1 9 7 5 ▁– ▁Adv oc ate ▁owner ▁David ▁B . ▁Good stein ▁h ired ▁several ▁gay ▁Ut ah ▁M orm ons ▁onto ▁his ▁San ▁Francisco ▁newspaper ▁staff ▁referring ▁to ▁them ▁as ▁the ▁" M orm on ▁M af ia ". ▁This ▁included ▁bis ex ual ▁trans ▁man ▁Patrick ▁Cal if ia ▁and ▁gay ▁male ▁Robert ▁Isaac ▁Mc Que en ▁as ▁editor . ▁Mc Que en ▁had ▁ceased ▁invol vement ▁with ▁the ▁L DS ▁church ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 4 ▁shortly ▁after ▁his ▁mission ▁in ▁Austria ▁and ▁was ▁ex communic ated ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 9 ▁after ▁publishing ▁several ▁church - crit ical ▁articles ▁on ▁the ▁L GB T - L DS ▁intersection . ▁He ▁died ▁from ▁comp lications ▁due ▁to ▁A ID S ▁on ▁ 8 ▁October ▁ 1 9 8 9 . ▁ ▁January ▁– ▁The ▁church - oper ated ▁university ▁BY U ▁began ▁a ▁pur ge ▁in ▁January ▁to ▁exp el ▁hom osex ual ▁students ▁under ▁the ▁direction ▁of ▁president ▁O aks . ▁The ▁pur ge ▁included ▁inter rog ations ▁of ▁fine ▁arts ▁and ▁drama ▁students ▁and ▁surve ill ance ▁of ▁Salt ▁Lake ▁City ▁gay ▁bars ▁by ▁BY U ▁security . ▁These ▁activities ▁were ▁noted ▁in ▁the ▁Salt ▁Lake ▁Trib une ▁and ▁the ▁gay ▁newspaper ▁Adv oc ate . ▁ ▁April ▁– ▁Ut ah ' s ▁first ▁gay ▁newspaper ▁Gay z ette ▁was ▁published ▁without ▁a ▁title ▁for ▁the ▁first ▁issue ▁by ▁the ▁recently ▁opened ▁Gay ▁Community ▁Service ▁Center , ▁Ut ah ' s ▁first ▁gay ▁resource