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Still Straight after All These Years: The Boy Scouts of America

February 22, 2013 |

by Robert A. Rees Originally posted on the No More Strangers Blog. Reposted with permission. To add comments, visit the original post. I never made it to First Class Scout! Reading this morning’s New York Times article on the Boy Scouts makes me think the Scouts haven’t made it to First Class either! After being so adamant about…

Affirmation Washington DC to Go Ice-Skating

February 21, 2013 |

FHE on February 25 at the Canal Park Ice Rink Affirmation Washington DC will have a Family Home Evening on February 25 at the Canal Park Ice Rink on M Street. Admission is $8 and skate rental is $3. For the exact time and other details, please contact Edward Jones.

Affirmation Vice President Featured on CNN

February 20, 2013 |

Affirmation Senior Vice President John Gustav-Wrathall was featured today on CNN’s OutFront show with Erin Burnett in a segment about the “Mormon influence on Boy Scouts as [the] organization reconsiders [its] gay ban.”

Lee Beckstead and Jim Struve to Facilitate LGBTQ Workshop

February 19, 2013 |

Lee Beckstead, a Utah-based psychologist well known for his work on the intersection between sexual orientation and religion, will co-facilitate a workshop on Saturday, March 16.

Straight Mormon Playwright Explores Prop 8, Friendship

February 14, 2013 |

An LDS playwright is having his new script staged in Salt Lake City. Adam & Steve and the Empty Sea is the coming-of-age story of two friends–one of them openly gay and the other openly Mormon.

Gay Scoutmaster Welcomed in Former Ward

February 13, 2013 |

Former bishop Bob Bradley and Eagle Scout Taylor Bradley welcomed their out gay former Scoutmaster and former first counselor to the Mt. Airy ward this Sunday.

Affirmation 2013 Conference: New Frontiers

February 12, 2013 |

We welcome you to return to Salt Lake City for Affirmation’s 2013 Annual General Conference: “New Frontiers,” to be held September 13-15 at the Guesthouse and Conference Center of the University of Utah.

Affinity – February 2013

February 1, 2013 |

Affirmation: Gay & Lesbian Mormons—Serving LGBT Mormons and Their Family and Friends Since 1977 Inside This Issue The Affirmation Leadership Gathering Affirmation Calendar Affirmation 2013 Conference: New Frontiers Affirmation: Gay & Lesbian Mormons joins families, Scouts, and others in supporting LGBT youth by calling for an end to discrimination in the Boy Scouts of America…

Seattle Affirmation to Hold Potluck

January 31, 2013 |

Members, friends, and allies of Affirmation in Seattle will hold a potluck at Wendy Reynolds’s home in Kenmore.