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Boy Sitting Head Down Depressed

Two Degrees off Center: Coming Out of the Other Closet

July 24, 2019 |

It can take as much or even more courage to seek help for depression, anxiety, or trauma as it does to come out as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer. There is help though, and Rich Keys encourages anyone to seek it by sharing his own struggles and successes.

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

The Mormon and Affirmation Relationship: It’s Complicated

July 22, 2019 |

From the beginning, Affirmation has been a community inclusive of all voices and viewpoints from those at the crossroads of sexual orientation, gender identity, and their Mormon faith and heritage and there is power in continuing to join together and listen to each other.

Ben Schilaty

Ben Schilaty

June 14, 2019 | Comments Off on Ben Schilaty

Ben Schilaty works as an Honor Code Administrator and adjunct professor at BYU in Provo, UT. Ben speaks Spanish and Portuguese from his time living abroad in Mexico, Bolivia, Peru,…

Anna Empey

Anna Empey

June 10, 2019 | Comments Off on Anna Empey

Anna Empey is from Eastern Washington, she grew up on a commercial apple orchard, was raised LDS/Mormon, and graduated in 2012 from BYU with a degree in Socio-Cultural Anthropology and…

Bianca Cline

Bianca Cline

May 29, 2019 | Comments Off on Bianca Cline

Bianca Cline is mother to the best three kids in the world. She was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. She served a mission in Spain and studied film…

Nathan Kitchen

Ignore os gritos do “Grande e espaçoso edifício”

May 14, 2019 |

Lamentavelmente, nas mídias sociais, esses amigos e vizinhos apontaram seus dedos e zombaram de um jovem orador da turma gay, só porque ele fez um discurso aprovado pela BYU em seu início. Foi um momento surreal quando as seções de comentários se tornaram um “edifício grande e espaçoso”, conforme mencionado na visão de Leí no Livro de Mórmon, repleta de detratores zombando de membros LGBT da igreja que se dirigiam para a árvore da vida.

Nathan Kitchen

Ignore Those Shouting from the ‘Great and Spacious Building’

May 5, 2019 |

Regrettably, on social media, these friends and neighbors pointed their fingers and mocked a young gay valedictorian, just because he delivered a BYU-approved speech at his commencement. It was a surreal moment as the comment sections became a “great and spacious building,” as spoken of in Lehi’s vision in the Book of Mormon, full of detractors scoffing at LGBTQ members of the church pressing onward towards the tree of life.

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A Research-Based Discussion of the Following Four Important Questions

May 4, 2019 | Comments Off on A Research-Based Discussion of the Following Four Important Questions

Questions in regard to change, celibacy, and the feasibility for a gay person to successfully marry heterosexually or to be in a committed same-sex relationship are shown below. These are…

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How Can I Protect My Child?

May 3, 2019 | Comments Off on How Can I Protect My Child?

Keeping Your Child Healthy and Happy Before you read anything else, you need to know about the real dangers gay teens/young adults face, including suicide, drug use, and diseases. You…