A different kind of conference was held today in Utah County involving members of the LDS faith. Today was the 40th anniversary of Affirmation, a support group for gay Mormons. Back in 1977, Affirmation was known more as an underground group.
Aside from being divisive topics in the world, pineapple pizza and marriage equality seem to have little in common. Yet both have staunch supporters as well as people who believe that they just aren’t “natural.” The difference, of course, is that hating pineapple pizza is just a benign opinion, while hating the idea of marriage equality is homophobic and can negatively impact the lives of all LGBTQ people.
Like a lot of Brigham Young University students, Guy Berryessa met his future spouse while he was a student at BYU in Provo. The only thing was, at the time, he and his future husband didn’t know the other was gay. “It was a very lonely place in that sense that neither of us could ever tell our deepest secret,” Berryessa said. “Neither of us were asking about it.”
UK gay rights organization Stonewall has launched a nationwide campaign aimed at galvanizing LGBTQ allies in the fight against hate crimes and discrimination, as new research exposes shocking levels of abuse directed toward sexual and gender minorities in Britain.
After leading the Connecticut Sun to their first WNBA playoff berth since 2012, general manager and head coach Curt Miller was signed to a contract through 2021, according to the Connecticut Sun website. Miller is the first openly gay head coach in any professional sport and his efforts that he has brought in his two years in Connecticut are now being recognized.
Imagine seeing a monument to executed gay men and thinking literally anything other than, “how sad and poignant”. In September, the National Trust unveiled exactly such a memorial at one of their properties in Dorset. Kingston Lacy was once owned by William John Bankes, a man whose sexuality, in nineteenth century Britain, was a capital offence.
U.S. President Donald Trump’s push for a ban on transgender personnel in the military doesn’t make sense to Aaron Stewart, born Bethany, who is sharing his story so that other transgender individuals — in the military and otherwise — can be inspired by how he overcame adversity. “As long as you can perform your job, it’s nobody’s business.”
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