'I am proud to be a gay son of God': Brigham Young University valedictorian comes out as gay in commencement speech
A Brigham Young University valedictorian came out as gay in a powerful commencement speech that celebrated personal victories for classmates ― and his own.“It was in these quiet moments of pain and confusion that I felt another triumph, that of coming to terms, not with who I thought I should be, but who the Lord has made me,” Easton told fellow graduates in the ceremony on Friday.
Among those praising his speech was the actress Kristin Chenoweth, who tweeted: “I stand beside you!! I say to you: YOU ARE LOVED!!!!!”BYU is owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and has a strict honor code that has resulted in the punishment of LGBTQ students, the Salt Lake Tribune noted.
The church recently repealed a policy that considered same-sex married couples “apostates,” thus allowing their children to be baptized. A former BYU student who portrayed the school’s sports mascot Cosmo the Cougar recently came out as gay.
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