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Nossa História

February 21, 2020 |

Afirmação é a história de uma luta pela auto-aceitação e auto-estima. Tudo começou nos 10 a 15 anos anteriores a 1977. Durante esse período, muitos grupos de mórmons gays se…

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Honor code no longer discriminates between same-sex and straight couples

February 19, 2020 |

BYU released an updated honor code, removing all references to homosexuals or same-sex relationships. Instead, the code now calls for students to, “Live a chaste and virtuous life, including abstaining from any sexual relations outside a marriage between a man and a woman.”

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New Church handbook provides some clarity but minimizes LGBTQ identities

February 19, 2020 |

While applauding the increase in transparency and clarity the new handbook provides, Affirmation remains concerned that Church policy diminishes the lived experience of LGBTQ individuals.

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Continuing My Spiritual Life as a Gay Man through Personal Revelation

October 3, 2019 |

Were I to agree with the Church that I have lost my way, my spiritual life would be dead. If I choose to believe now that my spiritual process is leading me wrongly, how could I ever again trust the workings of the Spirit? And how could I trust all that the Spirit has heretofore taught me?

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Types of Truth, Hope, and Faith as a Gay Man in the Church

September 23, 2019 |

The challenges of embracing both my experience and identity as a gay man and my 28 years in relationship with my husband Göran, at the same time as I embrace and affirm my love for the Gospel of Jesus Christ and my testimony of and love for the Church of Jesus Christ have taught me invaluable lessons about faith, about trust, about patience, about life, about community, about relationship, and most importantly about God, and my own divine nature and relationship with him.

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Nunca Pensei em Conhecer Outro Mórmon Gay

September 12, 2019 |

Quando terminamos de conversar e nos separamos, percebemos como estávamos profundamente tristes. Para ele. Para mim do passado. Por quanto eu sabia que ele estava em guerra consigo mesmo por dentro e lembrando o quanto eu estava em guerra comigo mesmo.

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I Never Thought I’d Meet Another Gay Mormon

September 11, 2019 |

When we finished talking and parted ways, I realized how deeply sad I was. For him. For me from the past. For how much I knew he was at war with himself inside and remembering how much at war with myself I used to be.

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Dois graus fora do centro: saindo do outro armário

August 15, 2019 |

Pode ser preciso muito ou até mais coragem para buscar ajuda para depressão, ansiedade ou trauma, assim como para sair como lésbica, gay, bissexual, transgênero. Há ajuda, porém, e a Rich Keys incentiva qualquer um a procurar por compartilhar suas próprias lutas e sucessos.

La relación entre la Iglesia mormona y Afirmación: «Es complicado»

A relação Mórmon e a Afirmação: É Complicado

August 7, 2019 |

Desde o início, a Afirmação tem sido uma comunidade inclusiva de todas as vozes e pontos de vista daqueles que estão na encruzilhada da orientação sexual, identidade de gênero e sua fé e herança Mórmon, e há poder em continuar se unindo e ouvindo uns aos outros.