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Students At BYU Hold Walkout, Rally To Criticize Anti-LGBTQ Policies

Students At BYU Hold Walkout, Rally To Criticize Anti-LGBTQ Policies

(Provo, UT) — Students at Brigham Young University say members of the LGBTQ community should be treated just like any other students on campus. Dozens of students walked out of classes and held a rally yesterday in honor of National Coming Out Day. Organizers said their goal was to end […]

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3/4th Utahans Support Same-Sex Marriage

3/4th Utahans Support Same-Sex Marriage

(Salt Lake City, UT) — Nearly three-fourths of Utahans support legal same-sex marriage. A recent survey from Deseret News/Hinckley Institute of Politics found that 72-percent of residents believe same-sex marriage should be legally protected. Meanwhile, 23-percent disagree, and five-percent don’t know where they stand. This comes as the Senate considers […]

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Cox Condemns Utahns Participating In Idaho Demonstration

Cox Condemns Utahns Participating In Idaho Demonstration

(Salt Lake City, UT) — Governor Spencer Cox condemned the actions of six Utahns arrested among the white nationalist group Patriot Front in Idaho. On Saturday, 31 members of the group were accused of planning a riot during an LGBTQ Pride event. Speaking with reporters, Cox called the accusations “sickening,” […]

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Six UT Men Among 31 Arrested At CDA Pride Event

Six UT Men Among 31 Arrested At CDA Pride Event

(Salt Lake City, UT) — Half a dozen Utahns are among the 31 white nationalists arrested for allegedly planning to riot at an LGBTQ+ Pride event in northern Idaho Saturday. The Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office says six Utah residents were arrested near the Pride in the Park event in Coeur […]

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Sen. Lee Seeks TV Content Warning Changes

Sen. Lee Seeks TV Content Warning Changes

(Washington, DC) — Senator Mike Lee is joining other Republicans seeking changes to the television content rating system. Lee is requesting the system include warnings for “disturbing content” on kids’ programs that would include LGBTQ characters. In the letter to the TV Parental Guidelines Monitoring Board, Lee and other senators […]

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Students Rally For Transgender Students

Students Rally For Transgender Students

(Salt Lake City, UT) — Hundreds of students at Salt Lake City’s West High School were marked absent from second hour yesterday as they held a walkout and rally with transgender students. The exit from class follows the legislative override of Governor Cox’s veto of a bill preventing transgender girls […]

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UofU Police Investigating After “Pride U” Defaced

UofU Police Investigating After “Pride U” Defaced

(Salt Lake City, UT) — University of Utah police are investigating after a campus symbol was vandalized last week. The LGBT Resource Center announced yesterday that duct tape containing hateful messages was placed on the “Block U” on March 31st, which was also Transgender Day of Visibility. The Block U […]

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Mormon leader reaffirms faith’s stance on same-sex marriage

Mormon leader reaffirms faith’s stance on same-sex marriage

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A top leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints reaffirmed the faith’s opposition to same-sex marriage on Sunday at the faith’s twice-yearly general conference. Dallin Oaks, the second-highest-ranking leader of the faith known widely as the Mormon Church, said the church could […]

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Mormons lower temperature on hot-button issues at conference

Mormons lower temperature on hot-button issues at conference

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Top leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints addressed a wide range of topics at their twice-yearly conference on Saturday but primarily implored members of the faith to emphasize unity over division and eschew polarization. Officials at the faith’s first in-person conference […]

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Federal investigation of LGBTQ dating ban at BYU dismissed

Federal investigation of LGBTQ dating ban at BYU dismissed

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The U.S. Department of Education has dismissed a civil-rights investigation into how LGBTQ students are disciplined at Brigham Young University. The Utah college said in a news release Thursday that the Department of Education concluded the private religious school is exempt from parts of Title […]

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