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AFFIRMATION: Gay & Lesbian Mormons
www.affirmation.org
The official web site for Gay & Lesbian Mormons. Affirmations has chapters around the world, and serves the needs of gays, lesbians, bisexual LDS and their supportive family and friends through social and educational activities.
P.O. Box 46022
Los Angeles, CA 90046-0022
(323) 255-7251
The following organizations are a selection from the Affirmation's website. More organizations are available from the original source:
CHILD PROTECTION PROJECT
www.childpro.org
Child Protection Project is dedicated to raising awareness about issues of institutionalized child abuse within the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormons).
CHRISTIAN GAY NETWORK
www.angelfire.com/az/christiangaynet
This site has chat and info on gay (friendly) organizations and churches.
CRYSTAL METH ANONYMOUS
www.crystalmeth.org
DIALOGUE: A Journal of Mormon Thought
www.dialoguejournal.com
Founded in 1966, Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought is a quarterly, peer-reviewed academic journal examining Mormon history and culture. Dialogue seeks to present a diversity of perspectives to more than 4,000 readers.
FAMILY FELLOWSHIP
www.ldsfamilyfellowship.org
E-mail: wattsfam@aol.com
Family Fellowship also publishes REUNION, the Family Fellowship newsletter.
Family Fellowship is a volunteer service organization, a diverse collection of Mormon families engaged in the cause of strengthening families with homosexual members. We share our witness that gay and lesbian Mormons can be great blessings in the lives of their families, and that families can be great blessings in the lives of their gay and lesbian members. The organization sponsors meetings and firesides, and publishes the newsletter Reunion. A one-year subscription is $10.
GALA—Gay and Lesbian Acceptance: A Ministry for All!
galaweb.org
Email: GALA@galaweb.org
Founded in 1987, Gay and Lesbian Acceptance (GALA) is an independent RLDS organization for homosexual members, their families and friends. GALA is dedicated to the celebration of diversity, education of gay and lesbian issues, and enhancement of personal and corporate spiritual awareness.
GAMOFITES: Gay Mormon Fathers
www.gamofites.org
E-mail: jim_l_butler@yahoo.com
Conceived in 1991 and formally established in 1992, Gamofites is designed for fathers united in the joy of being both gay and associated with Mormons. Since January 1992, the group has planned and executed semiannual retreats where, in informal group conversation, participants can respond to the general, collective needs of our members. The governing board is called the Gamofite Resource Committee (GRC) with representatives from the West Coast, Midwest and East Coast.
Gay LDS Youth
Salt Lake City, Utah: www.gayLDSyouth.com
Northern California: groups.yahoo.com/group/glya_northernCA
Colorado: groups.yahoo.com/group/glya_colorado
We are groups of gay LDS guys age 18-30 that get together to socialize in a positive atmosphere. We aren't an "organization", and we aren't affiliated with any particular group, organization, philosophy, or religious or political agenda. We don't have formal group discussions, or formal leadership. Weekly activities are open to guys who are on all levels of being LDS and gay. Bottom line: We are just a bunch of gay young adults that get together to socialize, relax and have fun. Come hang out with us this week!
Gay Mormons
www.gaymormon.com
GLBT Episcopalians
www.integrityusa.org
GLBT Jehovah's Witnesses
www.gayxjw.org
GMHC: Gay Men's Health Crisis
Internet: www.gmhc.org
Gay Men's Health Crisis, founded in 1981, is a model for AIDS care, education and advocacy worldwide.
HELP: Homosexual Education for Latter-day Parents
PO Box 3315, San Ramon, CA 94583
(415) 829-8528
This group meets the first Sunday of each month at Peace Lutheran Church, 888 Podva Road, Danville, California. Begun in 1984, and originally accepted by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as an LDS Social Services program, HELP, now independent of the Church, is a chapter of the nationwide PFlag (Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays) and serves as a support network for parents, relatives, and friends of homosexuals. The group provides understanding and support as well as the latest educational information on homosexuality and provides speakers to groups who would like to know more about this topic.
HeartStrong
www.heartstrong.org
HeartStrong, Inc., exists to provide truthful information and support to gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered and allied persons who have attended, are attending, employed by, or associated with conservative religious educational institutions through support, education, and advocacy.
Human Rights Campaign
www.hrc.org
Founded in 1980, HRC maintains the largest full-time lobbying team in the nation devoted to issues of fairness for lesbian and gay Americans.
LAMBDA LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATION FUND, INC.
www.lambdalegal.org
Lambda works to achieve equal rights for lesbians, gay men and people with HIV/AIDS. By becoming a member, you will be kept informed about the latest challenges, cases and issues affecting our community. You will receive The Lambda Update, a tri-annual newsletter with docket listings and articles about crucial cases and legal issues of relevance to lesbians, gay men, people with HIV/AIDS, and everyone concerned with achieving liberty and justice for all.
LDS Lesbians
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lds-l/
LDS Lesbians was created for Lesbian/Bisexual and M2F transgendered women that are current or former members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) or their non LDS (female) partners, female family members and friends.
LDS Resources for Understanding Homosexuality
www.ldsep.org/resource
This site provides information and accounts of personal experience useful to members of the Latter-day Saint community who are confronting issues relating to homosexuality. It is intended to assist those who feel homosexual attraction, and in particular it includes perspectives and suggestions for family members, friends, and ecclesiastical leaders who wish to understand the circumstances of homosexual members in order to be helpful to them.
LGBT CATHOLICS
www.dignityusa.org
LGBT SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST KINSHIP
www.sdakinship.org
LIFE OR METH
www.lifeormeth.com
MORMON ALLIANCE
www.mormonalliance.org
6337 Highland Dr, PO Box 215
Salt Lake City, UT 84121
The Mormon Alliance was organized in 1992 to uncover, identify, define, name, chronicle, resist, and even combat acts and threats of defamation and spiritual abuse perpetrated on Mormon individuals and institutions by Mormons and non-Mormon individuals and institutions. Its trustees wish to stress that the Alliance is not anti-Mormon or anti-Church. It is anti-spiritual abuse. It does not profess to provide alternate ecclesiastical structure, only an alternate view of spiritual and ecclesiastical power within the divinely authorized structures of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The Mormon Alliance prints a newsletter, By Common Consent, and an annual report which are available for an annual $30 subscription.
NGLTF: National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
www.ngltf.org
NGLTF is the national progressive organization working for the civil rights of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered people.
OUR HOUSE
www.colage.org/documentary
OUR HOUSE is a frank, insightful exploration of what it means to grow up with gay or lesbian parents. One of the five featured families in Our House is Mormon and their relationship to the church is a primary part of their dialogue and family dynamics. The mother, who's straight, and youngest daughter continue to support the church while the eldest daughter and gay father have stopped because of the church's stand on homosexuality.
PFLAG
www.pflag.org
E-mail: info@pflag.org
PFLAG, Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, is a national support, education and advocacy organization for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered (GLBT) people, their families, friends and allies. PFLAG represents more than 80,000 members and supporters and speaks for thousands of others. PFLAG affiliates are located in more than 460 communities across the U.S. and abroad. It offers families and friends support groups where they can learn to understand and love one another and to offer help where needed. PFLAG is not affiliated with any political or religious institution. To subscribe to a private confidential PFLAG e-mail group where you can talk with other parents, send e-mail to listproc@Youth-Guard.Org with the following message: SUBSCRIBE PFLAG-TALK YourFirstname YourLastName
THE PILLAR
PO Box 57744
Salt Lake City, UT 84157-0744
Office: 801-265-0066
Fax: 801-261-2923
Utah's community paper for the GLBT community. The paper includes a spirituality section, coverage of local LDS-related issues as well as links to and coverage of community resources.
RECONCILIATION: Gays, Lesbians, and Mormon Families Seeking Spirituality
www.ldsreconciliation.homestead.com
Box 1501
Salt Lake City, UT 84110
SLC 801-461-3324
Ogden 801-786-1322
Logan 801-755-0493
Provo 801-373-0510
and in Idaho, Box 3246
Idaho Falls, ID 83403
Reconciliation was founded to create a safe haven for Mormon gays, lesbians, their families and friends to study the gospel and develop relationships with Christ. To enhance the meeting's spirit, there is no bashing of any organization, people, or individuals. The purpose is not to change anyone's sexual orientation but to come together to love and heal one another.
SOULFORCE
www.soulforce.org
THE POINT FOUNDATION
www.thepointfoundation.org
WILDFLOWERS FOUNDATION
www.wearewildflowers.com
Official pages of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints:
www.lds.org and www.mormons.org
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