Affirmation Communities
As LGBTQIA+ current and former Latter-day Saints, we know how critical an affirming community is to our journey toward living authentically. Community is at the forefront of Affirmation's work. In fact, our mission begins with our commitment to creating "worldwide communities of safety, love, and hope."
The communities we create take different forms both in-person and online and are based on geography, faith journeys, and shared backgrounds and experiences. Here are the different kinds of communities you will find in Affirmation:
Affirmation is an international organization, with areas, regions, and chapters organized around the world. You can connect with the international community online by joining our English, Spanish, or Portuguese Facebook groups, participating in online events hosted by Affirmation International, or attending the annual Affirmation International Conference.
Areas and Regions
Geographically, Affirmation is organized into areas and regions worldwide. Areas are led by area directors and an area committee that includes members of the Affirmation Board of Directors and regional leaders from regions within the area. Area leaders are responsible for supporting the efforts of regional and chapter leaders within the area. Regions are led by regional leadership teams responsible for supporting chapters within their region and organizing regional conferences. You can connect with your regional community online through their Facebook and WhatsApp groups.
Affinity Groups
Affinity groups are special communities within Affirmation providing an opportunity for LGBTQIA+ current and former Latter-day Saints to connect with others with similar experiences, backgrounds, and faith journeys.
Faith Journeys
This group is a community of safety, love, and hope for LGBTQIA+ individuals, their families, and their friends who are transitioning out of Latter-day Saint orthodoxy or who are former members of the Church. While all topics relevant to the LGBTQIA+ Latter-day Saint community are welcome, the discussion should focus on supporting one another in our faith transitions or sharing insights from our own journeys that we believe will help all in the group move forward in healthy, productive ways.
This is a group for active LDS LGBT people, parents, family, and friends, where people can seek support and discuss these issues from a believing LDS perspective. –“Yea, and are willing to mourn with those that mourn; yea, and comfort those that stand in need of comfort…”
This group is a community of safety, love, and hope for LGBTQIA+ individuals who have a belief in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, desire to be involved in church activity, and are supportive of everyone whether they are in a same-sex relationship, a mixed-orientation or opposite-sex relationship, or celibate/abstinent.
Gender & Gender Identity
Fathers in Affirmation is for any person who identifies as gay, bisexual, trans, queer, questioning, or SSA in Affirmation who is or wants to be a father.
Affirmation Trans* Mormons, Families & Friends is for all transgender, transexual, gender fluid, and nonbinary individuals or friends or family members of someone who is. We encourage discussion and education of trans* topics as they relate to daily life, spirituality, or our relationship with the Church. Our goal is to create a welcoming, inclusive, and affirming community for trans* siblings in Affirmation and a community of safety, love, and hope where we can land, heal, share, and be authentic.
Welcome to Women of Affirmation! This is a place for the personal stories and viewpoints of LGBTQIA+/SGA Mormon women. Our purpose is to connect as sisters and to make our experiences known. We have a home and community in Affirmation. As your sisters in Zion, we love you. We will laugh with you, cry with you, and walk with you on this crazy path called life. But most importantly, we will love with you. You are our sister, and we all stand together.
Age and Ethnicity
Statement of Purpose: As LGBT/SSA millennials, we have a bright future. We are strengthened by each other as we build a community that is centered on service, loyalty, personal growth, and fun activities. We will use our unique gifts to impact the world for good and to serve those who have been neglected or forgotten as we help each other discover lives filled with passion, meaning, purpose and love. • Since this group is focused on Millennials, members should have a birth year from 1980-2000. • This is a secret group, so only other members can see who is in the group and what people post. • Group members don’t have to be gay nor do they have to be Mormon or have a Mormon background to participate in the group.
The Affirmation: LGBT PGM/BIPOC Mormon & Allies is a group of self-identified people of color and allies gathered to explore multiple identities and the intersections of race/ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, and LDS faith. For additional stories and resources relevant to the PGM/BIPOC Mormon and allies community, we invite you to visit our resources and stories page.
Affirmation: Pioneers and Alumni is a group oriented toward LGBTQ, their families, and allies who are Mormon as well as former Mormons. We welcome everybody, but the discussions will be from the perspective of those who are Mormon/Former Mormon, LGBTQ, and over 50 years old. This group is designed to discuss the unique experiences and challenges of Mormon/Former Mormon LGBTQ Elders 50+. It is also intended to provide a virtual social network for the group’s members.
Relationships, Marriage, and Family
This is the virtual space for the Asexual/Aromantic Latter-day Saint community to land, heal, share, and be authentic! Share your story, encourage others, and share events and news helpful to the community. We’re glad you’re here. For more information about this chapter, email acearo@affirmation.org. Affirmation creates worldwide communities of safety, love, and hope and promotes understanding, acceptance, and self-determination of individuals of diverse sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions. We affirm the inherent self-worth of LGBTQIA+ individuals as complete, equal, and valuable persons and support them as they define their individual spirituality and intersection with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. For more information about Affirmation, please visit affirmation.org
Welcome to our collection of folks who are impacted by Mixed Orientation Marriage in their family life. We want a safe place for the development of friendships, the processing of difficult realities, the sharing of stories, and ultimately, the support of our families, however they may be configured. We may be married, divorced, adult children from, in or out of the LDS Church, or from other faiths… the common thread is that we all share this sticky fact in our lives: Mixed Orientation Marriage. We also want to share the ethic of being AFFIRMING and supportive of where people are at, that all are deserving of our love and respect. We are all imperfect and have problems to overcome, and we’re more likely to make progress in our lives in an affirming environment. So, we will endorse and incorporate the values of Affirmation in this group.