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This GivingTuesday, Affirmation: LGBT Mormons, Families, and Friends will inspire generosity by holding local community and virtual events in cities and countries across the world for and by LGBT Mormons, families, and friends. GivingTuesday is a global generosity movement, unleashing the power of people and organizations to transform their communities and their world. GivingTuesday will…
The San Sebastian Awards are given by the San Sebastian community of Bogota Colombia, each year they recognize organizations that seek to give support to the LGBTQIA+ community, this year this community has nominated Affirmation as the best spiritual group for the LGBTQIA+ community; for us this nomination represents a great achievement as it not…
Within Mexican traditions and festivals, the Day of the Dead is one of the most important dates in the entire country. During November 1 and 2, the country is filled with marigold flowers and Mexican families arrange their homes and decorate their homes to perform offerings to loved ones who have died, this is such…
Creating Worldwide Communities of Safety, Love, and Hope Your financial support allows Affirmation to create communities of safety, love, and hope for LGBTQIA+ current and former Latter-day Saints and their families and friends around the world. How Your Donation is Used Donated funds are used to: Host international and regional conferences. Support local activities. Sustain…
We are pleased to introduce you to the newest member of the Affirmation Executive Committee, Senior Vice President Fred Bowers. Fred began his involvement with Affirmation: LGBT Mormons, Families, and Friends while attending a local ward in the Washington DC area during the 1990’s. He served as Washington DC Chapter Director, Chapter-at-Large Director, Special Assistant…
Strengthening capabilities is essential for any organization that wants to be successful. By optimizing internal processes, organizations can save time and money, and better serve their beneficiaries. That is why, from Affirmation Venezuela, we are grateful for having been selected to be part of the program “Potenciando Tu Impacto: From the Idea to Sustainability”. The…
Since his ordination to LDS apostleship in 1984, next in line as prophet, Dallin Oaks, has branded his image on vehement defenses of heteronormativity and consistent delegitimization of LGBTQ+ identities and relationships. In the October session of the LDS Church’s semi-annual general conference, he reaffirmed the same fundamentalist positions on sexuality and gender that he…
On Thursday, August 24, 2023, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced updated expectations for students at Brigham Young University, BYU–Idaho, BYU–Hawaii and Ensign College, revising Student Ecclesiastical Endorsement questions, the Honor Code, and dress and grooming standards. Among the changes are language changes that affect LGBTQ students. Original language in the Honor…
A few days ago, I had the opportunity to visit Santo Domingo to attend the Affirmation conference in the Dominican Republic. I was very excited to get to know this beautiful country and meet the Dominican members since, up until this point, I only knew them through our video connections on my cell phone. As…