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Brigham Young University Revises Policy on Sexuality; Discriminatory Policy Revisted After Soulforce Equality Riders Visit

April 17, 2007 by soulforce

****************************************** SOULFORCE PRESS RELEASE: April 17, 2007 For Immediate Release Contact: Brandon Kneefel, West Bus Media Director Cell: 612-715-6138, brandon@equalityride.com ****************************************** (Provo, Utah) — Three weeks after the Soulforce Equality Ride visited the campus to deliver a list of community concerns for the wellbeing of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) students, officials at Brigham […]

Filed Under: Brigham Young University, Equality Ride Tagged With: brigham young university, byu, Christian Supremacy, equality ride, Gay Christian, haven herrin, Homophobia, kourt osbourn, LGBT activism, LGBT history, lgbtq, LGBTQI, Queer activism, Religion-based violence, soulforce

Eight Arrested at BYU, Two From Church of Latter-Day Saints

April 16, 2007 by soulforce

Peaceful Dialogue Denied; Return Visit to Campus Tomorrow ****************************************** SOULFORCE PRESS RELEASE: April 16, 2007 For Immediate Release Contact: Brandon Kneefel, West Bus Media Director Cell: 612-715-6138, brandon@equalityride.com ****************************************** (Rexburg, Idaho) — On Monday, April 16th, the Equality Ride (a national tour of gay and straight young adults on a mission to end religion-based discrimination) […]

Filed Under: Brigham Young University, Equality Ride Tagged With: alexey bulokhov, brigham young university, byu, Christian Supremacy, equality ride, Gay Christian, Homophobia, LGBT activism, LGBT history, lgbtq, LGBTQI, Queer activism, Religion-based violence, soulforce

Equality Ride Bridges the Gap Between Gays, Christians

April 5, 2007 by soulforce

Christian Schools Acknowledge the Reality of Sexual Minority Students ****************************************** SOULFORCE PRESS RELEASE: April 5, 2007 For Immediate Release Contact: Brandon Kneefel, West Bus Media Director Cell: 612-715-6138, brandon@equalityride.com Brandy Daniels, East Bus Media Director Cell: 612-715-6284, brandy@equalityride.com ****************************************** (Fresno, California) — This week, after almost 4 weeks on the road, 26 young proponents of […]

Filed Under: Brigham Young University, Equality Ride, Fresno Pacific University, Pepperdine University Tagged With: brigham young, byu, Christian Supremacy, equality ride, Gay Christian, george fox, Homophobia, LGBT activism, LGBT history, lgbtq, LGBTQI, northwest nazarene, northwest university, pepperdine, Queer activism, Religion-based violence, seattle pacific, soulforce

Mormon Equality Rider and Mother Arrested at BYU; National Tour of Young Adults Out to Reconcile Gays and the Church

March 22, 2007 by soulforce

****************************************** SOULFORCE PRESS RELEASE: March 22, 2007 For Immediate Release Contact: Brandon Kneefel, West Bus Media Director Cell: 612-715-6138, brandon@equalityride.com ****************************************** (Salt Lake City, UT) — Mormon Equality Rider Kourt Osborn, and his mother, Karel Allen, were arrested in an attempt to deliver a list of concerns to the administration regarding BYU’s discriminatory policies against […]

Filed Under: Brigham Young University, Equality Ride Tagged With: arrest, brigham young, byu, Christian Supremacy, equality ride, Gay Christian, Homophobia, kourt osbourn, LGBT activism, LGBT history, lgbtq, LGBTQI, melissa pomeroy, Queer activism, Religion-based violence, soulforce

National Tour of Christian Colleges Faces Resistance at Mississippi College, BYU

March 21, 2007 by soulforce

Echoes of the Past as Mississippi Town Attempts to Restrict Constitutional Rights; ACLU Intervenes Mormons Bar Equality Riders on All Church Property ****************************************** SOULFORCE PRESS RELEASE: March 21, 2007 For Immediate Release Contact: Brandon Kneefel, West Bus Media Director Cell: 612-715-6138, brandon@equalityride.com Kyle DeVries, East Bus Media Director Cell: 612-715-6284, kyle@equalityride.com ****************************************** (Provo, UT and […]

Filed Under: Brigham Young University, Equality Ride, Mississippi College Tagged With: arrest, baylor university, brigham young, byu, Christian Supremacy, equality ride, Gay Christian, Homophobia, LGBT activism, LGBT history, lgbtq, LGBTQI, Queer activism, Religion-based violence, soulforce

"Barred From the Churches of Our Birth"; Mormons Ban Equality Riders on All Church Property

March 17, 2007 by soulforce

Sexual Minority Mormon Youth Disenfranchised ****************************************** SOULFORCE PRESS RELEASE: March 17, 2007 For Immediate Release Contact: Brandon Kneefel, West Bus Media Director Cell: 612-715-6138, brandon@equalityride.com ****************************************** (Salt Lake City, UT) — Late Thursday night Soulforce Equality Riders received a letter from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints asking that Equality Riders “not enter […]

Filed Under: Brigham Young University, Equality Ride Tagged With: alexey bulokhov, brigham young, byu, Christian Supremacy, equality ride, Gay Christian, Homophobia, lds, LGBT activism, LGBT history, lgbtq, LGBTQI, mormon, Queer activism, Religion-based violence, soulforce

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