Original sentence: Failed efforts have been made to pass resolutions to "fully include gay.lesbian, bisexual and transgender persons in the life of the Church"   at General Conferences since the introduction of the incompatibility clause in 1972; delegates from annual conferences in the Northeast and on the West Coast typically vote to do so, but are outnumbered by those from the South, Southeast, and Africa
Edited sentence: Failed efforts have been made to fully include gay.lesbian, bisexual and transgender persons in the life of the Church at every General Conference since the introduction of the incompatibility clause in 1972; delegates from annual conferences in the Northeast and on the West Coast typically vote to do so, but are outnumbered by those from the South, Southeast, and Africa