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Lucio M. Becerra Translated Pages in a Cyber-café June 2007 A collaboration between two Affirmation members has resulted in the launching of “Afirmação no Brasil,” a website exclusively dedicated to supporting, educating, and inspiring Portuguese-speaking GLBT Mormons. The site was created by Lucio M. Becerra, a young gay Mormon man living in Brazil who translated the documents, and Brus Leguás Contreras, president of Affirmation Chile, who formatted the pages and provided space on the site of Affirmation Chile. “Lucio translated these pages under very difficult personal circumstances,” says Brus. “He’s having family difficulties and his local church leaders have threatened him with excommunication. On the top of that, Lucio doesn’t own a computer and has translated all these pages by purchasing time at a cyber-café.” The site currently features over 30 documents including “Gay Mormons of the 19tn Century,” “Frequently Asked Questions,” and “In the Beginning: A Brief History of Affirmation,” and is bound to keep growing. A heavy emphasis was placed on first-person accounts by gay Mormons living in Brazil, Portugal, and other parts of the world. “By acknowledging Lucio we give tribute to all those who work for Affirmation,” says Brus. “These materials, which Portuguese speakers found in the past hard to access, can now help tens of thousands of GLBT Mormons in Brazil to reconcile their sexual orientation and their spirituality.” To see the new website, visit www.afirmacion.cl/brasil. There are over 930,000 Latter-day Saints in Brazil.
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