BYU students organized a large Pride march despite their Mormon school’s anti-LGBTQ policies

A gay superhero parody of BYU’s Brigham Young statue
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Numerous students of Brigham Young University (BYU) — the Mormon anti-LGBTQ university in Provo, Utah — organized an unofficial BYU Pride march late last month despite the school’s ban on same-sex romantic behavior.

While the march’s actual student organizers have remained anonymous, over 1,000 people attended the march including current and former BYU students, them reported. Their signs reportedly proclaimed, “All Are Alike Unto God” and “You Are Loved.” An Instagram account for the march also appeared, and the march’s supporters have said they would like to repeat the event next year.

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“At BYU, we still live with residual institutionalized homophobia that successfully turns us against each other,” a June 25 post on the BYU Pride Instagram post declared. “It is now our turn to unite as one family in making BYU a welcoming place for all people, regardless of their sexual orientation, gender identity, or religious standing.”

Among the marchers’ demands, they want BYU to…

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