Gay at BYU in the 1970s: A Conversation with Loreen Major & Dale Miller

Both graduates of Brigham Young University in the mid and late 1970s, Loreen Major and Dale Miller will share their powerful stories in a structured conversation led by historian and Mildred Berryman Institute Chair, Connell O’Donovan.

Together, Loreen and Dale will reflect on navigating BYU’s academic, religious, and social pressures as queer students, and how they survived an era of institutionalized shame and repression. This event shines a light on lived history often left unspoken, contributing to a fuller understanding of Utah’s not-so-distant LGBTIQ+ past.