BYU valedictorian Matt Easton out as gay durg graduatn speech - CBS News

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• NJ HIGH SCHOOL’S GAY VALEDICTORIAN SAYS GRADUATN SPEECH WAS ‘CENSORED’
• A FLORIDA CLASS PRINT ULDN’T DISCS BEG GAY HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATN SPEECH – SO HE TALKED ABOUT HIS CURLY HAIR
• A GAY VALEDICTORIAN FOUGHT BACK AFTER HIS HIGH SCHOOL “CENSORED” HIS GRADUATN SPEECH
• BYU VALEDICTORIAN OUT AS GAY VIRAL NVOTN SPEECH
• GAY HIGH SCHOOL VALEDICTORIAN FALLY LIVERS SPEECH HE WAS NIED
• BYU VALEDICTORIAN OUT AS PROUD 'GAY SON OF GOD' GRADUATN SPEECH
• BYU STUNT OUT AS GAY VALEDICTORIAN SPEECH
• BYU VALEDICTORIAN MATT EASTON OUT AS GAY DURG GRADUATN SPEECH
• BYU VALEDICTORIAN OUT SPEECH, STUNNG SOME FAY. 'PROUD TO BE A GAY SON OF GOD'
• GAY VALEDICTORIAN: ‘IT’S OL THAT MY SPEECH IS SPREADG’ (W/VIO OF SPEECH)
• A FLORIDA VALEDICTORIAN IS TOLD TO NOT SAY 'GAY' HIS GRADUATN SPEECH. WHAT HE DO NEXT IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF LEARSHIP
• IN COMMENCEMENT SPEECH, BRIGHAM YOUNG GRADUATE ‘PROUD TO BE A GAY SON OF GOD’
• GAY VALEDICTORIAN BANNED OM SPEAKG AT COVGTON GRADUATN 'NOT SURPRISED' BY D.C. NTROVERSY
• EVAN YOUNG, GAY VALEDICTORIAN BARRED FROM GIVG SPEECH, FALLY GETS HIS CHANCE

NJ HIGH SCHOOL’S GAY VALEDICTORIAN SAYS GRADUATN SPEECH WAS ‘CENSORED’

VOORHEES —The valedictorian at Eastern Regnal High School said he was censored by school officials who cut his microphone when he went off script and started talkg about g out as gay durg his hman a vio of the mencement, Bryce Dershem is talkg about feelg alone when his microphone go silent after prcipal Robert Lull walks behd the then walks up to Dershem and appears to take a piece of paper om the podium and the microphone. The approved speech had removed all of Dershem's referenc to beg gay, battlg mental illns and a eatg disorr bee admistrators said mencement is not a "therapy ssn, " Dersham told NBC Philalphia. High school grad uldn't say 'gay' speech, so he did this stead.

The class print at a Florida high school says he wasn’t allowed to share his experience as a gay stunt his graduatn speech or how the state’s so-lled “Don’t Say Gay” law will affect stunts like him, so he talked about somethg else that mak him a ltle different om his classmat – his curly hair. Moricz me out durg his hman year and was the first openly-gay class print at the school, so he felt a rponsibily to addrs the ntroversy.

A FLORIDA CLASS PRINT ULDN’T DISCS BEG GAY HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATN SPEECH – SO HE TALKED ABOUT HIS CURLY HAIR

A gay valedictorian had the last lgh when his high school attempted to cut off his graduatn speech after he discsed his g out June 17, Bryce Dershem was liverg a speech to his fellow classmat at Eastern Regnal High School Voorhe, New Jersey when the school prcipal turned off his mic. 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. ” 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. Werth claims they did this bee he revealed he is gay his speech. “Once they had read that, once they knew that I was gay, " he said, "they all of a sudn said that they didn’t tst me to give a speech.

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. "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.

A GAY VALEDICTORIAN FOUGHT BACK AFTER HIS HIGH SCHOOL “CENSORED” HIS GRADUATN SPEECH

"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. Easton, A gay stunt who me out durg a valedictorian speech at Mormon-owned Brigham Young Universy is earng applse and admiratn om fellow stunts and figur like actrs Krist Chenoweth and the hband of gay Democratic printial ndidate Pete Buttigieg. SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A stunt who me out as gay durg a valedictorian speech at Mormon-owned Brigham Young Universy has drawn praise om fellow stunts and notable figur such as Krist Chenoweth and the hband of Democratic printial ndidate Pete Easton, 24, said Monday he hop his cisn helps ease lonels felt by other LGBTQ stunts at the stutn where an honor forbids datg among members of the same sex.

BYU VALEDICTORIAN OUT AS GAY VIRAL NVOTN SPEECH

The polil science major said only a few people knew about his sexual orientatn before Friday, when he spoke the words, “I am proud to be a gay son of God” a speech pre-approved by llege of the speech posted onle sparked aclas om Chenoweth, who tweeted her love and support as a straight Christian woman and Chasten Buttigieg, who rpond wh “Bravo! It said 2016 that homosexualy self is not a s, and LGBTQ members have a valued place.

This month, the church reversed polici banng baptisms for children of gay parents.

BYU didn’t immediately ment on said ’s only been the past four years that he’s e to terms wh beg gay, and he’s still figurg out how he’ll rencile wh his fah as he tak his first post-llege job as a data analyst Salt Lake now, though, he plans to plant a vegetable garn wh his sister and his niece and will take the big qutns one day at a time.

GAY HIGH SCHOOL VALEDICTORIAN FALLY LIVERS SPEECH HE WAS NIED

A gay New Jersey high school valedictorian had his microphone cut off the middle of his graduatn speech by a school official who objected to the ntent of the unapproved Dershem graduated om Eastern Regnal High School Voorhe and was liverg his speech to his fellow graduat and atten when the school's prcipal, Dr. The Eastern Regnal School Board voted April to rtore the the Gay-Straight Alliance Network next school year.

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.

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?

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

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. 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'. One of three valedictorians, Ey Bell held up a sign intifyg herself as gay durg mencement at Roarg Fork High School on May 30. Roarg Fork High School valedictorian Ey Bell holds up a sign intifyg herself as gay durg 2015 mencement.

BYU STUNT OUT AS GAY VALEDICTORIAN SPEECH

CARBONDALE — When Ey Bell, one of three valedictorians at Roarg Fork High School, me out as gay as part of a speech about the labels we assign ourselv, she tend to addrs only her 56 classmat, their fai and a few more of the 6, 000 rints of Carbondale.

BYU VALEDICTORIAN MATT EASTON OUT AS GAY DURG GRADUATN SPEECH

Valedictorian Evan Young was barred om speakg two weeks earlier at Longmont’s Tw Peaks Charter Amy graduatn bee he wouldn’t remove language about beg gay.

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

DeMatteo said Young was barred om liverg his speech not bee he is gay but bee of his “apparent tentn to make a mockery” of the ceremony. Many gay teens stggle wh isolatn and face bullyg.

Acrdg to, a youth suici preventn se, suici is the leadg e of ath among gay and lbian youth natnally. “It’s a strange thg to bond over beg the other gay valedictorian who me out Colorado, ” she said. “I thk ’s a ltle ironic that I now have this label ‘gay valedictorian of Colorado’ – one of two – after I jt kd of ducked out of the other labels that I’ve had, but I feel like the msage of acceptance has mostly been kept.

logoNewslettersSubscribeacunt innavigatnSenr and LGBTQ+ advote Zanr Moricz a brilliant metaphor to make his Nick Hobson, Chief behavral scientist, Apex Srg Solutns, BAD Scienc at Potential Project@NickMHobsonPhoto: Getty ImagValedictorian and class print Zanr Moricz was asked by the admistratn at Pe View School Osprey, Florida, to do the graduatn speech, but unr one le: He uldn't say the word gay. A difficult spot to be , Moricz knew that if he said "gay, " his mic would be cut. Instead of sayg "gay" he spoke about "havg curly hair.

GAY VALEDICTORIAN: ‘IT’S OL THAT MY SPEECH IS SPREADG’ (W/VIO OF SPEECH)

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.

A FLORIDA VALEDICTORIAN IS TOLD TO NOT SAY 'GAY' HIS GRADUATN SPEECH. WHAT HE DO NEXT IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF LEARSHIP

” 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.

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.

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

“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.

At a rally this month to prott the universy’s honor , atten observed five mut of silence for gay and transgenr stunts, a moment that cemented for Mr.

GAY VALEDICTORIAN BANNED OM SPEAKG AT COVGTON GRADUATN 'NOT SURPRISED' BY D.C. NTROVERSY

More about Dan LevA versn of this article appears prt on, Sectn A, Page 17 of the New York edn wh the headle: Brigham Young Graduate ‘Proud to Be a Gay Son of God’. However, this is not the first time a school overseen by the Dce of Covgton Kentucky has e unr natnal media May of last year, the Catholic dce led jt hours before Holy Cross High School's graduatn that the openly gay valedictorian and the stunt uncil print uld not give their planned speech at the Covgton school's official graduatn ceremony. Dershem said the school also had an issue wh his graduatn attire, askg him to remove a gay pri flag draped over his graduatn gown, although he didn't ply.

A high school valedictorian barred om liverg his graduatn speech bee his school learned he was gog to e out as gay durg the addrs fally got the opportuny to share his story this Young, 18, ially planned to e out to his peers as gay durg his May 16 graduatn speech at Tw Peaks Charter Amy High School Longmont, Colorado. " This week, lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) group Out Boulr extend the opportuny for Young to liver his graduatn addrs to hundreds of people durg a fundraisg event the backyard of a private rince.

"That's my biggt secret of all -- I'm gay, " Young told the dience. When I was wrg this speech I was endlsly batg wh myself whether I should reveal this on acunt of how divisive an issue this is and how gay people tend to be stereotyped...

EVAN YOUNG, GAY VALEDICTORIAN BARRED FROM GIVG SPEECH, FALLY GETS HIS CHANCE