2017: Building Your Support Community as a SSA/Gay Woman

SSA Women

Session Description: Do you have a strong support community to help you manage the struggles you face as an SSA/Gay woman? Let’s discuss what has worked well for other women as they seek to build their own support communities, whether locally or across the world. You...

2017: When & How to Talk to Your Kids About Your SSA/GD

Parents

Session Description: At some point in your children’s lives, it may become appropriate or necessary to discuss your same-sex attraction or gender dysphoria with them. Hear from parents who have had just such conversations. Find out what worked and how to develop a...

2020: How I Fit in God’s Plan

Gender Identity/Trans, SSA Men, SSA Women

Session Description: Figuring out how to make our lives work within the framework of the gospel while dealing with attractions to the same sex or challenges around gender identity can be a complex and challenging experience. Listen to and learn from the powerful...

2019: Panel: Finding Hope Through Other SSA Women’s Experiences

SSA Women

Session Description: There is power and peace in learning from others. As we move through our experiences, we not only gain knowledge and awareness for ourselves, but our trials can be a source of hope to others who find themselves in similar situations. Come listen...

2016: Stories of Thriving: Personal Narratives of What Has Brought Success and Growth

General

Session Description: Have you ever wondered – how are people navigating these difficult waters so well? This session will feature five presenters who will present on how they are able to thrive while dealing with their challenges. This session will include the...

2015: Panel Coping with Same-Sex Attraction (Married & Single)

SSA Women

Session Description: Do you ignore your same-sex attraction or dislike yourself because of it? You don’t have to. You can learn to cope with and overcome the challenges that same-sex attraction can bring to a gospel-oriented lifestyle. Come and learn from both married...

2023: North Star Relief Society

Spouses of SSA Men, SSA Women, Women

Session Description: We are two sides of the same coin, and we are perfect to help one another. This is the first time we are bringing these two communities together at a North Star conference. We each have something to offer one other as women, and individually we...

2023: Why I Stay

SSA Women, Stories, Stories: SSA Women

Session Description: Find out why some women stay. Come listen to both perspectives, through a single woman’s lens and a married women’s experience. Panelists: Karen Dufresne Tami Wright Target Demographic:SSA Women Watch on Vimeo Presenters Jenn...

2023: Building Bridges of Understanding

General

Session Description: How can we maintain relationships with friends and loved ones when our paths diverge? President Nelson, in October 2021 said, “One of the easiest ways to identify a true follower of Jesus Christ is how compassionately that person treats other...

2024: North Star Relief Society: No More “-ites” Among Us

Women

Session Description: It’s easy to stay in our comfort zones with our “tribes” that we form. However, there’s understanding to be found as we lay down our labels, focusing on our beautiful similarities, and then reaching out into the world with our new perspective....