Affirmation: LGBTQ Mormons, Families and Friends

Affirmation fosters intersectional awareness, inclusivity (regardless of location on the faith spectrum), healing, self-acceptance and spiritual self-reliance of LGBT Mormons, both in and out of the LDS Church; empowers LGBT Mormons to claim their faith as Latter-day Saints. Empowers LGBT people of Mormon heritage to claim their own spiritual journey; seeks to be viewed as the “go to” organization in and out of the LDS Church for information and resources related to ministry to and with the LGBT Mormon community; works toward providing face-to-face community for LGBT Mormons in every region and country of the world where the Church has a major presence; fosters deepened, robust, transparent, and positive engagement with LDS Church leadership that enables/enhances LGBT participation in the life of the Church, regardless of relationship status