Sunday 4 September 2022 10:52 PM Brigham Young University removes LGBTQ pamphlets from welcome bags of freshmen ... trends now

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Brigham Young University - owned by the Church of Latter-Day Saints- in Utah has removed fliers advertising resourceful pamphlets for LGBTQ students in welcome bags for news students. 

The private college's administration said that it removed the pieces of resourceful information so that students could refer to its Office of Belonging, NBC News reported.

The brochures had details on regular LGBTQ events being held off campus, as well as local therapeutic resources, scholarship funding and mentorship. They were made by a non-profit called RaYnbow Collection, which is not school-affiliated.

Maddison Tenney, a LGBTQ student at BYU, revealed that she was the one behind the creation of the pamphlets after experiencing loneliness at the Mormon-influenced university. 

'I remember sitting in my white dorm room with these cement walls and breaking down,' Tenney told the NBC News. 'I didn't know anyone who was like me, who wanted to be faithful and embrace the fullness of themselves.'

Students, however, are not allowed to interact in 'same-sex romantic behavior' or risk the chance of being unenrolled, according to Fox News.