PROVO, Utah (AP) — Utah LGBTQ groups have been quietly accepted into a prominent July Fourth festival in conservative Provo after being denied for years. The Daily Herald in Provo reports that five groups marched in the America’s Freedom Festival parade last year, but only after an initial refusal and […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — A former Utah city mayor has been named the executive director of America’s Freedom Festival at Provo. The Daily Herald reports that former Orem Mayor Jim Evans will take over the private, nonprofit foundation in northern Utah that organizes educational programs and annual community events. The […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Organizers of a prominent Utah July Fourth festival struck a deal to allow five LGBT organizations to participate in the parade Thursday, reversing an initial rejection given just hours after signing a nondiscrimination agreement with Provo city leaders. The deal followed an outcry that included […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — America’s Freedom Festival at Provo will once again exclude an LGBT resource center for youths from its July 4 parade. The Salt Lake Tribune reports Stephenie Larsen, found of the group, Encircle, said Wednesday the nonprofit festival organization told the group that its proposed entry does not celebrate […]
