1552: Mormon Scoops Weekly Report

Mormon Scoops: BYU Racism, Trans Healthcare, and What the Church Won't Say Out Loud

Three stories broke through Mormon news circles this week, and not one of them reflects well on how Brigham Young University and the broader LDS institution handle people on the margins. The Mormon Stories Podcast, hosted by John Dehlin alongside co-hosts Gerardo and Cara, covered the confrontation between BYU's Black Student Union and Elder Brad Wilcox, BYU's forced termination of gender-affirming voice therapy services, and a leaked video of Elder Bednar explaining a temple ceremony. Taken together, they reveal an institution managing optics while avoiding accountability.

If you're searching for what actually happened at BYU with Brad Wilcox and the Black Student Union, here is the short version: students showed up, they were brave, and they got a conversation the institution would never have offered them voluntarily.

The Brad Wilcox Confrontation at BYU

A photo circulated on Reddit showing Wilcox looking visibly shaken, standing outside his classroom holding a walkie-talkie, with two members of BYU's Black Student Union standing alongside him. One wore a beret. The visual alone carried weight.

According to the Mormon Stories episode, the students had concerns about the impact of Wilcox's words and actions on Black students at BYU. Rather than file a complaint that would disappear into a bureaucratic drawer, they chose direct dialogue. They spoke with Wilcox's supervisor in the hallway, voiced their frustrations, and made clear they were there to talk, not to escalate.