Affirmation: Gay & Lesbian Mormons

News Stories Archives - 2008

January 2008

Affirmation Leadership Changes

Gay Mormon Man Bears Testimony on YouTube

February 2008

New Play Focuses on Gay Mormon Suicide

“Remembering Brad” Available Online

New Book Describes the GLBT Experience in the Community of Christ

Affirmation Sends Letter to President Monson

Olin Thomas to Appear on Sirius Radio

Affirmation Members Invited to LA Event

2007 Contributions Acknowledged, Letters Sent

GLBT Mormons Participate in Interfaith Service

State Sen. Buttars' racial slur brings rebuke and apology

Church Threatens Gay-Friendly Couple

March 2008

Mormon Senator Wants to Repeal Ban on HIV Travel & Immigration

The Utah Pride Center Presents Steven Fales in “Mormon American Princess”

Affirmation Leaders in Chile Support Bill for Marriage Equality

“Facing East” Goes to Buffalo, St. George, Baltimore, and LA

April 2008

Olin Thomas Publishes Plea in “The Salt Lake Tribune”

Affirmation Leaders to Meet with LDS Church Officials

The 2008 Affirmation Writing Awards

Register Today for the Affirmation Conference

Dustin Lance Black Writes Script for Film about Harvey Milk

May 2008

Why We Are Meeting with LDS Family Services

Meeting with LDS Family Services: Help Craft Our Presentation

The NEW Affirmation Writing Contest: You May Already Be Famous!

“Missa Solemnis” Is Ready for an Encore

Pride Interfaith Service to Be Held in Salt Lake City

Affirmation Issues Statement on the May 2008 Ruling of the California Supreme Court

June 2008

Raising a Travel Fund for Chile

Join Us for Our Annual Leadership Meeting

Suicide-themed Play to Be Staged in Salt Lake City

Woman of Mormon Background Helps Plan, Witnesses Historic Wedding

“Confessions of a Mormon Boy” to Be Staged in London

Gay Mormons Ask Church Leaders to Support Freedom and Equality in California

Affirmation Couples Get Married

July 2008

Affirmation Member Will Be Featured on Utah TV Show

Bob McCue Will Be Keynote Speaker at the Los Angeles Conference

Affirmation Leaders to Visit Salt Lake City

Effective Letters to the Editor Can Help Change Hearts and Minds

Affirmation Member Witnesses Hate, Homophobia

Sunstone Sessions to Discuss GLBT, Gender Issues

The Utah AIDS Foundation Announces Health Summit in Salt Lake City, Utah

Afirmación Chile Participates in Gay Pride

Gay Mormons Meet in Brazil

LDS Church Pulls Out of Historic Meeting

Mormons at the Grassroots Get Organized, Oppose Proposition 8 Executive Committee to Meet with SLC Affirmation Members, Allies

Four More Weeks til Writing Awards Deadline

August 2008

Call for Nominations for the 2008 Mortensen Award

Many Gay Men Do Not Disclose Sexuality to Their Doctors

Fifty Percent of Utah’s Homeless Youth Identify as GLBT

Symposium Panel Explores Proposition 8, “Proclamation on the Family”

Accused of Bias, LDS-Owned Paper Relents, Publishes an Editorial for Marriage Equality

Young Gay Man Confronts His Past, Mormon Polygamy

September 2008

Affirmation Makes a Splash in Zion

Affirmation Members and Leaders Invited to Leadership Meeting

Call for Nominations for National Executive Director

Mormons for Marriage Hold Picnic, Trade Stories

Affirmation Friends to Be Featured in Utah Radio Show

LDS Lawyer Rebuts Misleading Legal Arguments against Same-Sex Marriage

LDS Church Threatens Supporter of Marriage Equality with Excommunication

Coalition Sends Flowers to Man Facing Excommunication

LDS Leaders Postpone Andrew Callahan's Excommunication

Andrew Callahan Receives Flowers from the Safe Space Coalition

October 2008

University of Utah Student Launches LGBT-Related Group

“Missa Solemnis” to Make Its Off-Broadway Debut

‘Blessing’ Director to Portray Life of Married, Gay Mormons

Gay Mormons and Allies Coming Together Against Proposition 8

AP Story Features Mormon Supporter of Marriage Equality

Mormon Gay Marriage Supporters Deliver Petitions

"NO on Prop 8" Supporters, Atheists to Demonstrate at Mormon Temple in Oakland

Writing Awards Winners Announced

David Melson's Statement of Candidacy

Mormons Face Flak for Backing Proposition 8

SLC Candlelight Gathering to Feature Mormon Mothers

November 2008

Steve & Barbara Young to Vote No on Proposition 8

The Courage Campaign Releases Thought-Provoking Ad

Fox 13 Features LDS Family Supportive of Their Gay Children

Marriage Supporters Protest at Mormon LA Temple

GLBT Community to Protest Tonight at Temple Square

Over 3,000 Protest at Temple Square

Equality Group Invites Mormons to Resign Their Membership over Proposition 8

Marriage Equality Backers Protest at Oakland Temple

GLBT Community to Protest at Manhattan Mormon Temple Tomorrow

Equality Utah Takes the LDS Church at Its Word

Dean Byrd, Joseph Nicolosi Accused of Distorting Research

Bill Marriott Distances Himself, His Company from Proposition 8

Affirmation Response to California Proposition 8 Apparent Outcome

Affirmation Couple Featured in the Salt Lake Tribune

Activists Rally Outside Mormon Temple in Manhattan

Prop 8 Protesters Rally at San Diego Temple

Join One of 100 Protest Venues This Saturday

ACLU of Utah: LDS Claims Misleading

Solmonese: Mormons “Have Forgotten the Lessons of Their Struggle”

Son of “Yes on 8” Leader Quits Mormon Church Over Proposition 8

Clark Pingree: Rise Above Injustice and Take the Higher Road

Proposition 8 Involvement a P.R. Fiasco for the LDS Church

California's FPPC to Investigate the Mormon Church

Gay Community Protests Near Mesa Temple

December 2008

Buckley Jeppson Receives Michael Farr Award

Gay Mormons Meet in Brazil

Affirmation Backs Equality Utah’s Common Ground Initiative

27,000 Urge President Monson to Support Civil Unions in Utah

QSaltLake Names President Monson “Person of the Year”

Dave Melson Elected Executive Director for 2009