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University of Utah’s iconic Block U wrapped in colors for Pride Week

University of Utah’s iconic Block U wrapped in colors for Pride Week | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

For the first time, the well-known Block U on the University of Utah campus has been wrapped in colors from the Progress Pride Flag in honor of the University of Utah’s annual Pride Week.  Pride Week 2021 at the University of Utah starts March 29 and runs through April 3...

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Documentaries about LGBTQ life in Utah among 19 films in Damn These Heels online film festival

Documentaries about LGBTQ life in Utah among 19 films in Damn These Heels online film festival | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

Though it may be screening movies virtually, this year’s Damn These Heels Queer Film Festival is digging into some real stories — including two documentaries of LGBTQ stories in Utah.

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How This Lesbian Couple Cared for the First AIDS Patients in Salt Lake City

How This Lesbian Couple Cared for the First AIDS Patients in Salt Lake City | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

Kristin Ries and Maggie Snyder met and fell in love while caring for people living with HIV in Salt Lake City. Here, they tell the story of the early epidemic in a very religious town.

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Utah LGBTQ family and youth resource center Encircle opens new location in Salt Lake

Utah LGBTQ family and youth resource center Encircle opens new location in Salt Lake | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

With one location already in Provo, the nonprofit Encircle House LGBTQ Family and Youth Resource Center officially opens its services to the public in Salt Lake Thursday.


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How a ban on extracurricular clubs in Salt Lake City schools led to ‘an important milestone in gay rights’ 20 years ago

How a ban on extracurricular clubs in Salt Lake City schools led to ‘an important milestone in gay rights’ 20 years ago | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

She’d walk out to her car and the tires would be slashed. She’d go to her locker and it would be broken open. She’d be called to the principal’s office and sit there for the entire school day because someone had called in a threat.

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Utah Pride Center opens new facility in Salt Lake City

Utah Pride Center opens new facility in Salt Lake City | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

A new facility in Salt Lake City is now the much anticipated home of the Utah Pride Center.  Located at 1380 S. Main, the new facility will be the place the LGBTQ community can finally call their own. A place the Utah Pride Center says they can now grow their programs and facilitate the growing LGBTQ community with meeting spaces and areas for groups to gather. 


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Not your dad's prom: LGBT teens hold alternative event

Not your dad's prom: LGBT teens hold alternative event | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it
At the second annual Queer Prom on Saturday night, Logan LGBT teens turned out to enjoy a night of dancing organizers say was made possible by generous community support.
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A gay bar has lost its owner — but this safe place for Utah’s LGBT community isn’t going anywhere

A gay bar has lost its owner — but this safe place for Utah’s LGBT community isn’t going anywhere | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it
There was a big party thrown Thursday for Rob Goulding, but the guest of honor wasn’t there.
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LGBT students host panel focused on faith and gender identity at Mormon church-owned university

LGBT students host panel focused on faith and gender identity at Mormon church-owned university | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it
Gabriel Cano doesn’t get called on in class. Maybe he’s just not raising his hand high enough. Maybe he’s just paranoid.
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Utah Supreme Court considers plight of two transgender people who want their IDs to reflect their ‘actual reality’

Utah Supreme Court considers plight of two transgender people who want their IDs to reflect their ‘actual reality’ | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it
Does a judge have the authority to change a person’s gender identity under existing state law?
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The Progressive, Gay, Climate-Hawk Mayor in the Heart of Utah

The Progressive, Gay, Climate-Hawk Mayor in the Heart of Utah | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

Jackie Biskupski, the tenacious, curly-haired mayor of Salt Lake City, breezes into the lobby at the Hotel Monaco, plops onto a plush leather couch, and after a very brief introduction immediately makes apparent her most pressing concern.

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Gay brother of LDS apostle opens up about faith, LGBT issues in new book

Gay brother of LDS apostle opens up about faith, LGBT issues in new book | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

As the fall general conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints approaches, Tom Christofferson gets ready to celebrate an anniversary.It’s been three years since the 60-year-old Salt Lake City resident was baptized as a member of t

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Beyond the rainbow; ‘Discover Pride’ celebration supports LGBT community

Beyond the rainbow; ‘Discover Pride’ celebration supports LGBT community | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

Town Square Park was adorned in rainbow flags and banners Saturday during the Southern Utah Pride celebration. Members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community, their family, friends and supporters all gathered for the second annual fest which carried the theme "Discover Pride."

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LGBTQ students at BYU light up the ‘Y’ in rainbow colors

LGBTQ students at BYU light up the ‘Y’ in rainbow colors | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

The event marks the anniversary of when the university clarified that same-sex romantic behavior is “not compatible” with its rules.

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Transgender woman hopes job as Park City ski resort greeter helps Utahns connect with LGBTQ community

Transgender woman hopes job as Park City ski resort greeter helps Utahns connect with LGBTQ community | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

Standing in her red uniform and sunglasses, Cami Richardson was one of the first people skiers saw this season after riding the cabriolet up to Park City Mountain Resort.

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Queer Conversations: Going Home

Queer Conversations: Going Home | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

With the holidays just around the corner, many students are booking flights and making plans for their journey home. However, for students of the LGBTQ+ community, the decision to go home is much more complicated. In preparation for this time of year, the LGBT Resource Center put on a Queer Conversations event abou

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Ogden Pride begins campaign to raise $500,000 for a new LGBTQ+ center

Ogden Pride begins campaign to raise $500,000 for a new LGBTQ+ center | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

Ogden Pride is looking for a home. Literally. The organization, which focuses on celebrating and supporting the LGBTQ+ community, is seeking a physical presence in Ogden, according to Harrison Spendlove, board president of Ogden Pride. The group just launched a two-year campaign to raise $500,000 to purchase and renovate a home or office to create the Ogden Pride Center.


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Freedom Festival, LGBTQ groups reach compromise on July 4 parade

Freedom Festival, LGBTQ groups reach compromise on July 4 parade | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it
One day after rejecting the applications of all five LGBTQ-serving groups seeking to participate in the July 4 parade, the Freedom Festival has reached a compromise that will allow the
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Salt Lake City Mayor receives award for her work on equality

Salt Lake City Mayor receives award for her work on equality | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

Salt Lake City Mayor Jackie Biskupski, among the state’s most prominent openly gay leaders, received a civil rights award for her work advancing equality. The International Imperial Court Council noted her work to make the city the second in the U.S. to name a portion of a street — 900 South — after San Francisco leader and gay pioneer Harvey Milk. In 2015, Biskupski became the first openly gay mayor elected in a major city in Utah’s history. She received the Harvey Milk Civil Rights Award at City Hall on Friday. Equality Utah Director Troy Williams also received the award on behalf of his organization.

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Mormon support for gay marriage gradually grows

Mormon support for gay marriage gradually grows | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

Mormon Alex Landers supports the legalization of gay marriage despite her religion's opposition for a simple reason: She has LGBTQ friends who she love

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'Listen, Learn & Love': Nonprofit founder talks about becoming a Mormon LGBT ally

'Listen, Learn & Love': Nonprofit founder talks about becoming a Mormon LGBT ally | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it
Former YSA bishop and Utah businessman Richard Ostler served a mission in England for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints almost 40 years ago.
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‘Encircle,’ where families and their LGBT children can find therapy and a sense of community, is coming to Salt Lake City

‘Encircle,’ where families and their LGBT children can find therapy and a sense of community, is coming to Salt Lake City | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

When Stephenie Larsen and a band of volunteers opened an LGBT support center in Provo across the street from a Mormon temple, she thought it could be picketed, or worse — but the place, called Encircle, was an instant hit.

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Some LGBT Mormons feel like outsiders in their own church

Some LGBT Mormons feel like outsiders in their own church | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it
Same-sex marriage is threatening to tear the church apart.
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Case over LGBT talk in schools settled after Utah law change

Case over LGBT talk in schools settled after Utah law change | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

A lawsuit over restrictions on talk about homosexuality in Utah classrooms has been settled after the state changed the law in a case that sets the stage for challenges to similar measures in other states, LGBT-rights groups said Friday. 

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Mormon historian, scientist to speak on why his church needs to go further to embrace its LGBT members

Mormon historian, scientist to speak on why his church needs to go further to embrace its LGBT members | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

Independent Mormon historian and scientist Gregory Prince holds fast to his faith, but he believes just as strongly that his church eventually must find a way to fully embrace its LGBT adherents.

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