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We are very much still in mourning, much like I imagine the early saints must have been upon learning that Joseph Smith lost his own life to a bullet. As difficult a time as this is, I am finding hope in my experiences with Affirmation.
Todos nosotros nos acercamos a la conferencia general a nuestra manera, en función de dónde estamos y qué es lo correcto para nosotros. Eso es entre nosotros y Dios o nuestro poder superior. Mantén una mente abierta y date la oportunidad de descubrir algo que no sabías antes que te diga la verdad. La fuente puede sorprenderte.
Affirmation Brazil fights against all the evils that plague our LGBTQ+ Mormon community, with the Symposium on Suicide Prevention being no different.
Let us choose to be happy. Let us choose to be who we are without fear or anguish. Let us choose to live as God wants us to live and be as He wants us to be, nothing more. We are the choices in our lives.
Vamos escolher ser felizes, vamos escolher sermos quem somos sem medos ou angustias, vamos escolher viver a vida como o Deus quer que vivamos e sejamos, nada além disso. As escolhas de nossas vidas quem faz somos nós.
Prior to his election as president, Nathan served a member of Affirmation’s board of directors and is the co-founder of Fathers in Affirmation, the organization’s GBT+ group for fathers. Last year, he took on a leading role in helping to develop Affirmation’s suicide prevention initiative.
We denounce any intention to erase rights and protections of transgender, queer, and intersex persons. We are sharing the voices of transgender individuals involved with Affirmation so that their voices are heard as no person must ever be threatened with erasure.
Affirmation recently held its first conference in Spain. The conference ran from September 21st to the 23rd in Barcelona. During the conference, the first Affirmation chapter in Spain was organized. Rafael Bravo has been appointed as president of the Affirmation Spain Chapter.
After listening to the opening session of conference, it seems the church is closing ranks even more, focusing on the active members, the covenant keepers, the faithful families, and ignoring even the inactives or others who don’t exactly fit the mold.