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Belonging

Cougar Pride Center’s annual march ‘Pride in Progress’ promotes unity, acceptance

Dylan Eubank
By Dylan Eubank
May 02, 2024 12:00 AM
The Cougar Pride Center held its fourth annual pride march in downtown Provo on Saturday, April 27. The march began at the Historic Courthouse and ended at Memorial Park.
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Featured

BYU students, community members find volunteer opportunities at Encircle

By Emma Everett
July 26, 2023 12:00 AM
BYU senior Jae Collett leaned against the porch railing of Encircle Provo, where they intern several days a week. A row of pride flags fluttered behind them. The Provo City Center Temple across the street was bathed in a midafternoon haze.
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Belonging

LGBTQ outreach members encourage faith in Christ, not outcomes

By Kaitlyn Bancroft
May 04, 2019 12:00 AM
Women listen to speakers in a room on BYU's campus while attending Women's Conference. Women can choose to attend a wide variety of sessions including ones on topics such as understanding the LGBT community. (BYU Photo)
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Local

Study shows LGBT BYU students at higher risk for depression, suicide

By Jessica Olsen
January 20, 2017 12:00 AM
Jacob Dunford, who works for Provo's first LGBT resource center Encircle, looks out the Encircle home window at the Provo City Center Temple. (Jessica Olsen)
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Religion

LDS Church releases updated 'Mormon and Gay' website

By Laura Spilsbury
October 25, 2016 12:00 AM
The LDS Church released an updated Mormon and Gay website on Tuesday, Oct. 25. The website is meant to be a resource for gay LDS members and their families. (mormonandgay.lds.org)
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Campus News

BYU added to LGBT organization's 'Shame List'

By Ashley Lee
September 14, 2016 12:00 AM
Campus Pride has added more than 100 schools across the country to its 'Shame List.' (Hannah McCulloch via Google Maps)
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Devotionals and Forums

Elder Holland 'faces off' with young single adults through virtual Face to Face event

By Isaac Wright
March 09, 2016 12:00 AM
Elder Jeffrey R. Holland addressed young single adults around the world during the church's sixth Face to Face event.
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Local

SB107 Bill would increase severity of hate crime penalties

By Zoe Woolf Mcginn
February 05, 2016 12:00 AM
Sen. Steve Urquhart, R-St. George, has introduced Senate Bill 107, amending hate crime laws in Utah. (Steve Urquhart)
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Local

Mormon leader: Kentucky clerk taking wrong approach on gays

October 21, 2015 12:00 AM
Dallin H. Oaks, a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, speaking during a news conference at the Conference Center, in Salt Lake City. The Mormon Church is criticized Kentucky clerk Kim Davis, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2015, for refusing to license gay marriages. (Associated Press)
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Nation

Supreme Court extends same-sex marriage nationwide

June 26, 2015 12:00 AM
See also: Invested Utahns weigh in on both sides of the same-sex marriage ruling
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Nation

Boy Scouts' leader says ban on gay adults not sustainable

May 22, 2015 12:00 AM
FILE - In this Friday, May 23, 2014 file photo, former Defense Secretary Robert Gates addresses the Boy Scouts of America's annual meeting in Nashville, Tenn., after being selected as the organization's new president. (AP Photo/Mark Zaleski, File)
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Local

Supreme Court prepares to rule on gay marriage

By Megan Kennedy
May 20, 2015 12:00 AM
The Supreme Court began hearing arguments April 28 regarding the rights of same-sex couples. Despite several hours of arguments, the result is anyone's guess.
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Opinion Outpost

Online Opinion Outpost

By Universe Contributor
May 05, 2015 12:00 AM
The Opinion Outpost features opinions and commentary on the latest hot topics from national news sources. As much as you love hearing from The Universe, we thought you might like to hear from journalists around the nation.
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Campus

USGA video says faith and same-sex attraction are not mutually exclusive

By Chris Larson
April 22, 2015 12:00 AM
Understanding Same Gender Attraction is an unofficial group of Brigham Young University students and others that released a video declaring that spirituality and sexuality are not mutually exclusive.
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Campus News

Helping LGBTQ/SSA churchgoers feel welcome in an LDS environment

By Kristina Smith
February 04, 2015 12:00 AM
If you’re a straight member of the LDS Church, slip off your shoes for a minute and step into someone else’s. Imagine that you identify as same-sex attracted, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer.
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Religion

#Fairness4all trends on Twitter after LDS press conference

By Emily Hales
January 27, 2015 12:00 AM
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State

Youth homelesness in Utah complicated by LGBT issues

By Dylan Ellsworth
February 18, 2014 12:00 AM
Joseph carried his belongings in a suitcase and a garbage bag. He had hitchhiked 80 miles to Ogden to the OUTreach Resource Center after he said his parents told him to leave, to straighten up and not to return until he had changed. Joseph had just told his parents he was transgender.
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Religion

LDS Church creates website addressing same-sex attraction

By Casey King
December 06, 2012 12:00 AM
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has created a new website, mormonsandgays.org, that explains the Church's stance on same-sex attraction and encourages civil conversation on the sensitive topic. It's a topic that has been a source of intense discussion between people in and outside of the faith, according to a news release issued by the LDS Church Thursday morning.
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