The channel, which is owned and operated by the Mormon college Brigham Young University, admitted its anti-LGBT+ policy after Canadian writers and producers publicly voiced concerns. This has lead to changes at BYU-tv. The broadcaster’s first show to feature queer people will be the Canadian family comedy Overlord And The Underwoods, it announced this week. According to showrunner Anthony Q Farrell, who has a queer daughter, he and his writing team were previously told they couldn’t include clearly identified LGBT+ characters due to the channel’s connections with Brigham Young University. The university is the flagship educational institution of the Mormon church and specifically prohibited “homosexual behaviour” on campus until a few months ago. This discriminatory section of the university’s Honour code has now been removed, but BYU later confirmed that its principles against sexual conduct “remain the same”. A spokesperson for BYUtv said “While BYUtv has not referenced LGBTQ+ topics and characters in the five original scripted series it has aired to date, we desire to address subjects—including LGBTQ+—that are important to our growing and diverse audience. There are no policies that would exclude the network from including characters who identify as LGBTQ+, and BYUtv is exploring ways to do so.”
Mormon-Owned BYU-TV lifts ban on LGBTQ characters
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