persona, nos perdemos lo valioso de escuchar y aprender de los demás y realmente ver su singularidad y lo que los hace especiales.
Amarnos a nosotros mismos tal cual somos es el camino de felicidad que debemos seguir. Todos tenemos un potencial divino, y si vemos más allá de nuestras imperfecciones sabremos que realmente somos perfectos tal cual somos.
Absolutists don’t exist “in and of themselves.” As we come to the time of General Conference, we relativists need to listen carefully for those knife-edged messages that can slice the hearts of those most fragile among us and be vocal in saying, “I don’t think so.”
For me, my sexual orientation and my Mormonism are paralleled in my struggles as a bisexual woman. I’ve felt pulled between two communities I love dearly. The truth is I can’t deny my Mormon identity, motivation, and beliefs any more than I could deny that I’m attracted to multiple genders.
Em nosso mundo mórmon, ser gay era apenas … nunca uma opção. Estava tão longe do reino de algo que até tínhamos considerado possível que, quando aceitamos o que era, éramos casados e com filhos, nossas vidas estavam fortemente entrelaçadas.
Eu respirei fundo, sentei na cama com meu rosto na parede e de costas para o meu marido. Ele disse algo sobre minha necessidade de ouvi-lo e não exagerar. Eu concordei e, finalmente, ele disse: “Eu sou gay”.
Affirmation Brazil is rolling up their sleeves to do something in their country to help these people. We are hosting a symposium and inviting other organizations helping the LGBT population on September 25th in São Paulo.
I always wondered why my father, who always encouraged people to go to church, to pray, and to read the scriptures, did not enter the church with others on Sundays. My mom decided to tell us that our dad was gay.
Today I am a person who succeeded in life, for everything I struggled for and sought, I became a confident and determined person. With all that happened, I never lost my faith and spirituality. Today I accept myself. My family accepts me. Most important of all, I built new castles for my life.