Editor’s Note: To do something a little different, we would like to present the research of Gary Horlacher, Ph.D. His study, Homosexuality Among Highly Religious Mormons (or HAHRM) will be presented here in serialized format, once a week, initially covering seven blog posts. We encourage our readers to comment and discuss this highly interesting research. [...]
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None That Could Speak to My Condition
Joshua Behn LGBT Mormons Asked to Participate in Survey Anniversaries generally mark memorable events, and for me, the period between the end of Pride season and Independence Day mark two very different anniversaries. The first is of my coming out and fully embracing my identity as a gay man. As a man who had [...]
The Calling
George Cole LGBT Mormons Asked to Participate in Survey Affirmation Calendar July 14-31 “Mormons, Mothers and Monsters” staged in Pitssfield, Mass. July 15 Movie Night & Potluck in Salt Lake July 24 Pioneer Day</a August 1 Deadline to submit a nomination for the Mortensen Award August 3-6 Sunstone Symposium in Ogden August 15 Deadline [...]
One Night in San Francisco: Affirmation’s Two Senior Officers Homeless and on the Street
George Cole, Robert Moore, and David Melson Resources Affirmation Resources on Homelessness Affirmation, Others Raise Homeless Youth Awareness (QSaltLake) Affirmation Goes Homeless (QSaltLake) Gay Mormons to spend one night homeless (Rosemary Winter’s Blog in the SL Tribune) TV Story about Chloe Noble and Jill Hardman Affirmation Calendar October 31 If you’re not a current member, [...]
Statement on President Boyd K. Packer’s Talk in General Conference
Affirmation: Gay and Lesbian Mormons joined The Human Rights Campaign, the Utah Pride Center, and Equality Utah in delivering the signatures of 150,000 individuals to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints headquarters, protesting recent comments made by President Boyd K. Packer of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. This took place on October 12th at 11:00 a.m. MDT in front of LDS Church Headquarters in Salt Lake City.
Leaders complete an evening on the Streets of San Francisco, CA
David Melson, Executive Director and George Cole, Assistant Executive Director, have completed their overnight experience on the streets of San Francisco, CA. They spent 20 hours living the life of someone who is homeless; begging for money or food and sleeping on sidewalks or in parks. The project was put together by Robert Moore, Director [...]
The Week That Was
David Melson Affirmation Calendar October 8-10 Annual Conference in San Francisco October 8 Affirmation Leadership Meeting in San Francisco October 8 Deadline to declare your candidacy for executive director in person October 11 National Coming Out Day Six gay suicides, LDS General Conference, Affirmation’s Annual Conference. There has been a lot going on and a [...]
Elder Marlin K. Jensen Listens to Pain Caused by Prop 8
There was never a statement suggesting that Elder Jensen felt the Church’s support of Proposition 8 was an error or that he was apologizing for that event.
Sit Down
David Melson Affirmation Calendar September 14 Podcast Interview with Cary Crall September 15 Deadline for On-Time Registration with Meals for Conference September 25 Deadline for Late Conference Registration with Meals for Conference October 8-10 Annual Conference in San Francisco October 8 Affirmation Leadership Meeting in San Francisco October 8 Deadline to declare your candidacy for [...]
Dustin Lance Black on “gay Salt Lake”
From “Dustin Lance Black: Pillars of Salt,” wherein the Oscar winner recounts his exploration of Salt Lake City while visiting for the premier of 8: The Mormon Proposition at Sundance: “By the time the plane touched down in Salt Lake, I’d scrapped my plans to spend the weekend in a posh cabin up in Park [...]