Posts from ‘January, 2012’

Fred Bowers Affirmation Calendar February 2 Bill Bradshaw to Discuss Homosexuality in Provo February 3-4 Sunstone Symposium in Claremont March 10-11 Sunstone Symposium in Kirtland June 1-3 Utah Pride Festival July 25-28 Sunstone Symposium in Salt Lake City October 19-21 Affirmation Conference in Seattle by Fred Bowers Taken from the hit Broadway musical “The Book [...]

Timelines: Mainstream and Mormon attitudes toward homosexuality A few tidbits show Mormon attitudes have changed, albeit frustratingly slowly, over the decades. 1970s: The American Psychiatric Association declassifies homosexuality as a mental disorder 1970s: BYU sponsors electroshock aversion therapy for gay male students (See http://www.affirmation.org/news/2011_043.shtml) 1986: Active LDS member Carol Lynn Pearson publishes her memoir, Goodbye, [...]

Olin Thomas Affirmation CalendarJanuary 25-29 Creating Change Conference in Baltimore January 28 Affirmation Potluck in Portland February 3-4 Sunstone Symposium in Claremont March 10-11 Sunstone Symposium in Kirtland June 1-3 Utah Pride Festival July 25-28 Sunstone Symposium in Salt Lake City October 19-21 Affirmation Conference in Seattle by Olin Thomas, Affirmation Executive Secretary 23 January [...]

Happy Hear Year!  It’s been a while since I’ve written to you all. I hope this reaches you doing well and keeping on track with your New Year’s Resolutions. I didn’t make any this year, so I guess I get to avoid that traditional disappointment. But, that has been replaced by other levels of disappointment [...]

2012 Equality Riders, including three riders who grew up LDS: Jason Conner (floor, far left) and Robert Moore (couch, far right). Photo: Cole Parke Robert Moore A Passion for Equality: A Conversation with Robert Moore  2012 Equality Ride Robert’s Rider Page “Do As I’m Doing” (Primary Song) Affirmation Calendar  January 20-22 Mormon Stories Conference in [...]

Randall Thacker Affirmation Calendar January 25-29 Creating Change Conference in Baltimore October 19-21 Affirmation Conference in Seattle by Randall Thacker, Affirmation Senior Vice President Hello, Affirmation friends. I hope you are settling well into 2012. I haven’t met many of you, but one thing I know for certain is that you are all in very [...]