Brigham Young University (BYU) is a private research university in Provo,Utah,United States. It was founded in 1875 by religious leader Brigham Young and is sponsored by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Rex Edwin Lee was an American lawyer and academic who served as the 37th solicitor general of the United States from 1981 to 1985. He was responsible for bringing the solicitor general's office to the center of U.S. legal policymaking. During his tenure,Lee argued 59 cases before the U.S. Supreme Court.
Henry Bennion Eyring is an American educational administrator,author,and religious leader. Eyring has been the second counselor to Russell M. Nelson in the First Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints since January 14,2018. Previously,Eyring was the first counselor to Thomas S. Monson in the First Presidency from 2008 until Monson's death on January 2,2018. Eyring was the second counselor to Gordon B. Hinckley in the First Presidency from October 6,2007,until Hinckley's death on January 27,2008.
The J. Reuben Clark Law School is the law school of Brigham Young University (BYU) in Provo,Utah. Founded in 1973,the school is named after J. Reuben Clark,a former U.S. Ambassador,Undersecretary of State,and general authority of the institution's sponsoring organization,The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Cecil Osborn Samuelson Jr. is an American retired rheumatologist and professor of medicine who served as the 12th president of Brigham Young University (BYU) from 2003 to 2014. Samuelson is an emeritus general authority of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,a former dean of the school of medicine at the University of Utah,and a former senior vice president of Intermountain Health Care (IHC). While he was president at BYU,Samuelson pushed professors and students to raise their expectations and encouraged mentored learning. During his presidency,student enrollment limits stayed constant,new sports coaches were hired,new buildings were built,and a hiring freeze during the Great Recession reduced faculty.
Merrill Joseph Bateman is an American religious leader who was the 11th president of Brigham Young University (BYU) from 1996 to 2003. He is an emeritus general authority of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and was the LDS Church's 12th presiding bishop in 1994 and 1995. Bateman was the Sunday School General President of the LDS Church from 2003 to 2004,a member of the Church's Presidency of the Seventy from 2003 to 2007,and the president of the Provo Utah Temple from 2007 to 2010.
Sexuality has a role within the theology of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In its standards for sexual behavior called the law of chastity,top LDS leaders bar all premarital sex,all homosexual sexual activity,the viewing of pornography,masturbation,overtly sexual kissing,sexual dancing,and sexual touch outside of a heterosexual marriage. LDS Leaders teach that gender is defined in premortal life,and that part of the purpose of mortal life is for men and women to be sealed together in heterosexual marriages,progress eternally after death as gods together,and produce spiritual children in the afterlife. The church states that sexual relations within the framework of monogamous opposite-sex marriage are healthy,necessary,and approved by God. The LDS denomination of Mormonism places great emphasis on the sexual behavior of Mormon adherents,as a commitment to follow the law of chastity is required for baptism,adherence is required to receive a temple recommend,and is part of the temple endowment ceremony covenants devout participants promise by oath to keep.
The J. Reuben Clark Law Society is an organization of lawyers and law school students consisting of over 65 professional and 125 student chapters throughout the world. Named in honor of J. Reuben Clark,a former United States Ambassador to Mexico and Under Secretary of State,the society's membership is primarily composed of members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,although there is no requirement that those in the society be church members. Alumni and students of the J. Reuben Clark Law School at Brigham Young University (BYU) are de facto members of the society.
All homosexual sexual activity is condemned as sinful by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in its law of chastity,and the church teaches that God does not approve of same-sex marriage. Adherents who participate in same-sex sexual behavior may face church discipline. Members of the church who experience homosexual attractions,including those who self-identify as gay,lesbian,or bisexual remain in good standing in the church if they abstain from same-sex marriage and any homosexual sexual activity or sexual relationships outside an opposite-sex marriage. However,all people,including those in same-sex relationships and marriages,are permitted to attend the weekly Sunday meetings.
Bruce Clark Hafen is an American attorney,academic and religious leader. He has been a general authority of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints since 1996.
The history of Brigham Young University (BYU) begins in 1875,when the school was called Brigham Young Academy (BYA). The school did not reach university status until 1903,in a decision made by the school's board of trustees at the request of BYU president Benjamin Cluff. It became accredited during the tenure of Franklin S. Harris,under whom it gained national recognition as a university. A period of expansion after World War II caused the student body to grow many times in size,making BYU the largest private university of the time. The school's history is closely connected with its sponsor,The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
The Church Educational System (CES) Honor Code is a set of standards by which students and faculty attending a school owned and operated by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are required to live. The most widely known university that is part of the Church Educational System (CES) that has adopted the honor code is Brigham Young University (BYU),located in Provo,Utah. The standards are largely derived from codes of conduct of the LDS Church,and were not put into written form until the 1940s. Since then,they have undergone several changes. The CES Honor Code also applies for students attending BYU's sister schools Brigham Young University–Idaho,Brigham Young University–Hawaii,and LDS Business College.
Von Gary Keetch was a general authority of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from April 2015 until his death. He was a shareholder in the law firm of Kirton McConkie and a member of the firm's Constitutional,Religious and Appellate Practice section. He defended land use rights of religious groups against state regulations,and argued against liability of religious groups for crimes committed by their members.
Henry Johnson Eyring is an American academic administrator who served as the 17th president of Brigham Young University–Idaho (BYU–Idaho) from 2017 to 2023. From 2019 to 2023,he also served as an area seventy in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He previously served as both the academic and the advancement vice president at BYU-Idaho,as well as director of the Marriott School of Business (MSB) MBA program at Brigham Young University (BYU).
Matthew Ottesen Richardson was the Advancement Vice President at Brigham Young University (BYU) from 2014 to 2020. He served previously as a professor of religion at BYU and from 2002 to 2006 he was an associate dean of religious education at BYU.
James R. Rasband is an American academic and religious leader who has been a general authority of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints since April 2019. He was previously the Academic Vice President (AVP) at Brigham Young University (BYU) from June 2017 until shortly after he was called as a general authority. He also previously served as dean of the J. Reuben Clark Law School (JRCLS). He has also been the Hugh W. Colton Professor of Law.
Tad Richards Callister was the 21st Sunday School General President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 2014 to 2019. He served previously in the church as a general authority from 2008 to 2014,including as a member of the Presidency of the Seventy from 2011 to 2014.
Students identifying as LGBTQIA+ have a long,documented history at Brigham Young University (BYU),and have experienced a range of treatment by other students and school administrators over the decades. Large surveys of over 7,000 BYU students in 2020 and 2017 found that over 13% had marked their sexual orientation as something other than "strictly heterosexual",while the other survey showed that .2% had reported their gender identity as transgender or something other than cisgender male or female. BYU is the largest religious university in North America and is the flagship institution of the educational system of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints —Mormonism's largest denomination.
This is a timeline of LGBT Mormon history in the 1970s,part of a series of timelines consisting of events,publications,and speeches about LGBTQ+ individuals,topics around sexual orientation and gender minorities,and the community of members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Although the historical record is often scarce,evidence points to queer individuals having existed in the Mormon community since its beginnings. However,top LDS leaders only started regularly addressing queer topics in public in the late 1950s. Since 1970,the LDS Church has had at least one official publication or speech from a high-ranking leader referencing LGBT topics every year,and a greater number of LGBT Mormon and former Mormon individuals have received media coverage.
