Affirmation: Gay & Lesbian Mormons is an international organization for gay, lesbian, transgender, bisexual, and intersex people who identify as members or ex-members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). Affirmation holds that "homosexuality and homosexual relationships can be consistent with and supported by the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

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  • Affirmation: Gay & Lesbian Mormons is an international organization for gay, lesbian, transgender, bisexual, and intersex people who identify as members or ex-members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). Affirmation holds that "homosexuality and homosexual relationships can be consistent with and supported by the Gospel of Jesus Christ. " Under the name Affirmation: Gay Mormons United, the first Affirmation group was organized in Salt Lake City, Utah on June 11, 1977 by Stephan Zakharias and a group of other Mormon and ex-Mormons Gays and Lesbians. It was started after two friends of Zakharias (a gay Brigham Young University student) committed suicide after participating in electric shock therapy experiments administered by BYU's Psychology Department, spearheaded by Dr. D. Eugene Thorne and PhD candidate Max Ford McBride in 1976. The original group struggled to survive until 1978, when Paul Mortensen formed the Los Angeles chapter. Through the influence of the Los Angeles chapter, Affirmation groups appeared in many cities around the country. Over the decades, Affirmation's consistent goal has been to provide a safe haven for LGBT people to discuss their sexuality and to make friends. Affirmation has never intended to be a new religion. However in 1985 some members of Affirmation did decide to form a Latter Day Saint church for gays and lesbians. Today that church is known as the Restoration Church of Jesus Christ.
  • Affirmation: Gay & Lesbian Mormons (ou plus simplement Affirmation) est une organisation internationale fournissant un appui aux homosexuels, bisexuels et transsexuels membres ou ex-membres de l'Église de Jésus-Christ des saints des derniers jours (Église mormone). Affirmation soutient que l'homosexualité et les relations homosexuelles peuvent être en accord avec l'Évangile de Jésus-Christ et se propose de « travailler à la compréhension et à l'acceptation des homosexuels et des lesbiennes comme personnes à part entière, égales et dignes dans l'Église de Jésus-Christ des saints des derniers jours et dans la société, et les aider à réaliser et à affirmer leur propre valeur ».
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  • Affirmation: Gay & Lesbian Mormons is an international organization for gay, lesbian, transgender, bisexual, and intersex people who identify as members or ex-members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). Affirmation holds that "homosexuality and homosexual relationships can be consistent with and supported by the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
  • Affirmation: Gay & Lesbian Mormons (ou plus simplement Affirmation) est une organisation internationale fournissant un appui aux homosexuels, bisexuels et transsexuels membres ou ex-membres de l'Église de Jésus-Christ des saints des derniers jours (Église mormone).
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  • Affirmation: Gay & Lesbian Mormons
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