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Valentine Marriage (2:10) Marriage Equality Equality Federation Mormons for Marriage Affirmation Calendar 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 What is your earliest memory of working for marriage equality? My own recollections go back to 1998, when [...]

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 Calendar January 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 [...]

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 But, that has been replaced by other levels of disappointment [...]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 [...]

  May your heart be filled with the joy of the Christmas miracle, now and throughout the year, and may your home, wherever you find it, be filled with love, good cheer, and peace. The Affirmation Executive Committee: David Melson Mary England Joshua Behn Hugo Salinas Bruce Maughan Robert Moore Buck Jeppson  

I just started a new job about two months ago. After I heard about what kind of benefits I would be receiving, I was excited to get my wife on the policy as well. It has been a long time since we have both had insurance, so it was something we talked about…a lot. We [...]

Mary England November Transgender Awareness Month December 1 World AIDS Day December 2 Portland Affirmation Holiday Party December 8-9 Anniversary – Affirmation was organized nationally in Los Angeles (1979) December 9 Sunstone Christmas Party in Salt Lake City December 11 Family Home Evening in South London 2012 January 25-29 Creating Change Conference in Baltimore by [...]