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Show Rpril 95 Happenings Friday Third Annual Mission Reunion 7:30. Guest speaker will be Writer, feminist, gay & lesbian rights activist Maxine Hanks. A Spiritual Cabaret by Sister Sylvia Styglmeyer & Dame Edna, jell-o competition and refreshments. $3.00 donation requested. Ron & Adonna Schow and 2 Conference Sunday Devotional B.J. and Kris Music by 9 Being Gay & Being Spiritual: An Equilibrium, presentation and March 31 April April A I - - - April Homophobia As A Weapon Of Patriarchy, recorded presentation by Professor Cindy LeFevre at the 1993 Affirmation National Conference, followed by a discussion. 23 Gay & Proud: The Freedom of Coming Out of the Closet 16 - - - discussion April Friday evening & Saturday, a Conference on Sexuality and Homosexuality at the University Of Utah Keynote speaker Dean Hamer, Ph.D. geneticist and author of The Science of Desire: The Search for the Gav Gene and the Biology of Behavior. 28 & 29 - - April 30 Church of the Month Club - We will attend The Restoration Church of Jesus Christ. Meet at the Stonewall Center at 11 :00 p.m for sacrament meeting. Afterwards we will join the congregation for their monthly potluck. Bring your own meat for the barbecue. April 30 Open Discussion - - and refreshments at The Coffee Garden VVVVVV Looking Ahead 7 May - J intimidated by religions that define themselves by those who they exclude. - - P Desserts or drinks - - - - secrecy and martyrdom over openness and dialogue. My silence says I value others' approval rather than speaking out to defend those in this misunderstood minority who are maligned. My silence says I will allow others to define what my own experience, common sense and intelligence as a mother know to be true My silence says that I agree with friends, family and church as they look with utter scorn on the legitimate emotions that my son was born about my child. Family Fellowship I Casseroles/Main Dishes Guest Speaker Lavina Fielding Anderson will speak on "Dynamics of Spiritual Abuse in Mormonism." Sister Anderson is one of the founding members of the Mormon Alliance, a project that assists and documents ecclesiastical abuse within the Mormon Church. She was excommunicated in September 1993 for charges of apostasy based on her scholarly writings. 11 State Capitol 11 :00 a.m. parade that will end at the City/County Gay Pride Building with a day of entertainment, activities, food and booths. 14 How can I be open to any religious truth when I associate it with persecution and exclusion? My silence says I choose ,._ ... Affirmation will sponsor a booth. Aug word Christian and redefined it to mean "sanctified hatred." My silence says I am MaroEgn !frogfe!J !famify!fe{{o'l/)sliip Q -Z Salads June My silence says I agree with those religious zealots who have hijacked the with. Potluck & Social A May Speaks - discussion lead by Aaron Stills. April Mother {for Mormon Familiu by caring lOS families and i ndiIJ idlJllls J Purpo.se is to belp ot,lerc .. me the pain) i.nlation) snd dit,lisiIJene.H as,nciated wit same-sex orientation within our Mormon familiu. Box 3930 Salt lake City) ur 84110 Phone: (801) 582-2348 P-FtRG Parents, Families 8. Friends of le.6bi3nS 8. Gays meets tbe 4th IhIJr.sday at 6876 4 6 National Affirmation Conference to be held in Seattle, Washington "The Emerald City" on the campus of Seattle University. The conference promises to be a Sout Highland DriIJe magical weekend of fun, inspiration and education with gay & lesbian Mormons and their families & friends who will gather from around the world. Registration forms are Ul'lit,lersalist Society, 1 :00 suppo,rt group /1:30 pogram and meeting. For info call: Hank or f\lice now available. at 942-0151 - - Contact the Affirmation Hotline to have one sent to you. Wasatch Af1irmation - South Valley Unitarian B. Name and address: Membership/Subscription Form r---:-'-]l." A Membership typenjer Year) $120.00 ( )Contrlbuting Membership $ soco ( )Sup}X>rting MemberShip $ 50.00 ( )Couple's Membership Phone Number: ( $ 35.00 ( )Regu1ar Membership ) Birthday (day & month): {Indud€s monthly newsletter & Affinity} [All information is confidential] ( )Wasatch Affirmation Ne..vsletter$ 15.00 C. Make Check payabl e to ( )Affinity National Publication $ 18.00 Wasatch Afflrmation $ ( )Additicmalllination . - __ Wasatch Affirmation may be reached 534-8693 (IJoice mail) at: P.O. Box 526175 Salt Lake City. UT 84152 / |
