Prejudice - A conscious or unconscious negative belief about a whole group of people and its individual members. It involves institutional control, ideological domination, and the promulgation of the dominant group's culture on the oppressed. Oppression - the systematic exploitation of social groups by another for its own benefit.
Internalized Oppression - The process by which a member of an oppressed group comes to accept and live out the inaccurate stereotypes applied to the oppressed group. Institutional Oppression - Societial processes and expectations that benefit one group at the expense of another through the use of language, media, education, religion, economics, etc.
Due to the flags being handmade and a resulting lack of supplies, the pink and turquoise stripes in Baker’s original design were taken out. Gonzalez reports the very first version of the rainbow pride flag was flown in San Francisco on June 25, 1978. Harvey Milk, one of the U.S.’s first openly gay elected officials, asked artist Gilbert Baker to design a “symbol of pride for the gay community.” Gonzalez writes that Baker reportedly chose the rainbow because it is in some ways “a natural flag from the sky.” Most Utahns are likely familiar with the rainbow flag as a symbol of LGBTQ+ pride, but may not know how the flag was created.Īccording to an article by Nora Gonzalez on the Encyclopedia of Britannica’s website, the design goes back to 1978.
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Orr mentioned a friend of hers who she claims was falsely accused of being in a same-sex relationship while studying at BYU, and how he was called into the Honor Code office and interrogated for “acting on same-sex attraction.” “I feel like this violates individual rights,” says Orr. She references how even open members of the LGBTQ+ community are allowed to participate in some parts of LDS Church membership, and compared that BYU’s policy is kind of zero-tolerance.
Orr hopes that BYU will change this and other policies surrounding LGBTQ+ students. In a Facebook post, Orr comments as someone who identifies as bisexual saying, “it’s scary to live with the fear that at any moment they could take away your degree.” Orr references how violation of BYU’s honor code can result in immediate suspension of student status and even a freeze on student transcripts. I didn’t know if I would be tackled, escorted off the stage, or what.” Orr say she was also worried her degree in psychology could be compromised by her statement.ĭespite her fears, Orr accepted the unknown consequences to do what she “knew was right.” “I understood there would be consequences, but I didn’t know what they would be. When asked if she was scared to wear her regalia to BYU’s commencement, Orr said she was “really anxious.”
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