Valentine’s Day is particularly difficult for queer students on campus because it represents a celebration of what most queer students want, but cannot have while pursuing their education at BYU. This often causes queer students to feel pain, mental anguish, and hopelessness.
During the time of year when straight love is commodified, glamorized, and commercialized, The OUT Foundation wanted to show representations of queer love on campus to help alleviate that pain and show queer students love, acceptance, and relationships can exist for them as well.
The event was captured and shared by a number of alumni supporters. We’ve highlighted just a couple below.
It’s important to share our stories to offer hope to LGBTQ+ students who may need it. Thank you to everyone who came to support queer love on BYU campus!