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Afirmación Gran Valparaíso Kicks Off the New Year as a Family
Chilean Gay Mormons Share Meal, Exchange Gifts
Brus Leguás Contreras
January 2010
On January 2, fourteen Affirmation members gathered at my home to celebrate the New Year. Politics dominated the discussion, since we just had presidential elections, and the runoff will be held next week. The conservative coalition has taken a homophobic stance, and we worry what their potential triumph could mean for LGBT rights—how that could reverse all the progress made in recent years.
We started the meeting with a welcome, a prayer, a spiritual thought, and an animated discussion. We then exchanged gifts in a much loved tradition that we started five years ago. Finally we shared a simple potluck dinner and talked about many different issues. For dessert, we shared a delicious cake.
Our next meeting will be January 24. On that day we will celebrate the birthdays of Marco Antonio and Gregory, which fall on the same day. In February we will celebrate Valentine’s Day. We do not have plans yet to go to church as a group, though that’s something we have discussed in the past and have not yet discarded.
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© 2012 Affirmation: Gay and Lesbian Mormons
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