It is well documented the homosexuals are and were monitored on BYU campus and beyond.

"Gays have in the past complained of harassment from BYU Security in Salt Lake City and even in areas as far away as St. George. Mike, a gay returned missionary said, “I’ve seen BYU Security officers in Salt Lake City at the cruise areas driving past lines of cars leaning out the window taking pictures of not only the license and cars, but of the passengers inside of them also.”"

I don't know that these practices continued in the 90s, when I was there, but scrupulous self and peer policing was and remains standard practice: "You never know when they’re surveilling you, so what happens is, people surveilled themselves more ferociously and effectively than they ever would even if [BYU] had armed guards [enforcing the code].”

There was also entrapment, or at least coerced exposure of gay friends, by people undergoing forced conversion therapy at BYU.--something the then-president recently denied happened on his watch.

Everybody interested in this topic needs to read John Rechy's The Sexual Outlaw.

in 1952 alan turing was arrested for acknowledging a sexual relationship between him and his male partner to the police during a burglary investigation. they gave him a choice of prison or undergo hormone therapy to receive probation. he chose probation and was forcibly administered diethylstilbistrol (estrogen medication) for one year. he developed breast tissue and became impotent. could be unrelated but he committed suicide in 1954

Any excuse to post Anthropology Days. It's a little lesson in history.

sigh yet another case of some of the most evil himan behavior coming from some of the most religious people. It's never been about personal spirituality, it's about controlling others. Jesus would be proud.

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