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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.
Todos nós nos aproximamos da conferência geral à nossa maneira, com base em onde estamos e no que é certo para nós. Isso é entre nós e Deus ou nosso poder superior. Mantenha a mente aberta e permita-se a oportunidade de descobrir algo que você não conhecia antes que fale a verdade para você. A fonte pode surpreendê-lo.
What do we do when we begin to realize that our evolving identity, the genuine identity that causes us to be happy, the one we feel called into, the one that is honest, no longer fits or meshes within a culture?
In our, very, very, Mormon world, being gay was just… never an option. It was so far outside the realm of something we’d even considered possible that, by the time we accepted it for what it was, we were married with children, our lives inextricably entangled.
I took a deep breath, sat down on the bed with my face to the wall and my back to my husband. He said something about my needing to hear him out and not overreact. I agreed, and finally, he said, “I am gay.”