Tom Hanks acknowledged his gay drama teacher Rawley Farnsworth by name during his Best Actor acceptance speech for Philadelphia at the 66th Academy Awards in 1994. The moment was significant given the film's subject matter about AIDS discrimination. Hanks's public acknowledgment of his teacher's sexuality was notable for the era. The speech was later fictionalized in the film In & Out (1997). Farnsworth, who was still closeted, received unwanted attention following the speech. #Oscars #TomHanks

Students, faculty and staff, as well as community representatives and leaders, crowded the 19,000-seat Marriott Center in Provo, Utah, for the late-morning devotional. Students lined up as early as 6:30 a.m. in a queue that stretched to the Provo Missionary Training Center. As the close to 20,000 voices in the audience sang “We Thank Thee, Oh God, for a Prophet” to begin the meeting, the walls and seats of the Marriott Center hummed. President Oaks’ remarks, which he said apply to “all who follo