Axios (organization)

Axios is an association for Orthodox Christians and Byzantine Rite Catholics who are gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender which was founded in Los Angeles in 1980. The organization has chapters in Washington, D.C.; Atlanta; New York City; Colorado; Ohio; Pennsylvania; Chicago; Boston; Florida; San Francisco; Detroit; Las Vegas; and outside the U.S., in Toronto, Canada, and Australia.

Mission
The Orthodox Church's teaching is that same-sex relations are sinful in the same manner as all heterosexual practice outside of marriage. Axios also professes that members' "sexuality and love are God given and healthy," but denies any morally significant distinction ceteris paribus between heterosexual and homosexual expressions.