{"id":8505,"date":"2015-11-22T12:57:05","date_gmt":"2015-11-22T19:57:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/affirmation.org\/?p=8505"},"modified":"2021-10-03T09:42:21","modified_gmt":"2021-10-03T15:42:21","slug":"its-different-this-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/affirmation.org\/pt\/e-diferente-desta-vez\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00c9 diferente desta vez"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left\"><em><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/affirmation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/11041259_10152942383847924_8451995948518496467_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-15575 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/affirmation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/11041259_10152942383847924_8451995948518496467_n-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"11041259_10152942383847924_8451995948518496467_n\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/affirmation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/11041259_10152942383847924_8451995948518496467_n-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/affirmation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/11041259_10152942383847924_8451995948518496467_n-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/affirmation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/11041259_10152942383847924_8451995948518496467_n.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><em>por David Fletcher <\/em>\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/invisiblog.wordpress.com\/2015\/11\/11\/its-different-this-time\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Postado cruzado com permiss\u00e3o de seu blog pessoal<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Eu precisava anotar alguns dos meus sentimentos, como muitos de voc\u00eas online e offline. N\u00e3o sou um escritor, ent\u00e3o isso pode ser estranho e hostil ao leitor.<\/p>\n<p>V\u00e1rios eventos de minha vida influenciaram minhas expectativas em rela\u00e7\u00e3o aos gays na Igreja. Eu sabia que era gay desde que sabia sobre sexo, e quando era adolescente fui enviado a terapeutas comportamentais para tentar mudar minha orienta\u00e7\u00e3o, sem sucesso. Mesmo assim, entendi que era simplesmente uma prefer\u00eancia, gostar de cortinas \u201cverdes\u201d em vez das \u201cazuis\u201d. Meu \u00faltimo terapeuta na BYU me disse que eu precisava me arrepender e ent\u00e3o isso mudaria. Arrepender-se de qu\u00ea? Eu tive exatamente zero experi\u00eancias, sexualmente. Parei a terapia e nunca mais voltei.<\/p>\n<p>Minha miss\u00e3o foi abortada quando mencionei com naturalidade que era gay. BYU n\u00e3o me deixou voltar sem um per\u00edodo de adapta\u00e7\u00e3o, porque eu era gay.<span id=\"more-60474\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Eu namorei mulheres, mesmo sendo muito estranho socialmente, e disseram que gostavam de mim nos encontros porque eu era o perfeito cavalheiro. Eu finalmente conheci uma garota que eu realmente amava e ficamos noivos, e por mais de um ano eu n\u00e3o sabia como seria, porque eu sabia que o casamento n\u00e3o aconteceria. Eu n\u00e3o ia fazer uma mulher passar por isso. Felizmente, ela conheceu outra pessoa e rompemos nosso noivado. Ela teve uma bela vida na igreja.<\/p>\n<p>Durante tudo isso, continuei a frequentar a igreja. Por qu\u00ea? Porque esta \u00e9 minha tribo, meu povo, esta \u00e9 a verdade na terra, e eu adorava sentir o sopro do Esp\u00edrito sussurrando em meu ouvido. A verdade \u00e9 escorregadia, no entanto; certamente eu racionalizei que estava tudo bem ser gay e SUD, sabendo que haveria disc\u00f3rdia no futuro. Eu mantive minha prefer\u00eancia para mim, n\u00e3o no arm\u00e1rio, por si s\u00f3, mas pessoal. Qualquer pessoa que fizesse amizade comigo por mais de meia hora saberia que eu era gay.<\/p>\n<p>Depois da faculdade, morei alguns anos em casa com meus pais, em Nova Jersey, e frequentei minha ala. Recebi v\u00e1rios chamados (como secret\u00e1rio de membresia), mas tornei-me cada vez mais cr\u00edtico. Um evento importante aconteceu em 1983: meu pai me disse que eu deveria pegar um de seus carros e dirigir at\u00e9 Manhattan para ir \u00e0 igreja. Eu concordei em tentar isso, pensando que poderia usar o carro e o dia para tirar f\u00e9rias da religi\u00e3o (ver um filme, ou algo assim).<\/p>\n<p>A primeira vez que apareci na igreja em Manhattan, fui apresentado a Bill Cottam, um novo bispo. Ele conhecia minha irm\u00e3 Peggy e sabia de alguma forma que eu tocava piano. Ele disse que precisavam de um pianista da Prim\u00e1ria naquele mesmo dia, ent\u00e3o eu fiz isso. Depois da igreja, ele me chamou para o trabalho. Tanto para o feriado da igreja! Todos os domingos durante um ano inteiro, eu dirigia para Manhattan para ir \u00e0 igreja, tocando piano para as crian\u00e7as.<\/p>\n<p>Meu pai sabia que eu poderia responder melhor \u00e0s enfermarias em Manhattan, por causa de sua diversidade, e ele estava certo em me enviar para l\u00e1.<\/p>\n<p>Embora eu nunca tivesse tocado \u00f3rg\u00e3o antes, em outubro de 1985, fui chamado para ser o organista da ala, porque realmente n\u00e3o havia ningu\u00e9m para fazer isso (na \u00e9poca). Tive que aprender sozinho a tocar \u00f3rg\u00e3o e muitos anos se passaram antes que eu me sentisse realmente confort\u00e1vel. Ser o organista da ala, por\u00e9m, leva voc\u00ea \u00e0 igreja todas as semanas e no hor\u00e1rio. Gosto de rotina e isso me ajudou.<\/p>\n<p>Em 1986, o bispo Cottam me chamou em seu escrit\u00f3rio para pedir um favor. Haveria um funeral para um jovem que morreu de AIDS, eu estaria interessado em tocar \u00f3rg\u00e3o para isso? Eu disse que sim, mas por que o sil\u00eancio? Ele disse, porque ele era gay e voc\u00ea \u00e9 gay ... pausa, pausa, como voc\u00ea sabia? Eu disse, e ele disse: \u201cPoder de discernimento\u201d. N\u00f3s demos uma boa risada. O jovem que havia morrido era um mission\u00e1rio de retorno, com um amante, e eles haviam sido recentemente reativados, apenas para ter suas vidas interrompidas. Ambos morreram com v\u00e1rios meses de diferen\u00e7a. O Bispo Cottam vestiu o irm\u00e3o SUD com as roupas do templo para o caix\u00e3o.<\/p>\n<p>Eu disse: \u201cEnt\u00e3o agora est\u00e1 em aberto. Sou gay e estou tentando encontrar um companheiro. Se voc\u00ea achar que \u00e9 impr\u00f3prio para mim realizar chamados na ala, como ser o organista e sentar no p\u00falpito todas as semanas, atenderei seus desejos. N\u00e3o quero abalar a experi\u00eancia espiritual de outra pessoa e n\u00e3o quero quebrar as regras eternas. \u201d<\/p>\n<p>E ele disse: \u201cVoc\u00ea recebeu um presente de Deus e est\u00e1 devolvendo-o a n\u00f3s. Voc\u00ea est\u00e1 prestando um grande servi\u00e7o, e o que \u00e9 o cristianismo sen\u00e3o isso? \u201d Fizemos uma ora\u00e7\u00e3o de joelhos juntos.<\/p>\n<p>E foi isso. Eu tinha encontrado minha voca\u00e7\u00e3o. Eu tinha encontrado minha pupila, minha verdade, meu futuro.<\/p>\n<p>Toco \u00f3rg\u00e3o todas as semanas h\u00e1 30 anos. Liderei o coro por 3 per\u00edodos diferentes. J\u00e1 ensinei o sacerd\u00f3cio, a Escola Dominical, fiz discursos; tocou em batismos, casamentos e funerais; comp\u00f4s mais de 30 pe\u00e7as vocais para a Reuni\u00e3o Sacramental; dirigir o Concerto de Natal da Estaca e conduzir um concerto das for\u00e7as SUD no Carnegie Hall. Toquei \u00f3rg\u00e3o para cerim\u00f4nias religiosas no Radio City Music Hall e no Madison Square Garden. Embora tenha havido alguma disc\u00f3rdia, nunca fiquei longe da Igreja por mais do que um breve per\u00edodo.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00c9 diferente, desta vez.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>DAVID FLETCHER come\u00e7ou sua carreira profissional como diretor musical da s\u00e9rie de a\u00e7\u00f5es de ver\u00e3o no Sundance Resort, em Utah, e tocou piano e dirigiu muitos musicais em Nova York, Nova Jersey e Utah e apresenta\u00e7\u00f5es de cabar\u00e9 em Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles , Salt Lake City, S\u00e3o Francisco e Nova York. Ele trabalhou como pianista \/ maestro por tr\u00eas temporadas no Papermill Playhouse em Short Hills, New Jersey. Ele tocou piano na orquestra para o sucesso da Off-Broadway, Dames at Sea, no Lamb&#039;s Theatre. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Ele auxiliou Mary Rodgers e Stephen Sondheim durante a produ\u00e7\u00e3o de Follies in Concert no Avery Fisher Hall, que beneficiou o Young Playwright&#039;s Festival. Sua m\u00fasica original foi ouvida nas pe\u00e7as Vinaigrette at the Village Gate, The Leaves Are Off the Trees no No-Smoking Playhouse, e suas can\u00e7\u00f5es foram tocadas em cabar\u00e9s no Palssons Supper Club, Don&#039;t Tell Mama&#039;s, The Village Gate e O Teatro Lyceum. Ele comp\u00f4s m\u00fasica para a televis\u00e3o nacional na A&amp;E Network, incluindo a pontua\u00e7\u00e3o de uma entrevista com Hal Prince e Caroline&#039;s Comedy Hour, e muitos bumpers e spots promocionais, incluindo a m\u00fasica para The Great American History Quiz no History Channel. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Ele comp\u00f4s m\u00fasica incidental para uma s\u00e9rie de pe\u00e7as, incluindo Barrab\u00e1s, apresentada na Catedral de S\u00e3o Jo\u00e3o, o Divino, e The Wild Ass&#039;s Skin, apresentada pelo Handcart Ensemble. D. estudou composi\u00e7\u00e3o na Universidade Brigham Young com Merrill Bradshaw, David Sargent e Robert Manookin e reg\u00eancia com Ralph Laycock e Clayne Robison, e cantou no BYU Oratorio Chorus, regido por Ronald Staheli. Ele obteve um mestrado em Composi\u00e7\u00e3o para Teatro Musical pela New York University, onde recebeu a Bolsa Hammerstein. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>David \u00e9 o organista e diretor do coro da Ala Morningside Heights de A Igreja de Jesus Cristo dos Santos dos \u00daltimos Dias. Ele foi o organista das Confer\u00eancias da \u00c1rea da Igreja realizadas no Radio City Music Hall e no Madison Square Garden. Ele organizou um concerto sagrado no Carnegie Hall e dirigiu The Mormon Oratorio Chorus, composto por membros SUD da \u00e1rea tri-estadual. Suas obras religiosas e teatrais podem ser ouvidas em sete CDs atuais: Lift Me, com Charlotte Smurthwaite; Eternal Day, with Ariel Bybee, On Stage, com David Barrus, Wondrous Love com Sarah e Peter Asplund e Jonathan Austin, Wondrous Love com George Dyer, Sabbath Song II com Clayne Robison e Rejoice Greatly (m\u00fasica sagrada de Natal) com Jamie Baer Peterson e Winona Vogelman. Seus trabalhos s\u00e3o publicados no selo SONOS, atrav\u00e9s da Jackman Music Corporation. \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Apesar de tudo, David planeja continuar fornecendo m\u00fasica para sua ala.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Toco \u00f3rg\u00e3o todas as semanas h\u00e1 30 anos. Liderei o coro por 3 per\u00edodos diferentes. J\u00e1 ensinei o sacerd\u00f3cio, a Escola Dominical, fiz discursos; tocou em batismos, casamentos e funerais; comp\u00f4s mais de 30 pe\u00e7as vocais para a Reuni\u00e3o Sacramental; dirigir o Concerto de Natal da Estaca e conduzir um concerto das for\u00e7as SUD no Carnegie Hall. Toquei \u00f3rg\u00e3o para cerim\u00f4nias religiosas no Radio City Music Hall e no Madison Square Garden. Embora tenha havido alguma disc\u00f3rdia, nunca estive longe da Igreja por mais do que um curto per\u00edodo ... \u00c9 diferente, desta vez.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_piecal_is_recurring":false,"_piecal_recurring_interval":1,"_piecal_recurring_frequency":"","_piecal_recurring_exact_position":false,"_piecal_recurring_end":"","_piecal_color":"","_piecal_text_color":"","_piecal_global_color_master":false,"_piecal_rsets":"[]","_piecal_is_event":false,"_piecal_start_date":"","_piecal_end_date":"","_piecal_is_allday":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1849],"tags":[],"newsletters":[],"class_list":["post-8505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>It&#039;s Different This Time<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/affirmation.org\/pt\/e-diferente-desta-vez\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"pt_BR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"It&#039;s Different This Time\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I have played the organ every week for 30 years. 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