1537: BYU Under Federal Investigation for its Treatment of LGBTQ Students

Join us for a live discussion about the groundbreaking Federal Investigation against Brigham Young University for its treatment of LGBTQ+ students with attorney Paul Southwick. We will discuss the investigation and its relation to recent changes in LDS and BYU policy. We will also analyze BYU's initial response to the Office of Civil Rights and what you can do to help advance equality at BYU.

 

WHAT YOU CAN DO

• The REAP's website
• Submit BYU Accreditation Comments on TRANSPARENCY and EQUITY
• Accreditation Organization Equity policy
• History of the Family Proclamation

News Coverage:

• Washington Post: LGBTQ Dating Ban at BYU Probed in Federal Investigation
• NBC News: LGBTQ dating ban at BYU probed in federal investigation
• Deseret News: BYU Responds to Federal Investigation of its LGBTQ Policies
• Salt Lake Tribune: BYU is Under Federal Investigation for how it Disciplines LGBTQ Students

Show Notes:

• "BYU is under federal investigation for how it disciplines LGBTQ students," by Courney Tanner, Salt Lake Tribune, January 20, 2022
• "BYU responds to federal investigation of its LGBTQ policies," by Tad Walch, Deseret News, January 20, 2022
• "LGBTQ dating ban at BYU probed in federal investigation," Associated Press, January 21, 2022
• Religious Exemption Accountability Project
• David Archuleta's Instagram post about struggling as a gay Mormon
• Find out how much your college or university receives in federal funds
• "Permission to Make Mistakes," Mayim Bialik's interview with David Archuleta in which he says church leaders told him he could date men
• Jeffrey Holland's BYU speech in August 2021, in which he called for "musket fire" in defense of their anti-LGBTQ policies
• BYU President Kevin Worthen's letter responding to the investigation
• "Going Forward with Religious Freedom and Nondiscrimination," address by Dallin Oaks at the University of Virginia on November 12, 2021
• Mormon Stories interview with Gerardo Sumano
• Tabernacles of Clay: Sexuality and Gender in Modern Mormonism by Taylor Petrey
• Gay Rights and the Mormon Church: Intended Actions, Unintended Consequences by Gregory Prince

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