Soulforce Equality Ride to Press for Dialogue on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Discrimination at Brigham Young University ****************************************** SOULFORCE PRESS RELEASE: April 4, 2006 For Immediate Release Contact: Richard Lindsay, Equality Ride Press Liaison Cell: 646-258-7193 Email: richard@equalityride.com ****************************************** The Equality Ride announces a RALLY, PRESS CONFERENCE and DAY OF DIALOGUE at Brigham Young […]
Brigham Young University
Soulforce Equality Ride Students Announce Historic Itinerary
****************************************** SOULFORCE MEDIA ALERT: January 13, 2006 For Immediate Release Contact: Jacob Reitan, 952-212-8311, jake@soulforce.org Robyn Murphy, 612-965-0838, robyn@soulforce.org ****************************************** (Dallas, TX) With only fifty days till the wheels start rolling; Soulforce announces the historic itinerary of colleges and universities that have anti-gay admission policies. “Colleges and Universities don’t want to make this list! This […]
Brigham Young University
Name: Brigham Young University Location: Provo, Utah Religious Affiliation: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Enrollment: 32,400 Website: www.byu.edu Accreditation: Concerning GLBT Equality: The BYU Honor code states the following: School authorities may dismiss students for sexual transgressions independent of action by a Church Disciplinary Council. No one known to be guilty of […]
The 2006 Equality Ride Route: Brigham Young University
The Soulforce Equality Ride will hold a National Soulforce rally on April 10th to tell Brigham Young University that their anti-gay policies, based on Mormon beliefs, cause GLBT suffering. Nearly always, the LDS Church and BYU are indistinguishable in theology and policy, but the university takes an especially punitive stance in the case of homosexuality. […]
Letter from a current student at BYU
Thoughts on BYU and Students That Struggle With SGA As a student here at BYU I do not feel at a disadvantage in any way for having feelings of SGA. My Priesthood leaders back home know of my struggle and so do my Priesthood leaders here at BYU. Both are aware that I have succumbed […]
2007 Equality Ride West Bus Route: Brigham Young University
The Equality Ride stop at Brigham Young University was March 21-22, 2007. The Equality Riders who organized the stop at Brigham Young University are Kourt Osborn and Matthew Kulisch. Kourt Osborn kourt@equalityride.com Matthew Kulisch matt@equalityride.com The List of Concerns/Grievances was over 55 pages long and contained the experiences of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender […]