Bomb Threats Target LGBTQ+ Events Across the U.S. Over the Weekend
A sinister pattern has emerged as multiple cities witness threats against LGBTQ-friendly events.
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
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LGBT Youth Center Booted From Provo, Utah, Independence Day Parade
The permit for Encircle: LGBT+ Family and Youth Resource Center was revoked the day before the parade.
JULY 4, 2017
Supporters in Angel Wings Shield BYU LGBTQ+ Event From Protesters
Organizers supporting Brigham Young University LGBTQ+ students wore large angel wings to protect attendees from hateful messages spewed by conservative protesters.
SEPTEMBER 7, 2022
Student Caught on Video Using Antigay Slur, Defacing Art Has Left BYU
The incident came on top of a former Brigham Young University president urging the use of "muskets" to fight LGBTQ+ equality, and the student has now left the Mormon school.
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AUGUST 28, 2021
Utah Republican Mormon Politician Comes Out as Gay
Nathan Ivie says he accepted himself after a long struggle, but his faith and politics haven't changed.
MAY 23, 2019
Equality Riders jailed in Texas
Two weeks into Equality Ride 2--wherein 50 young gay and straight activists are touring the country in two buses with a mission to initiate dialogue at 32 Christian colleges that have policies silencing or excluding LGBT students--participants have been jailed in Texas and threatened with citations in Mississippi.
MARCH 22, 2007
Photo Finish
Did Prop. 8 backlash cause art censorship -- or its reversal -- at Brigham Young University? Could be, as BYU photography student J. Michael Wiltbank found when his contribution to a two-week-long art exhibition -- eight pairs of benign portraits, each depicting an LGBT-identified BYU student alongside a supportive friend -- had been removed.
DECEMBER 23, 2008
WATCH: Neon Trees' Tyler Glenn Sings at LGBT Mormon Convention
The out rocker attended the International Affirmation Conference last week in Provo, Utah.
SEPTEMBER 22, 2015
LoveLoud Responds to Report of Trans Bathroom Discrimination
A trans woman was reportedly told she was "in the wrong bathroom" at the LGBT-supportive music festival.
JULY 31, 2018
Mormon Counselor Charged with Raping Gay Patients in Utah
Disgraced former counselor Scott Dale Owen promised a different approach to helping gay patients deal with their sexual urges and was even recommended by some church leaders.
NOVEMBER 14, 2023
SafeXmas Offers a Home for Gay Mormons Left Out in the Cold
There's now a place for young people with nowhere to go for Christmas.
DECEMBER 25, 2017
Blogger Loses Job to Homophonia
The owner of a Utah language school worried that a blog post on homophones -- words that sound alike but are spelled differently -- would bring up associations with homosexuality.
AUGUST 4, 2014
Ensuring Every LGBT American Is Safe From Discrimination
Former GOP activist Jimmy LaSalvia was ecstatic when his Kentucky city enacted LGBT protections. Now he wants movement on a federal law.
FEBRUARY 20, 2018
Why Utah's LGBT Youth Need Our Help
In an open letter to The Advocate, a woman working to keep LGBT youth safe in Provo, Utah, explains why these young people are especially imperiled.
MAY 31, 2016
Samantha Allen Explores the Growing LGBTQ Population in Red States
The author discusses her book, Real Queer America, on the LGBTQ&A podcast.
JUNE 14, 2019
Oped Conversion Therapy Found Me My First Boyfriend
An attorney with the Southern Poverty Law Center shares his own story of surviving conversion therapy and exposes its dangers during a series of community meetings.
APRIL 13, 2012
Brigham Young University Adds Explicit Ban on 'Same-Sex Romantic Behavior' to Honor Code
Students say Brigham Young University is policing this behavior even more than its parent church does.
SEPTEMBER 2, 2023
BYU instructor fired for supporting same-sex marriage
A part-time philosophy instructor at Brigham Young University has been fired after publicly criticizing the Mormon Church's opposition to same-sex marriage.
JUNE 14, 2006