As I’ve mentioned from time to time (but try my best to forget), I lived in Utah for three years just prior to moving to Dallas in early 2006. Two of those years were spent in Logan, a very heavily Mormon area two hours north of Salt Lake City that’s home to Utah State University. Logan was a college town, but with only three bars, and USU — though public and not affiliated with the LDS church — was commonly referred to as “BYU 2.” It’s probably because of this experience that I consider this to be the most astonishing “It Gets Better” video I’ve seen yet (sorry, Joel). Watch it below.
I am gay and I went to BYU. Most of the students were pretty cool with me being gay and many found it interesting. There is still lot’s that needs to be done to educate people about being gay, but this video is one of many needed steps to facilitate this. These students are doing a great thing and I hope many more at BYU come out.