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Contents:

• BYU VALEDICTORIAN OUT AS GAY VIRAL NVOTN SPEECH
• BYU VALEDICTORIAN OUT AS PROUD 'GAY SON OF GOD' GRADUATN SPEECH
• THIS HIGH SCHOOL VALEDICTORIAN WROTE ABOUT BEG GAY IN HIS GRADUATN SPEECH. SCHOOL ADMISTRATORS CANCELED IT.
• 1470: WHEN LDS APOSTLE JEFEY HOLLAND CALLS YOU OUT – GAY BYU VALEDICTORIAN MATT EASTON
• BYU VALEDICTORIAN MATT EASTON OUT AS GAY DURG GRADUATN SPEECH
• AUDIENCE RPONSE TO BYU VALEDICTORIAN COMG OUT AS GAY DURG COMMENCEMENT SPEECH WAS 'HEARTENG TO SEE,' STUNT SAYS
• GAY BYU STUNT OUT VALEDICTORIAN SPEECH
• BYU VALEDICTORIAN'S POWERFUL SPEECH GO VIRAL: "I AM PROUD TO BE A GAY SON OF GOD"
• BYU VALEDICTORIAN OUT SPEECH, STUNNG SOME FAY. 'PROUD TO BE A GAY SON OF GOD'
• EXCLUSIVE: FULL TERVIEW WH BYU VALEDICTORIAN WHO ME OUT GAY DURG GRADUATN SPEECH
• ‘IT IS A VICTORY FOR ME’: B.Y.U. VALEDICTORIAN ANNOUNC HE IS GAY
• IN COMMENCEMENT SPEECH, BRIGHAM YOUNG GRADUATE ‘PROUD TO BE A GAY SON OF GOD’
• BYU STUNT OUT AS GAY VALEDICTORIAN SPEECH
• BYU VALEDICTORIAN COM OUT AS GAY IN GRADUATN SPEECH
• GAY BYU VALEDICTORIAN FEARS LOSG 'ALL THAT I'VE WORKED FOR' AFTER VIRAL SPEECH

BYU VALEDICTORIAN OUT AS GAY VIRAL NVOTN SPEECH

BYU graduate Matt Easton me out as gay his nvotn speech on April 26, sayg he was “proud to be a gay son of God.

BYU VALEDICTORIAN OUT AS PROUD 'GAY SON OF GOD' GRADUATN SPEECH

” The dience cheered after Easton said he stood before his fay, iends and graduatg class “proud to be a gay son of God.

The day of his speech, Easton tweeted that was the first time he had publicly clared he is gay, though he had been slowly g out to close iends and fay members. A Brigham Young Universy stunt quoted the Book of Mormon before he me out as a "gay son of God" durg his mencement dience cheered on Matt Easton, a polil science valedictorian, on Friday as he ma the announcement publicly for the first time at the school owned by The Church of J Christ of Latter-day Sats.

THIS HIGH SCHOOL VALEDICTORIAN WROTE ABOUT BEG GAY IN HIS GRADUATN SPEECH. SCHOOL ADMISTRATORS CANCELED IT.

"As such, I stand before the Lord, my fay, my graduatg class today to say that I am proud to be a gay son of God. "Easton, who terned for Utah Senator Mt Romney's 2018 mpaign, had reportedly told close fay and iends but never announced publicly that he was gay. While I don’t speak for everyone -- my own experience is all I n vouch for -- I hope that people know that we ARE here at BYU, and we’re not gog anywhere anytime soon, ” Easton wrote a Twter 'S GRADUATION SPEECH PULLED OVER CHRISTIAN CONTENTBYU officials approved his speech ahead of time and, acrdg to the school’s webse, BYU’s Honor Co don’t ban gay stunts, but prohibs “homosexual behavr, ” cludg all forms of physil timacy that “give exprsn to homosexual feelgs.

1470: WHEN LDS APOSTLE JEFEY HOLLAND CALLS YOU OUT – GAY BYU VALEDICTORIAN MATT EASTON

"Bee beg the gay stunt, I knew that if I didn’t distguish myself I would jt be a nobody and nobody would re about me. That's bee he says he was thkg of g his remarks to e out as gay.

"Werth hadn't totally mted to his public g-out ia and admted he expected to have to cut the l about beg gay.

BYU VALEDICTORIAN MATT EASTON OUT AS GAY DURG GRADUATN SPEECH

"I told them I’d be willg to take out, but they didn’t tst me, bee that’s when they found out I was gay, " he said. "And bee they knew that I was gay, they chose not to let me give the speech. "In the rough draft of his valedictorian speech, Werth wrote about the stggl he faced g out as gay.

AUDIENCE RPONSE TO BYU VALEDICTORIAN COMG OUT AS GAY DURG COMMENCEMENT SPEECH WAS 'HEARTENG TO SEE,' STUNT SAYS

“On my own journey to self-acceptance, I have trekked through the pths of prsn, found that God’s love is endls, and embraced the fact that I’m gay, ” Werth wrote. “Absolutely no one should have to go through what I have gone through simply to e to the ncln that homosexualy is not a s.

GAY BYU STUNT OUT VALEDICTORIAN SPEECH

“I scerely believe that the next generatn of Christians will eradite homophobia the church and proclaim God’s love to the LGBT muny. In his sophomore year, they wouldn't let him jo the dance team, spe the ach though Sheboygan Lutheran High School receiv state fundg through Wisns's Private School Choice Programs, the state's Department of Public Instctn nnot "prohib a private school om discrimatg based on sexual orientatn, " a state spokperson told BuzzFeed News.

In April of 2019 Brigham Young Universy valedictorian Matt Easton me out as a fahful gay Mormon durg his valedictorian addrs, which was pre-approved by the LDS Church. I have a gay son who I have discsed so many thgs wh and Matt gave me even more sight to his plight.

Everyone knows that “I am gay” announcements are a middle fger to the church, and I fd very disrpectful to them. If you are gog to be gay, be gay, but dont go to their terrory and be disrpectful to them.

BYU VALEDICTORIAN'S POWERFUL SPEECH GO VIRAL: "I AM PROUD TO BE A GAY SON OF GOD"

Y, y I know they have done harm and people are pissed… but I still thk you dont need to announce you are gay a BYU speech. Provo, Utah -- Brigham Young Universy valedictorian Matt Easton me out as gay while liverg his graduatn speech Friday, reports CBS Salt Lake Cy affiliate 's speech, which he gave to BYU's College of Fay, Home, and Social Scienc as the polil science valedictorian, was met wh applse and cheers om thoands that speech, Easton said, "I stand before my fay, iends, and graduatg class today to say that I am proud to be a gay son of God. Easton said he'd told close fay members and iends he is gay but had never said so publicly.

BYU VALEDICTORIAN OUT SPEECH, STUNNG SOME FAY. 'PROUD TO BE A GAY SON OF GOD'

As such, I stand before the Lord, my fay, my graduatg class today to say that I am proud to be a gay son of God. "The Church of J Christ of Latter-day Sats teach that beg attracted to members of the same sex isn't a s but actg on those feelgs, cludg beg a gay relatnship, is Easton live the life he wants as a gay member of The Church of J Christ of Latter-day Sats?

0 gra pot 's Honor Co don't ban gay stunts om the school but says stunts would be vlatn of the if they engage what the school f as "homosexual behavr, " which not only clus havg sexual relatns wh members of the same sex but all forms of physil timacy that "give exprsn to homosexual feelgs.

EXCLUSIVE: FULL TERVIEW WH BYU VALEDICTORIAN WHO ME OUT GAY DURG GRADUATN SPEECH

The honor do not prohib homosexual feelgs or attractn, so stunts n state their same-genr attractn, but homosexual behavr is "appropriate, " as stated on the universy's webse, and vlat the honor one BYU junr, who intifi as lbian and asked to rema anonymo for this story, Easton's speech was a movg moment not only bee of his admissn but also the dience's reactn. "As such, I stand before my fay, iends and graduatg class to say that I am proud to be a gay son of God, " Easton said.

‘IT IS A VICTORY FOR ME’: B.Y.U. VALEDICTORIAN ANNOUNC HE IS GAY

Holland's addrs at the Provo school on Easton, the gay valedictorian, was surprised and disappoted by Holland’s mentn of his actn. “My hman ward 2008 was full of gays. Like, I’m shocked even lookg back at the sheer number of gay men we had our ward, ” said Newman, who earned both bachelor’s and master’s gre at the school.

IN COMMENCEMENT SPEECH, BRIGHAM YOUNG GRADUATE ‘PROUD TO BE A GAY SON OF GOD’

Many of my clost iends viewed homophobia as anthetil to Mormon teachgs. ”What mak the stutn distct isn’t homophobia, transphobia or any other ‘ism, ’” Newman said.

Matt Easton, the 24-year-old polil science major and valedictorian of the Brigham Young Universy class of 2019, me out as gay his graduatn Easton on April 29, 2019, Cottonwood Heights, Bowmer / APApril 29, 2019, 7:03 PM UTCSALT LAKE CITY — A gay stunt who me out durg a valedictorian speech at Mormon-owned Brigham Young Universy is earng applse and admiratn om stunts and notable figur like actrs Krist Easton said Monday he hop the speech helps ease lonels felt by other LGBTQ stunts at the stutn where an honor forbids datg between members of the same speech was preapproved by the 24-year-old polil science major says only a few people knew about his sexualy before Friday, when he spoke the words "I am proud to be a gay son of God. One Latter-day Sat's powerful valedictorian speech has been gag tractn as reach headl across the his speech, polil science major Matthew Easton stated, "I stand before my fay, iends, and graduatg class today to say that I am proud to be a gay son of God. "While Easton shared wh the Washgton Post the gnive dissonance he feels as a gay Latter-day Sat, he ttified, "The more that I’ve unrstood my relatnship wh God, the more thentic I’ve been able to be and the more te to myself I’ve felt.

Comg out as gay at a universy found by the Church of J Christ of Latter Day Sats, which until this sprg nsired same sex unns a reason to be kicked out of the church uld have been even more Matt Easton, 24, polil science valedictorian at Brigham Young Universy Provo, Utah said the timg was right to tell 10, 000 people he was gay. ""As such, I stand before my fay, iends and graduatg class to say that I am proud to be a gay son of God, " Easton fay members didn't knowEaston said he told close fay and iends, but even some immediate fay members didn't know he was of his sisters was rerdg his speech and the mera slipped and she whooped, jog a chos of cheers when Easton said this, acrdg to the Washgton Post:"I am not broken. "READ MOREDwyane Wa supports son at Miami's pri para, stepmom Gabrielle Unn jos the funMom prais transgenr son's g out wh ultimate 'It's a boy' photo shootStrangers give $90K to send gay valedictorian to llege after parents reject himTerry Crews apologiz for llg kids of same-sex parents 'severely malnourished'.

BYU STUNT OUT AS GAY VALEDICTORIAN SPEECH

by Kyle Harvey, Adam FieMon, April 29th 2019, 3:45 AM UTC24VIEW ALL PHOTOSMatt Easton, BYU valedictorian who me out gay his graduatn speech, speaks about his cisn to KUTV. Valedictorian Announc He Is GaytranscripttranscriptDurg his mencement speech, Matt Easton, a Brigham Young Universy valedictorian, told the dience that he was “proud to be a gay son of God. ” The universy’s honor prohibs “homosexual behavr.

As such, I stand before my fay, iends and graduatg class today, to say that I am proud to be a gay son of God. AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTAt a universy where s honor explicly prohibs “homosexual behavr, ” Matt Easton’s very public g out was not whout risk. Valedictorian Announc He Is GayDurg his mencement speech, Matt Easton, a Brigham Young Universy valedictorian, told the dience that he was “proud to be a gay son of God.

BYU VALEDICTORIAN COM OUT AS GAY IN GRADUATN SPEECH

It is a phenomenal feelg, and is a victory for me and of his mencement speech, Matt Easton, a Brigham Young Universy valedictorian, told the dience that he was “proud to be a gay son of God. Marisa TafoyaAt a universy that nsirs same-sex marriage a “ser transgrsn, ” and where s honor explicly prohibs “homosexual behavr, ” Matt Easton’s very public g out was not whout Mr.

“I stand before my fay, iends and graduatg class today to say that I am proud to be a gay son of God, ” he said last Friday a mencement speech before 10, 000 people si the Marrtt Center Provo, Utah. Easton’s claratn — imbued wh relig votn and a ll for social equaly — me as the church and Brigham Young are wrtlg wh how to rencile gay members of the Mormon fah.

As a stunt, he was a member of s Polil Science Honors Society and acts as the Republin state legate for his home precct Cottonwood Heights, an terview Monday, he said he had always known he was gay. While the universy stat that “same-genr attractn is not an Honor Co issue, ” the policy prohibs — and punish — vlatns like immost attire, premaral sexual activy and homosexual behavr.

GAY BYU VALEDICTORIAN FEARS LOSG 'ALL THAT I'VE WORKED FOR' AFTER VIRAL SPEECH

“Homosexual behavr clus not only sexual relatns between members of the same sex, but all forms of physil timacy that give exprsn to homosexual feelgs, ” the honor reads. Easton said, was watchg the 37-year-old gay mayor’s speech this month to the Victory Fund, a group that supports gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr policians, which Mr.

Buttigieg challenged Vice Print Mike Pence on his opposn to gay rights.

“Pete was jt like me, Christian and gay.