A Common Bond

We began in 1980 as a simple mimeographed newsletter, and have since grown into a worldwide network with local chapters and annual international conferences. The mission of A Common Bond is to provide support and comfort to individuals whose sexual orientation is in direct conflict with Jehovah's Witnesses anti-gay teachings. We are here to be your friends and offer you our support and comfort, because we all have shared the experience of being gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender Jehovah's Witnesses - our Common Bond.

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New Orleans Meetup – 2013

August 29 – September 2 (Labor Day/Southern Decadence Weekend) Last year was the first year that we that had to cancel a conference due to a hurricane.This year we are playing the odds and giving New Orleans have one more shot. So we are welcoming everyone back to NOLA for the 2013 ACB Meetup. We [...]

Forums Removed

If you were wondering what happened to the forums I had to delete them. I was able to install Akismet to keep most spammers from posting to the forums but I couldn’t find a reliable way to keep them from registering. At the beginning of the year we had ~40,000 registered users with roughly 100 [...]

CANCELED – New Orleans Meetup 2012

This years meetup is CANCELED due to hurricane Isaac. We have reports that much of the French quarter is without power and the Louis Armstong Airport is operating on generators. Due to the slow moving storm there is a high possibility of flooding making travel difficult. Please contact your hotels and airlines for refunds. More [...]

CANCELED – New Orleans Meetup 2012