LGBTQ Valentine's Day 'kiss-in' protest at BYU

Flaunting Brigham Young University’s new anti-protest directives, LGBTQ students, alumni and OUT Foundation members demonstrated in the Wilkinson Student Center on Valentine’s Day.

Around 50 people participated in what some called a “Kiss-in,” those organizers encouraged them to show affection “at the level they were comfortable with.”

Some held hands while others passed out flowers and Valentine’s cards. Colter Rosborough, the OUT Foundation’s student outreach coordinator,

told The Daily Universe they were “hoping to show students in the LGBTQ community there are people to accept and care for them.”

The OUT Foundation is a non-university group that “empower[s] LGBTQ+ students and alumni of Brigham Young University in achieving their intellectual, social and professional potential.”

“We’re trying to show just how harmless the community is,” Rosborough said. “There’s nothing really wrong with coming in and loving people. Love is love.”