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Bomb Threats Target LGBTQ+ Events Across the U.S. Over the Weekend

A sinister pattern has emerged as multiple cities witness threats against LGBTQ-friendly events.

Ensuring Every LGBT American Is Safe From Discrimination

Former GOP activist Jimmy LaSalvia was ecstatic when his Kentucky city enacted LGBT protections. Now he wants movement on a federal law.

LGBT Youth Center Booted From Provo, Utah, Independence Day Parade

The permit for Encircle: LGBT+ Family and Youth Resource Center was revoked the day before the parade.

WATCH: Neon Trees' Tyler Glenn Sings at LGBT Mormon Convention

The out rocker attended the International Affirmation Conference last week in Provo, Utah.

Why Utah's LGBT Youth Need Our Help

In an open letter to The Advocate, a woman working to keep LGBT youth safe in Provo, Utah, explains why these young people are especially imperiled.

Supporters in Angel Wings Shield BYU LGBTQ+ Event From Protesters

Organizers supporting Brigham Young University LGBTQ+ students wore large angel wings to protect attendees from hateful messages spewed by conservative protesters. 

LoveLoud Responds to Report of Trans Bathroom Discrimination

A trans woman was reportedly told she was "in the wrong bathroom" at the LGBT-supportive music festival.

Samantha Allen Explores the Growing LGBTQ Population in Red States

The author discusses her book, Real Queer America, on the LGBTQ&A podcast.

Mormon Counselor Charged with Raping Gay Patients in Utah

Disgraced former counselor Scott Dale Owen promised a different approach to helping gay patients deal with their sexual urges and was even recommended by some church leaders.

Oped Conversion Therapy Found Me My First Boyfriend

An attorney with the Southern Poverty Law Center shares his own story of surviving conversion therapy and exposes its dangers during a series of community meetings.

Student Caught on Video Using Antigay Slur, Defacing Art Has Left BYU

The incident came on top of a former Brigham Young University president urging the use of "muskets" to fight LGBTQ+ equality, and the student has now left the Mormon school.

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Brigham Young University Adds Explicit Ban on 'Same-Sex Romantic Behavior' to Honor Code

Students say Brigham Young University is policing this behavior even more than its parent church does.

Utah Republican Mormon Politician Comes Out as Gay

Nathan Ivie says he accepted himself after a long struggle, but his faith and politics haven't changed.

SafeXmas Offers a Home for Gay Mormons Left Out in the Cold

There's now a place for young people with nowhere to go for Christmas.

BYU instructor fired for supporting same-sex marriage

A part-time philosophy instructor at Brigham Young University has been fired after publicly criticizing the Mormon Church's opposition to same-sex marriage.

Equality Riders jailed in Texas

Two weeks into Equality Ride 2--wherein 50 young gay and straight activists are touring the country in two buses with a mission to initiate dialogue at 32 Christian colleges that have policies silencing or excluding LGBT students--participants have been jailed in Texas and threatened with citations in Mississippi.

Blogger Loses Job to Homophonia

The owner of a Utah language school worried that a blog post on homophones -- words that sound alike but are spelled differently -- would bring up associations with homosexuality.

Photo Finish

Did Prop. 8 backlash cause art censorship -- or its reversal -- at Brigham Young University? Could be, as BYU photography student J. Michael Wiltbank found when his contribution to a two-week-long art exhibition -- eight pairs of benign portraits, each depicting an LGBT-identified BYU student alongside a supportive friend -- had been removed.