In one, she had to take a quiz that asked her what those who truly love the LGBTQ community should do. Orr said she was frequently reminded of that in classes. “I was always on edge that someone would find out or someone would turn us in,” she said. A spokesperson for the school declined to comment on this story. She constantly worried that if anyone found out about it, she would be disciplined and possibly expelled from the private religious university.īYU, which is operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, prohibits students under its Honor Code from being in same-sex relationships, enforcing the faith’s stance on romantic partners. And she hid her relationship with another woman while she was attending BYU, she said.
Her sister, Rachel Orr, sewed a Pride flag inside of it for Jillian to express her identity on stage after years of feeling like she had to hide being bisexual at the church-run school. (Hope Orr) Jillian Orr walks across stage in her custom graduation gown for Brigham Young University on Friday, April 22, 2022.
