Gay Unn Universy alumni speak out on school's polici, tolerance

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The Christian Unn Universy is g unr fire after rcd a gay stunt's admissn offer bee of his sexual orientatn.

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GAY FORMER UNN STUNTS REUNT FEAR, TRMA OM A SCHOOL THAT DIDN'T WANT THEM

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Unn is a private evangelil Christian llege Wt Tennsee, and Parrish is a gay man. He knew the school had "muny valu and guil, " most notably banng homosexualy, premaral sex, pornography and drkg, but after visg the school his senr year, he was at ease regardg the enforcement of those guil.

AN ICU NURSE'S ACCEPTANCE TO A CHRISTIAN UNIVERSY WAS REVOKED BEE HE'S GAY

In the 102 years that Stunt Senate has existed, we’ve never had an openly gay stunt body print. It’s beyond time that the LGBTQ muny is reprented the hight stunt learship posn at Calv.  I’m proud to be the first.  A few years ago, I never thought that I would be g out to... * union university gay student *

"I don't even remember if I told the Soulforce people I was gay, " Parrish rells. He said was bee a social media search revealed he is gay.

Practicg homosexualy, or supportg or advotg for other LGBTQ+ stunts, is a vlatn of Unn's valu statements, which Duron signed after his ial terview at the universy. Duron says he never ma any attempt to hi his sexualy and found "odd" the school didn't know he is gay when he applied and terviewed wh the school. "I kd of knew I was gay when I cid to go to Unn.

‘HOMOPHOBIC’ CHRISTIAN LLEGE REVOK GAY STUNT’S ADMISSN BEE OF HIS ‘SEXUALLY IMPURE RELATNSHIPS’

"I kd of knew I was gay when I cid to go to Unn, " said Graham Gardner, a stunt om 2013 to 2017. While the natnal attu toward LGBTQ+ dividuals has changed over the last 20 years wh the legalizatn of gay marriage and subsequent U. For years the school's handbook said banned homosexualy and "homosexual activi.

" But 2009, the handbook was altered to clu a le forbiddg the "promotn, advocy, fense or ongog practice of a homosexual liftyle (cludg same-sex datg behavrs). Upon enrollment, Unn requir every stunt to sign s muny valu guil, which nta the cls about homosexualy and advocy as well as ban public displays of affectn, premaral sex and sharg a room wh the oppose genr.

Gardner and other stunts said the problem is that seems as though the school strongly enforc only l regardg homosexualy and allyship. In homosexualy s, Unn offers a much harsher punishment that giv stunts two optns: unrgo nversn-like therapy or leave the universy. She then threw herself to rearchg passag of the Bible discsg homosexualy as a s and beme nvced the school was jt misterpretg the text.

I AM CALV UNIVERSY’S FIRST OPENLY GAY STUNT BODY PRINT.

"We thought we were safe bee back then the school only banned homosexual activy. McSwa knew he was gay by the time he was 16 but attend Unn bee of external prsure.

They tried to blame me for beg gay.

GAY PEOPL UNN FOUND 1971 BY UWM STUNTS BEME THE MOST PROMENT GAY RIGHTS ANIZATN MILWKEE

Joshua Garcia, who attend Unn om 2008 to 2012, said he spent most of his time at Unn fear of beg outed as a gay man. From the start, he unrstood Unn's l didn't jt ban homosexual acts, but also "jt beg gay. " By the time he started his first semter, he had heard stori about gay stunts beg expelled or sent to "nversn therapy, " both of which he wanted to avoid.

THE UNIVERSY OF ALABAMA GAY STUNT UNN

Garcia thought at one pot he would be celibate "forever" bee he didn't thk was possible to be gay and still mata his Christian fah. Joshua Garcia talks about the fear of Unn Universy fdg out he was gay while at school. Joshua Garcia, a 2012 Unn Universy graduate, talks about the fear of losg his muny if the school disvered he was gay.

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Gay Peopl Unn found 1971 by UWM stunts beme the most proment gay rights anizatn Milwkee .

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