i have no idea what i'm doing

my new yellow shoes #myshoes

intentionally calling my mission president's wife "president" too when i talk about her #feminism

my new yellow shoes #myshoes

intentionally calling my mission president's wife "president" too when i talk about her #feminism

There is not a lot of open queerphobia but there is a lot of microagressions and pushing of heteronormativity especially outside of the humanities (which tends to attract a more left leaning faculty and student base)

Also bear in mind with BYU you will be required to take 14 credits of religion classes and depending on who you take them from they can be rough. And even if you like the professor people in the class can say some batshit things. I think this is the main difference between a non-religious school like Utah State vs BYU. No matter which you will have to deal with queerphobia bc it is unfortunately a red state, but BYU does have it baked into the curriculum (*cough* eternal families). Also being a private institution it has fewer protections for discrimination

There's a pretty strong Queer Mormon underground in the Provo/Orem area. The Utah Valley Institute has a institute class for LGBTQ people and allies.

One of the things that can make or break your experience is roommates, so if you don't already know someone you want to room with, the Cougar Pride Center runs a Safe Housing Project and they can help pair you up with other queer people and allies to room with.

If you're queer and cisgender, you can usually get away with dating under the radar. Being transgender comes with additional complications, but I wouldn't be the best person to elaborate on that.

The topics of dating and marriage dominate much of the culture here. Freshmen are super concerned about getting married. The dating culture has a sense of desperation. There will be literal babies in your classes. There will be twenty three year old divorcees in your classes with you.