(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Utah Department of Public Safety says the number of hate crimes reported in the state is on the rise. The agency says nearly 100 hate crimes were verified last year. Around a third of those reports were crimes targeting the LGBTQ community. Thirteen of […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah officials are offering their prayers and condolences following a mass shooting that left at least five people dead at an LGBTQ club in southern Colorado. Governor Cox said in a statement yesterday that he and his wife Abby were deeply saddened by the shooting […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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,” […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
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 […]
