WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28, 2017
This Day In Gay Utah History January 2nd
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1882-Oscar Wilde arrived in New York to begin a lecture tour. He told a customs agent, "I have nothing to declare except my genius."
1901 Ogden Standard Examiner SALT LAKE CRIME Sheriff John F Howells completed his annual report late yesterday afternoon The report shows that in 976 civil cases processes were served and in 863 criminal cases warrants were served. It further states that $7851.04 was collected as gross fees and for the various offenses named below 250 arrests were made. Petit larceny 18, polygamy 1, willful destruction of property 1, battery 5, vagrancy 6, trespass 2, prostitution 3, resisting an officer 1, assault 6, attempt to break jail 3, incorrigibility 5, disturbing the peace 11, highway robbery 1, robbery 8, carrying burglar tools 3, cruelty to animals 1, procuring females for immoral purposes 1, obtaining property by false pretenses 1, peddling without a license 1, adultery 7, sending obscene literature through the malls 2, assault with deadly weapon 9, burglary 31, housebreaking 11, rape 2, grand larceny 29, attempt to commit grand larceny 5, obtaining money by false pretenses 8, insanity 28, drunkenness 2, murder 4, abduction 1, embezzlement 7, interfering with united states mall 1, attempting to commit murder 1, impersonating united states officer 1, fugitives from justice 3, sodomy 1, selling liquor to Indians 1, defaulting jurors witnesses etc 17 Twenty seven persons were taken to the state prison. Nine to the reform school and 29 to the insane asylum, property to the value of $6891.50 was stolen and of $5271.50 which was recovered and restored to the owners. From the report it would seem that good service has been rendered by the sheriff’s force in this county
1965 -Saturday-The lacerated nude body of a South Salt Lake Man was found early Saturday in the snow in North Ogden divide just east of here. The victim was identified as George Roy Moriarty, 33, who lived with his mother Mrs. J.H. Moriarty at 164 West Burton Avenue in South Salt Lake. The discovery was made about 8 a.m. in the canyon near 3100 North 1300 West. Mr. Moriarty apparently had been savagely beaten then taken to the top of a 100 foot cliff and thrown to the road below said Weber County Sheriff Leroy Hadley. The victim was last seen in Salt Lake area Friday about 8:30 p.m. when he left Willie Café and Lounge 1776 South Main. A bloody automobile seat cover and signs of a struggle were found about a ½ mile from the body. A trail of blood and bare foot prints in the snow led from this point to the cliff and on to where the man was lying curled beside the road. The victim’s leg injuries plus some other evidence led officers to believe he had been hit by a car after he had staggered through the snow after the fall. A trail of personal paper and clothing apparently thrown from a moving car led down the canyon for a mile and ½ into North Ogden. Sheriff Hadley said the man died sometime during the night from injuries or exposure or a combination of the two. His head, chest, and legs were lacerated deeply. Lt. Allen R. Sexton of South Salt Lake Police said a bar tender, Frank Miller, told him the man left alone. He had been brought to the bar earlier by his brother and was without a car. He was divorced and a veteran of the Korean War. He was a member of the Catholic Church and a welder for American Steel Company. (01/03/65 page B1 col.2 SLTribune)
1978- The “Gay Activity Society” was formed to “get folks together in a social atmosphere and to attend movies, plays, rock concerts, dinners, drag shows, art receptions, sport events and meetings.”
1982 “Parsons denies quitting” Deseret News A5 Columbia SC- University of South Carolina President James Holderman has confirmed Lady Gamecocks basketball coach, Pam Parson, a Utah, native has resigned. ..Parson, a native of Richfield, Utah, she earned a Master’s Degree from Brigham Young University and began her coaching career at Old Dominion University. In 1977 she moved to South Carolina. Her career record is 191 wins against 73 loses.
1985-Having been refused permission to participate in the New York Veterans Day Parade by the American Legion, the Gay Veterans Association filed an application to hold their own parade on Veterans Day. The request was denied.
1988 Saturday- Sam [a stranded native American BYU student] wrote a note thanking me for my hospitality. He’s Gay but had never been around Gay people before, especially a Gay Party so it was a unique experience. Well he could have done a lot worse because we were all well behaved and Unconditional Support doesn’t have sex parties. [1988 Journal of Ben Williams]
1991 Prostitutes: Crowded jails deter prosecution, making S.L. a haven for AIDS-infected hookers. HEALTH OFFICIALS SCRAMBLE TO CONTAIN DEADLY DISEASES Law-enforcement officials say Salt Lake City is becoming known nationwide as a haven for prostitutes who can knowingly spread the AIDS virus without prosecution because the jails are too full. And Salt Lake City/County health officials are worried about a link they see between AIDS and tuberculosis. Both diseases are deadly, but tuberculosis is more troublesome because it is spread through casual contact. Somewhere in the Salt Lake Valley, county health officials are trying to hold a homeless man who has a form of tuberculosis that resists all drug treatments. Anyone he coughs or breathes on could contract the deadly disease. But the man, who they refuse to identify, doesn't want to be quarantined. In fact, officials have caught him in the past panhandling and eating at shelters for the homeless. Salt Lake City/County Health Director Dr. Harry Gibbons said the man was seen three days ago using his welfare check to buy alcohol. Salt Lake City/County health officials want Salt Lake County to build a quarantine facility at the jail currently being built in South Salt Lake City. That way, when police arrest people with contagious diseases, they have a place to keep them. They also are endorsing a bill that would put prostitutes who carry the deadly AIDS virus or other deadly diseases behind bars. Health officials believe a recent revival of tuberculosis is connected with the AIDS epidemic. They site statistics that show 18 percent of Utah tuberculosis patients have AIDS as well. They suspect most AIDS patients carried the tuberculosis virus in a dormant state for years until AIDS weakened their immune systems. But the Health Department's stand is not universally popular. The proposed bill and the quarantine facility do not have the support of the Utah Department of Health's AIDS Advisory, who favor improved treatment strategies instead. And it has put the local health department at odds with AIDS support groups who believe jail time for prostitutes may be discriminatory. "I think such legislation would be constitutionally suspect," said Michele Parish-Pixler, executive director of the Utah American Civil Liberties Union. The concept of a quarantine center doesn't sit well with the founder of Utah's People With AIDS Coalition, either. David Sharpton said he thinks it will turn into "a witch hunt" for people with AIDS. He thinks that unless the individual has a known history of prostitution, officials can't prove the person is out spreading the virus. He doesn't think the quarantine center would be effective. Meanwhile, health officials are holding the homeless man in a trailer, but they aren't able to watch him all day. A county employee delivers a meal to him each day and makes sure the man still is there. "Drug-resistant tuberculosis is, in our minds, more dangerous than AIDS," said John Inch Morgan, deputy director of the Health Department. But AIDS also is a serious disease, and the two often are linked. Prostitutes with AIDS still work Salt Lake City streets. Morgan said officials have identified seven of them, but there may be more. In fact, law-enforcement officials say Salt Lake City has become a haven for prostitutes from around the United States who can practice their trade - and knowingly spread the deadly AIDS virus - without prosecution. Sgt. Terry Orton of the Salt Lake Police vice squad said 145 prostitutes were arrested in Salt Lake City alone from May to July, in addition to 134 "Johns" or customers. Another 58 people were arrested for sex-related disorderly conduct. "There are so many out there, we don't know who does and doesn't have AIDS," Orton told a Legislative committee recently. "Many who do say they don't care what happens to anyone else because they (the prostitutes) are going to die anyway.” The legislation health officials endorse calls for a mandatory AIDS test and counseling upon a first conviction for prostitution. A second conviction for a person testing positive would be upped from a Class A misdemeanor to a second-degree felony, carrying a one-to-15 year prison sentence. ( Deseret News).
1992--Bobbie Smith, Jeff Workman and I went to Unconditional Support tonight. We are still meeting at the Stonewall Center and Michael Bryant led the meeting for a little while before he had to go home to take some medicine. After the meeting we went to the Rhino Nest for Coffee.
1993 Saturday Charles Edward ``Chuck'' Griggs, Jr. age 30 died in Newport Beach, California after a long and valiant battle with Aids. He was employed by Federal Express for nine years. Step-brother of Julie Brizzee, Lesbian activist in SLC. Survived by long time companion, Rob Quest He attended Kearns High School and then graduated from the University of Utah with a B.S. degree in mass communication in 1987. He had a great love for reading, art, music and traveling.. He was very dedicated and involved in many hours of community service in Out Reach programs and educating in Aids awareness.
1996-Publishers of Deneuve, a lesbian magazine, announced they would change the name of the magazine after actress Catherine Deneuve threatened to sue.
1997 Salt Lake City Weekly 1996: Year in Rear View Political Menopause By Katharine Biele It as the year of Short, bad and ugly. Nineteen ninety-six was for Utah politics what PMS is for women. No one’s quite sure what's causing all the internal havoc, but they know damned well it's at a boiling point. Over the silliest things. Thoughtful pundits would tell you that the issue of campaign financing was paramount this last year. Utah's two newest congressmen spent tons of their own money in quest of public service. Big election losers were those who refused to take money from political action committees and the like. And President Clinton came under fire for nuzzling Indonesian interests, granting special favors in return for big campaign bucks. Nobody cared. Nobody but the candidates themselves ranted and raved and most Americans were assured that things would continue status quo into the next election. The really hot political topics in Utah were personality-based, incendiary and inflated as to their consequence. Salt Lake County government has been the best and most lasting example. The county commissioners and County Attorney Doug Short disagree on the most basic way to conduct business by communicating. Never mind that all the players have their own agendas, they can't even seem to get an animal control ordinance hammered out.Short has been anything but deferential to the county troika, and that has been part of the problem. The county attorney has been trying to investigate allegations against the commissioners specifically Brent Overson while acting as their legal counsel on county matters. And the commissioners, who incidentally have sued Short, trying to bring him in line, believe he wants to make policy as well as scrutinize the legalities. All of this came to a head when commissioners first cut Short's pay and then, in a screaming match at the end of the year, sent him packing for a day before he returned with a judge's order. The upshot Short's an elected official and can't be put on administrative leave. Ultimately, the solution will be some kind of legal fix in which either the county attorney's job is redefined or the commission form of government is scrapped. Whatever, the whole thing gives the word "politic" a bad name. Those wily commissioners are also involved in another pissing match, this one with the Utah Transit Authority and Salt Lake City over who has the power to appoint board members. The controversy has made for some interesting alliances. The county, labor interests and light rail opponents have plotted a coup d'etat against UTA general manager John Pingree, a 19-year veteran of the bus company. Secret meetings, name calling and insinuations of impropriety mark this episode, with its underlying dissatisfaction over UTA's unilateral decision to push light rail into the 21st Century. Of course, the UTA debate resulted in a lawsuit, too. When people can't talk, they go to court. Ironically, the courts in this one refused to rule and passed the bus buck to the 1997 Legislature. The Legislature: Where Utah will be trying to put civility and good sense into the law. Where they'll try to figure out how to prevent mayors, like Salt Lake City's Deedee Corradini, from secretly soliciting personal contributions from influential friends. Where secrecy is as much a part of their own operations as it is of Corradini's. The Legislature is fending off a lawsuit from the American Civil Liberties Union for holding a secret meeting to discuss the fragile topic of high school gay clubs. But what was said publicly was almost as controversial. The issue revived homophobic responses from those who believe the gay lifestyle is a choice and sometimes a coercive choice. Rep. David Bresnahan, who later distinguished himself for using his concealed weapon while chasing down bad teen-age drivers, bared testimony on his gay brother to the House of Representatives. On his deathbed, his brother confided that he and numerous other Boy Scouts had been abused by a Scout leader. As it turned out, Bresnahan's impassioned speech was much exaggerated. Something significant has begun to happen in Utah's gay community, although it's not yet apparent how it will pan out. Almost as a political sidelight, Gay and Lesbian Utah Democrats (GLUD) disbanded its lobbying, fund-raising and PAC work, leaving only its caucus within the Democratic Party. GLUD founder David Nelson said he was fed up with the lack of activism among Utah's gay and lesbian community, and so he resigned. Whether Nelson was just burned out had that political PMS or was truly reflecting the anomie of the Utah community won't be known until another hot-button issue arises. If 1996 created uncertainty for the gay and lesbian community, it created near chaos within the Democratic Party. The elections saw lifelong Democrats distancing themselves from what they perceived as the left-wing element of the party. A faction of the party that could permanently disenfranchise Democrats throughout the state, they say. The gay issue was a good example. Too fractious for the population as a whole. Certainly, Democrats winning office in the state are few and far between, but whether the Party can remake itself without becoming Republican Lite is the challenge. In the 2nd Congressional District, the primaries saw Kelly Atkinson beating up on Ross "Rocky" Anderson for his "liberal" views. Ultimately, Merrill Cook's repetitive references to Anderson as a supporter of gay marriage put Cook over the top and gained him a much-sought political office. Oddly, Merrill Cook is not the story of the 96 elections, despite his earlier disaffection with the Republican Party and his successful return to the fold. The story's unfolding on the other side in the Democratic camp where the question of survival is being played out. And the debate over how to survive is perhaps more important to the public as a whole. Certainly, Utah Democrats were demoralized by Clinton's back-door designation of the Escalante-Grand Staircase National Monument. While some Democrats would have liked to have a chance to, well, explain to their constituencies, most shrugged with a sense of resignation that Clinton's actions have heightened not only conservatism in the state, but intense states rights feelings, as well. All in all, 1996 was an emotional roller coaster politically. It ended at the top of the loop with everyone's hands in the air, screaming, laughing and waiting now for the precipitous drop Ñ somewhere. To menopause, maybe?
1998-Friday... “David W. Olson (Forum, Dec. 9) arrogantly and erroneously thinks that he is the voice of collective society. He also misses the point about Wendy Weaver being ordered to ``shut up or else.'' Gays and lesbians should be able to talk about their lives in the same manner that heterosexuals take for granted. Everybody, especially gay and lesbian youth, should know that it is OK to be homosexual. I personally know the tragedies that can result by telling them otherwise. It was the Nebo School Board, and all the bigots who supported them, who crossed the line when they illegally banned Weaver from discussing her personal life with students, staff and parents, thus alienating her from the community in which she lives. This sent the wrong message to gay and lesbian students; indeed, it was an affront to decent society. Furthermore, it was hypocritical, since virtually no one, including school board members, refrains from talking about their personal lives with those whom they work with. Olson and his kind need to wake up and realize that in spite of a decidedly conservative atmosphere, ``we as a people'' are accepting gays and lesbians in our country on an unprecedented level. Doubters need only look to social meters to verify this. There are more openly gay characters shown in a positive light on TV and in the cinema than ever. Also, more and more businesses and government are passing laws and policies to protect their gay and lesbian employees. Unfortunately, there are still a lot of people who don't know how to accept or even betolerant of those who are different from themselves. LORE GONZALES West Valley City (01/02/1998 Page: A16 SLTribune)
2000 Page: AA7 Vegan First Amendment Rights Should Be Recognized By Utah Schools BY RACHEL DECKER In Utah Schools, the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States seems to change somewhere around 66th South, or maybe it changes between courtrooms at the federal courthouse. Recently in a suit concerning gay students in Salt Lake City Schools, Federal Judge Bruce Jenkins called the First Amendment "sacred ground." Salt Lake City school officials agreed that all students, including gay students, have First Amendment Rights, and school officials publicly promised to respect those rights. In contrast, Federal Judge Dee Benson recently seemed to rule literally that vegan students have no First Amendment Rights in the Jordan School District. In Salt Lake City, gay students may choose to present their point of view in all extracurricular activities. That's their First Amendment Right. School authorities have promised to respect those rights and the federal courts stand behind them.
This Day In Gay Utah History February 2nd
2 February
1859-Havelock Ellis, born, author of the seven volume "Studies in the Psychology of Sex" and "Sexual Inversion," which presented homosexuality as neither a disease nor a crime, something inborn and unchangable.
1893 James Warren convicted of a crime against nature will be released on February 12 after serving six months. Salt Lake Herald.
1893 James Warren convicted of a crime against nature will be released on February 12 after serving six months. Salt Lake Herald.
1973 Metropolitan Community Church of Salt Lake founded and dedicated by Rev. Troy Perry.
1978 Utah Daily Chronicle has editorial on Homosexuality
1986 Salt Lake Tribune ran article: "Risk for Hepatitis Greater than AIDS for Dentists." (SLTribune D3-1)
1987- SLC UT’s The Connection restaurant at 529 West 200 South closed its doors due to lack of business. Space becomes Between Friends Café. "Between Friends" was ran by Danna Rollins and Mary Johns former managers of the long since defunct Reflections at 315 West 400 South. Closed within year and space becomes part of InBetween.
1988 At Unconditional Support Ben Williams gave a lesson on the Stonewall Rebellion and was so surprised how the majority of the group had never heard of it. He committed to make it his personal crusade to make sure the Gay community of Utah knows what Stonewall means. “At Unconditional Support tonight it was a different kind of crowd. Younger crowd. Kind of a “Do me group” I gave a lesson on the Stonewall Rebellion and I was so surprised how the majority of the group had never heard of it. It will my personal crusade to make sure the Gay community of Utah knows what Stonewall means. After the meeting went to Dee ’s on 4th South for coffee. I saw Neil Hoyt tonight and he said he attended the Utah Valley Men’s Group. [1988 Journal of Ben Williams]
1989 At The Gay and Lesbian Community Council of Utah, Neil Hoyt, Chuck Whyte, and Ben Williams assumed their duties as officers. Missionary Training Center in Provo . Fourthly he does not break the word o Wisdom, still wears his garments, believes that the Mormon Church Leaders are inspired and that homosexuality is a sin. Fifthly He is well known at the Mormon Archives where Rocky O’Donovan was banned and he had Christmas dinner with Brent Metcalf a known Church Security Spy. And Lastly Derek has been out for six months now and has not grown in Gay consciousness one iota. He didn’t even protest or act shocked at Brooks accusation when she confronted him. Whether he is a duck or not GLCCU probably need to be more careful about who has access to our membership list. Other then than I see no real reason to feel concern. I certainly don’t want to get hysterical.
1989-Allen Ward, an HIV positive grade school basketball coach, was allowed to resume coaching until the school board determined whether or not he posed a health risk.
1989-Sharon Kowalski and Karen Thompson were allowed to visit for the first time in four years, since Kowalski's father got a court order forbidding Thompson to visit her in the nursing home she had been in since she was seriously injured in an accident.
1990 JUDGE REFUSES TO MOVE TRIAL IN SLAYING OF SUSC STUDENT A judge has rejected defense pleas to hold Lance Wood's capital homicide trial somewhere other than Utah County, and ordered jury selection to begin on Feb. 20 in Provo . Fourth District Judge Boyd L. Park, in concluding a hearing in the case Thursday, said he saw no reason why an impartial jury could not be selected in Utah County Utah County Gordon Church
1992 The Deseret News stated that "homosexuality is vile," in an editorial which called for sexual orientation not to be included in a proposed anti-hate bill.
1995 OGDEN MAN GETS TERM, IS ORDERED TO REPAY $34,350 Associated Press A man accused of stealing more than $34,000 from elderly residents of an Ogden living center has been sentenced to one to 15 years in Utah State Prison on eight felony forgery charges. Before his sentencing Monday, Sid Johns, 42, offered to sell his Ogden home to repay his victims. He also asked the court to send him to prison for a diagnostic evaluation. Instead, 2nd District Judge Stanton Taylor sentenced Johns to prison and ordered him to pay $34,350 in restitution. Johns pleaded guilty in December to the eight second-degree felony counts. He is accused of altering checks from elderly residents of Adams Place , where he had worked for 10 years. He is a former state-appointed, volunteer nursing-home ombudsman in Weber County
1996 - Anti-Gay Meet: Secret's Out, Anger Sets In Unlike the Senate's Anti-Gay Meeting, The Anger of Critics Is No Secret Criticism rained down Thursday over a secret Utah Senate meeting that saw conservative lawmakers accuse top education officials of spurning family values and promoting homosexuality in Utah schools. Two groups, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and Gay and Lesbian Utah Democrats (GLUD), threatened legal action over Tuesday's closed-door confrontation on Capitol Hill, held in violation of state open-meetings laws. ACLU attorneys demanded a full list of meeting participants and a record of what was said, promising ``vigorous action,'' including a lawsuit, if they were not produced. They and leaders from a wide range of human-rights and gay-advocacy groups denounced participating senators for what one called ``outrageous gay baiting.'' ``They should be embarrassed at their shameless acts of gross misconduct and prejudice,'' said GLUD founder David Nelson. House Democrats voted to send a letter of condemnation to Senate President Lane Beattie, R-West Bountiful, about the 90-minute session -- only to back down later after meeting with their Senate counterparts, many of whom attended the meeting as well. ``There are shades of Nazism and the ultimate in terms of back-room conspiracy going on,'' said Assistant Minority Whip Grant Protzman, D-North Ogden. After announcing Tuesday the bipartisan caucus would be devoted to a mundane budget matter, Senate leaders closed the doors on the meeting with Cecelia Foxley, state commissioner of higher education; Scott Bean, state superintendent of public instruction; and others The real topic: Proposals for banning a newly formed gay and lesbian student group at East High School in Salt Lake City. Senators said later their legal reason for excluding the public was to discuss ``pending litigation'' -- apparently expecting a court challenge to any law they might pass to shut down the club. Once doors swung closed Tuesday afternoon, Sens. Howard Stephenson, R-Draper, and Charles Stewart, R-Provo, launched an anti-homosexual diatribe and a stream of accusations that left many in the room stunned. It was unclear Thursday whether senators still were considering a move to close the East High club. The Utah Attorney General's Office has concluded the club has a right to exist under federal laws guaranteeing all social groups equal access to school facilities. When the meeting came to light Thursday, the Senate's GOP leadership was besieged by news-media inquiries and calls from the public. By mid afternoon, Beattie had apologized for ``procedural mistakes'' in how the meeting was closed, but still defended the reasons for holding it outside the public view. ``Closing that caucus still was proper and correct,'' he said. The Senate president also denied claims of intolerance leveled at senators from several corners. ``There are many of us who disagree with their lifestyle,'' he said of gays and lesbians. ``That doesn't mean we look down on them. But I don't want their lifestyle taught to my children in our schools, and neither do my neighbors.'' Others defended the gathering, which broke key portions of the Utah Open Meetings Act. ``It wasn't a secret meeting. It was a closed meeting,'' Senate Assistant Majority Whip Lyle Hillyard, R-Logan, insisted Thursday. When asked the difference, he said, ``a secret meeting is one that nobody knows about.'' The gathering came to light only when Democrats and moderate Republicans privately shared details, fearful that speaking out publicly might draw retaliation from the powerful GOP Senate leadership. As Senate Majority Leader Leonard Blackham, R-Moroni, presided Tuesday, Stephenson confronted Bean with what he said were teacher-instruction materials detailing how information on various sexual behaviors should to be taught to Utah grade-school students. Stewart threatened to end all school social clubs statewide rather than let East High's Gay-Straight Student Alliance continue to meet. He then showed caucus members an anti-homosexual video produced by supporters of an unsuccessful Oregon initiative to restrict gay rights. Before returning to the Senate floor 20 minutes late, those in attendance were sworn to keep what transpired confidential. Under the Utah Open Meetings Act, bipartisan Senate caucuses can be closed only in a few circumstances, including for the purpose of discussing legal strategy when litigation is imminent. Even then, meeting closures require a vote conducted in public and support from two-thirds of those in attendance. Detailed minutes or a tape recording then must be taken of the proceedings. Beattie said Senate leaders were ``embarrassed'' about forgetting to take those steps. He urged senators to be more vigilant in the future. Though still tight-lipped Thursday, Stephenson acknowledged obtaining some of the materials used during the meeting from members of the archconservative Christian (Mormon) group, Utah Eagle Forum. Among the materials Stephenson brought to the meeting were gay-theme children's books, including one titled, Heather Has Two Mommies, about a lesbian couple and their daughter. School officials have denied the book ever has been cleared for circulation in the Utah school system. Stephenson also produced teacher-training materials issued by the state Office of Education. He says the guidelines show how to instruct elementary students about sexual practices. Stephenson claimed Thursday he had confirmed the source of the materials was Bean's office, a claim Bean apparently denied in the meeting. ``I still haven't heard an apology from him for calling me a liar,'' said Stephenson, who also heads the business-backed Utah Taxpayers Association. Bean, while sticking to the vow of confidentiality, said Thursday Stephenson still had not proved anything. ``I don't care what he says he's confirmed, and frankly I don't care,'' the superintendent said. Lily Eskelsen, president of the Utah Education Association that represents 85 percent of the state's public-school teachers, said she was appalled at claims made at the meeting by Stewart and Stephenson. She said they had a hidden agenda of derailing record increases in school spending this year. ``They will sink to any depths to erode confidence in public education,'' she said. Meeting Thursday in an open caucus, House Democrats denounced the Senate meeting, which had left the hallways of Capitol Hill buzzing for most of the day. Minority members discussed the possibility of calling for an ethics investigation, but abandoned the idea. Beattie dismissed Democratic complaints as sheer politics. ``It's small-minded, small purpose and a cheap shot,'' he said. (2/02/96 Page: A1 SLTribune)
1996 GAY STUDENT CLUBS ANTI GAY POLITICS 44% FAVOR ALLOWING GAY-LESBIAN CLUB IN SCHOOL Rather than ban all extracurricular school clubs, more Utahns believe gay and lesbian student clubs should be allowed in Utah public schools. In a poll of 604 Utahns, 44 percent said gay and lesbian clubs should probably or definitely be allowed to meet. Twenty-five percent said all clubs should probably or definitely be banned rather than allow the homosexual organization to form on campus. However, pollster Dan Jones said 31 percent of the respondents either had no opinion or believed the state should pursue other options. Some respondents said they were opposed to gay and lesbian student groups meeting on school campuses. Yet they feared banning those clubs would unnecessarily impugn other student clubs. "Even though I'm against gay clubs, it would be punishing other clubs," said one respondent. Said another, "Why can't they disallow them? They wouldn't allow gangs or marijuana users to form a club or meet there, would they? This is a serious moral issue. Leaders need to determine what kinds of clubs are allowed to be recognized." State Superintendent Scott Bean said the poll results indicate Utahns are generally supportive of school clubs yet want more local control over the types of organizations allowed to meet in public schools. "I think that just verifies the concern we've had all along. The concern is with the federal law and the control school districts should be able to exercise over all clubs. We feel school districts should have total control over high school club formation. The results of that particular question seem to verify that," Bean said. Among respondents who claimed to be very conservative, 35 percent supported banning all clubs. Yet, 26 percent said the clubs should probably or definitely be allowed. The issue stems from a student request to form a gay and lesbian student group at East High School Salt Lake Utah professor is openly teaching homosexuality in a sociology class entitled "Gender Equity.” “There was apparently some reference to homosexuality (in the course description) and Chuck made the leap that the professor was advocating homosexuality. But no, there was not a lot of substance to back up those allegations.” Stewart also challenged Foxley concerning a symposium held several years ago at the University of Utah East High School Utah lawsuit on the matter would probably also fail. The U.S. Supreme Court has made it clear that states and school boards cannot regulate what is discussed in these extracurricular clubs. Lawmakers questioned whether a ban on clubs advocating illegal acts - and sodomy is still illegal under Utah law - would holdup. They were told that any group that practiced something illegal could be banned, but that students meeting together to discuss the political issues of homosexuality and gay rights was protected under federal law. "Anyone can organize to talk about whatever they want to," the Republican said. "Just because an idea is politically un popular does not make it illegal." A second strategy involved requiring participants in all Utah clubs to obtain signed permission slips from their parents. That approach would not ban gay and lesbian clubs from organizing, but it might discourage some students from joining. The third strategy - one that is being seriously contemplated - is to ban all extracurricular clubs at Utah 's public schools. Such a ban would probably be legal because the gay and lesbian club would be treated no differently than the chess club, the rodeo club or any of the hundreds of other clubs that now exist. Such a ban would affect thousands of Utah schoolchildren. Senate Minority Leader Scott Howell, who attended the closed-door meeting but is opposed to banning social clubs, said the prevailing feeling among Senate Republicans is that they will do whatever is necessary to stop gay and lesbian clubs from organizing at public schools. If an outright ban is the only feasible option, then so be it. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Federal law and the U.S. Supreme Court rulings say if a school district allows student clubs to use schools all such clubs must be allowed to use schools. Some East High School Students want to form a gay lesbian club and meet in the school. This has caused some negative reaction from district parents. Considering the law and court decisions should all clubs be banned from local school or should the gay and lesbian club be allowed to meet at East High School Deseret News)
1999- Actor Nathan Lane came out. "It's never been something I kept a secret," he said.
1999 Hate-crimes legislation that would provide specific protection for gays, lesbians, abortion clinics and other groups and enhance penalties is already drawing contentious debate on Capitol Hill. At a hearing Tuesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee, both proponents and opponents of a proposed hate crimes law packed the room to hear and voice their own views on SB34, which outlines categories of people and institutions that would receive protection under the current law. Sponsoring Sen. Pete Suazo, D-Salt Lake Utah law should not protect "illegal and immoral behavior" such as sexual orientation under the proposed bill. But Jeanetta Williams, president of the Salt Lake branch of the NAACP, said Utah needs to stop denying it has a hate crimes problem. "It is a big problem here in Utah when we have to come back and discuss this bill. There shouldn't even be an argument." The committee did not vote on the bill as time ran out before all those scheduled to testify could speak. The bill would protect people against hate crimes on the basis of race, religion, national origin, color, gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity or mental or physical disabilities. Any misdemeanor crime such as assault, telephone harassment or vandalism becomes a third-degree felony if motivated on the basis of these categories. In addition, the bill also protects religious institutions, psychiatric hospitals, abortion clinics and health-care providers. The bill also provides for sentencing enhancements if the crime is already a felony. For example, a judge would have the discretion to impose a minimum term of between five-to-eight years in prison if the person is convicted of a crime that is a first-degree felony and proven to be hate crime. "These acts of terrorism are taking place. These are crimes we must vigorously prosecute," Suazo said. "They are the antithesis of the values that define us as a nation and a state. They have nothing to do with equality, freedom or respect." Prosecutors have complained that Utah 's current hate crime law is difficult to prosecute because it fails to define protected categories and it requires proof that the accused meant to intimidate or terrorize. Suazo's bill deletes the language of intimidate or terrorize. Paul Boyden with the Statewide Association of Prosecutors said after the hearing that the proposal addresses some of the problems with the current law, although his group has not taken position.
2001 LGSU Raises Money for Center By Bobbi Parry The Lesbian and Gay Student Union at the University of Utah took another step toward establishing a permanent resource center when they held a fundraiser Thursday evening. The event, which was driven by LGSU and supported by the Associated Students of the University of Utah, included a dinner and a silent auction. “The dinner will raise money to help start up the resource center and…let people know what we are about and what we’re trying to accomplish,” said LGSU Co President Arlyn Bradshaw. The future center hopes to provide education and support for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered students on campus. “There is a large population of gay students and faculty on campus, and they need a place to gather to find information,” said Associate Vice President for Student Affairs Kay Harward, who also attended the event. During the event LGSU members shared their plans and gave a presentation of the future center. “We want to present to the entire campus what’s going on and how they can help,” said LGSU Co-Vice President Charles Milne. The center will boast an education center, a library containing LGBT literature, and student support groups. “We currently have the space and the volunteers, and we’re working on the rest,” Milne said. Bradshaw said the money from the fundraiser will be used to create a counseling center, and to provide scholarships. The center will have its own governing body and political- action committee. Another program the center will offer is the “safe-zone” project, which will create nondiscrimination and hate-free zones for LGBT people on campus. LGSU was not the only organization who pushed for the center. ASUU also provided a large amount of support. Although LGSU has “spearheaded the effort to create the resource center [it is] not an entity of LGSU,” Bradshaw said. “It has been a collaborative effort of LGSU and the ASUU Diversity Board,” said ASUU’s Marty Liccardo, diversity board chairman of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered issues. Liccardo said, while LGSU has worked to create the center, the diversity board has “been on the outskirts, trying to bring in other projects such as the safe zones [to the center].” All proceeds from Thursday’s event will go toward the center, which will be set up in the A. Ray Olpin University Union Cork Room until officials approve a more permanent location, possibly in May. Guests at the event included U students, administrators, alumni and prominent members of the gay and lesbian community. Tickets to the event, which was held in the union Panorama Room, cost $35 and were by invitation only.
2005 The LGBT resource Center and National Organization for Women in conjunction with Panini Restaurant proudly present: The L-Word Lounge--A Lesbian and Bisexual Women's Social group trans and gender queer women are of course always welcome. At Panini Restaurant, 299 South Main Street at 7:30 PM on Thursday nights. Panini will be providing free appetizers and there will also be $2 Drafts. The L-Word lounge will be screening an episode of season one of the L-Word every Thursday
2005 Subject: GLBT happenings in St. George area After the little bit of news, there is a list of what is going on in the St. George area for GLBT and friends. Contact info for all events, dates, times, ect...I (Little Aimee) will be speaking about this bill on Wednesday the 9th at 9:20 am on Newstalk 890 AM- KDXU. Listen in and give the station a call. Mutual Dependence Bill Fails in the Utah Senate Here is an email I recieved from [State] Senator Hatch about SB89. Just thought you would all like to know that doing anything to protect our families is not something "our" elected folks want to do, and we need to speak up and speak out!!! Thomas Hatch wrote: Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 14:38:08 -0700 From: "Thomas Hatch" To: Subject: Re: Please Vote YES on SB89 “I thank you for your input on SB-89. The bill is unnecessary. The publicly-recognized contracts outlined in it are allowed under current law through private contracts. This proposed legislation intrudes on the able functions of the private sector and simply adds one more layer of needless bureaucracy to our already-burdened state government. Thanks again for your input. Senator Hatch” Hey everyone- here is an update on the GLBT happenings in the St. George area. Every week:
Sundays- Coffee at Xetava Gardens 815 Coyote Gulch Court, Ivins, Utah (435) 656-0165. Stroll through galleries and have a nice cup of coffee or tea out in beautiful Kayenta. Starts around 11am. Wednesdays- Coffee at Starbucks 250 N. Redcliffs Dr. St. George, Utah. Come and enjoy the mini San Fran that we create each week in the middle of our own repressed community. Starts around 7pm. Saturdays- Have some lunch and a drink at the new Kaleidoscope Cafe in Coral Canyon, just off the I-15 at the Hurricane exit. 2303 N. Coral Canyon BLVD. Suite 107, Washington, Utah (435)627-8175. Starts around noon. Once a Month: 3rd Tuesday is PFLAG- (Parents, Families [or friends] of Lesbians and Gays) We need to get our families, our parents out to this!!! If they are struggling or feeling like they are the only ones, they need to be here and meet Claudia Bradshaw who is an incredible Mom for all of us!!! Call Claudia at (435)673-3356 for more info. Give your parents her #, and let her help. Start time is 7pm. 3rd Sunday is Movie Night- Starts at 7pm at Mark Harris' home. 5735 North 1400 West, St. George. Call (435)656-1696 for directions and to find out what the movie of the month is. 3rd Thurday is Southern Utah Pride at Zion planning meeting-If you want to help with pride, have ideas or want to see how it's coming, call The Amies to find out where this months meeting will be. (435)635-0624 or (435)313-4528. Once a month on Saturday night (actual Saturday changes each month) Womyn's Night-Usually held at The Amies home it is a social to get the ladies out of thier homes and mingling with one another, offering support and friendship. A lot of laughs and good food (potluck & BYOB if you want alcohol- not a must for those who don't drink). Call The Amies to find out where this months will be!!!
2005 The LGBT resource Center and National Organization for Women in conjunction with Panini Restaurant proudly present: The L-Word Lounge--A Lesbian and Bisexual Women's Social group trans and gender queer women are of course always welcome. At Panini Restaurant, 299 South Main Street at 7:30 PM on Thursday nights. Panini will be providing free appetizers and there will also be $2 Drafts. The L-Word lounge will be screening an episode of season one of the L-Word every Thursday
2006 Bill may stop SLC health insurance plan It would prohibit government funds for unmarried partners By Heather May The Salt Lake Tribune Rep. LaVar Christensen may stop Salt Lake City from subsidizing health insurance for its employees’ unmarried partners – be they gay, heterosexual or first cousins. The Draper Republican has sponsored a bill – HB327 passed a House committee Wednesday – that he says isn’t meant to target one city, but nevertheless could have the most immediate effect on the capital. The bill conflicts with the Salt Lake City Council’s health-insurance proposal that would subsidize employees’ “adult designees” –such as domestic partners, relatives, friends – by $225,000 a year. The designees must meet a list of criteria to be eligible. Christensen’s measure would limit government agencies to insuring only employees, their spouses and children. Cities, counties and school districts could offer insurance plans to cover others – those “others” aren’t defined – as long as the benefit isn’t subsidized by the employer or with government funds. The cost would be paid by the employee. “Rather than take taxpayer money and sanction whatever those relationships [between employees and others] might be . . . you at least say to them, ‘You at least don’t have to go out and search’ “ for insurance, Christensen said after the committee meeting. Still, Salt Lake City Council Chairman Dave Buhler will urge the council to approve its plan on Tuesday. During a meeting last month, the council considered not subsidizing the designees’ insurance, but rejected the idea because the city subsidizes employees’ spouses. “The whole idea of this is to be fair,” Buhler said. Neither Buhler nor Christensen knows if the state bill would trump the council plan. The council itself is trumping Mayor Rocky Anderson, who signed an executive order, now the subject of a lawsuit, in September. The order offered insurance benefits to employees’ domestic partners and their children. Christensen’s bill would make such executive orders illegal, leaving the decisions to legislative bodies such as city councils. Anderson said the bill undermines local control and separation of power between mayors and councils. He said some lawmakers are willing to do that because of their “hostility toward providing greater equality for those who don’t have traditional families.” hmay@sltrib.com DOMESTIC PARTNERS
2006 Dear Equality Member: Equality Utah opposes SB97 Student Club Amendments introduced by Senator Buttars. This bill has been sent to the Senate Education Committee. As of the writing of this email, SB97 has not been given a date/time on the committee’s agenda.,-Mike Thompson Executive Director
2006 NEW! Thursday Feb 2 nd – Armed Forces Support Group – Multi-Purpose Room (6pm) Have you served in the armed forces or are currently serving? This group is for you! Reoccurs the 1 st Thursday fo every month. Contact Karla for more info: (801) 643-4550.
2006 Deseret Morning News, Bill spotlights custody issue By Angie Welling Deseret Morning News A conservative Salt Lake County lawmaker has proposed a bill that would forbid courts from awarding parental authority of a child against the wishes of the child's biological parent. Rep. LaVar Christensen, R-Draper, pledged to run the legislation last summer following a Utah Supreme Court hearing in the case of a Utah woman fighting for visitation with her former lesbian partner's 4-year-old biological daughter. Christensen said this week that HB148 is not solely intended to address that case or any others involving homosexual couples. It is simply, he said, an attempt to clear up a deficiency in the law. But Keri Jones, whose battle with her former partner, Cheryl Pike Barlow, brought the issue to the forefront, thinks otherwise. "I think it's totally an attack on (homosexuality)," Jones said. "I very much think it's about our family." Until the Supreme Court rules in the case, Jones and Barlow are operating under a lower court's order that allows Jones to visit the child every other weekend and requires her to pay child support. If HB148 passes, however, it could affect that order and, ultimately, the Supreme Court's decision. "I'm scared to death, honestly," Jones said. "It could undo what we have done to get this far." HB148 would forbid courts from invoking "in loco parentis" — a Latin phrase meaning "in the place of a parent" — to award parent-time, visitation, custody, legal guardianship, child support or adoption to a non-biological adult against the wishes of a biological or adoptive parent. "In the Barlow case, judges with good intentions . . . ignored existing case law," Christensen said. "(HB148) is a clear codification of a well-established legal doctrine that has been misused in this case and others." In loco parentis is meant to be a "temporary, voluntary delegation of parental authority," the Sandy lawmaker said. It should not, he said, be used "to force a biological mother to accept an agreement" with which she disagrees. But Salt Lake City family law attorney Lauren Barros said there are many times when a neutral third party needs to weigh in on these emotional decisions. Often in situations involving separation or divorce, adults may harbor animosity or bitterness toward their former partner and act out of those feelings, rather than do what's best for their child, she said. In loco parentis is determined on a case-by-case basis and judges take into account the bond between the non-biological adult and the child. "This bill would just say that children no longer have that right to continue that bond," said Barros, Jones' attorney. The common-law legal doctrine is used in cases of step-parents and grandparents, as well as live-in boyfriends and girlfriends who wish to continue a relationship with their former partners' children after the relationship ends. "There's just too many people in Utah that are in this situation," she said. "I would hope that (lawmakers) would recognize that it would dramatically change a law and would affect a lot more people, not just gay and lesbian couples."
2006 Deseret Morning News, Winterfest party for gays, lesbians Weeklong festival features conference, ice skating, potlucks By Deborah Bulkeley Deseret Morning News It's a Valentines Day and Family Week celebration with a twist, as the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Community Center of Utah prepares to kick off its first Winterfest. Center director Valerie Larabee said the weeklong celebration is the first event of its kind in Utah, featuring entertainment, social activities and a day-long conference for the gay and lesbian community, and their friends and family. Mayor Rocky Anderson will open the festival Friday at 7 p.m. at the Rose Wagner Center
2007 Date: February 2 @ 7pm.Location: City Library Auditorium, 210 East 400 South.Cost: Free.METH is a new film exploring the rising wave of crystal methamphetamine use within the gay population. The documentary takes an unflinching, provocative look at past and present gay users. Ahlberg gained remarkable access to their lives, their drug use (shown with unnerving candor onscreen), and even a "party and play" sex event popular among users. The result is a candid, judge-for-yourself take on the topic. For mature audiences only.After the screening there will be a Q & A. Visit http://www.utahaids .org/meth for more information.METH is being shown in conjunction with the 2nd National
Jon Jepson: Working from the Shadows Written by JoSelle Vanderhooft
Business is blooming at Twigs Flower Company. No, really. Just take a look at all the roses, lilies and daisies in the refrigerators, each blossom colorful and full despite the chilly winter wind blowing outside. It’s a slower Saturday for owner Raymond “Ray” King — if slower means he has a few minutes in between finishing the flower arrangements for a wedding and preparations for another project. In between customers looking for the perfect orchid to alleviate the winter gloom, King talks about the ins and outs of the floral business. Although Americans — including Utahns — consistently pick the rose as their favorite flower and King just as consistently has won awards for his roses from City Weekly, QSaltLake and others, King prefers a different flower: Professor Blau iris — a pale blue-purple member of this many-hued species. When asked if he has a least favorite, he says no. “Well, except for the skunk flower,” he says, referring to a large, ugly and unusual plant with a very appropriate name. King’s love for all flowers began when he was a child living on a cattle ranch in southern Colorado . After school he would help his grandmother who owned Forget-Me-Not Flowers, a tiny floral shop she ran out of her house. “It was pretty, and different from the ranch,” he says. Although King had always loved flowers, he only found himself thinking about working with them for a living after graduating from Brigham Young University Trolley Square . Wanting to concentrate on quality over quantity, King closed those down by 2000. Today, his shop is located in Sugarhouse at 1100 E 1616 S. Along with individual blossoms for those looking to surprise a friend or liven up a room, King also sells a variety of vases, garden decorations, fruit baskets, and even self-described “junk food baskets,” along with flower arrangements for any occasion imaginable. And while King has created wreathes, bouquets and centerpieces for everything from funerals to luaus, he says that his favorite events are weddings and commitment ceremonies. For one upcoming wedding, he mentions that he is flying in a special kind of peony from Israel . The reason? The bride-to-be has fond memories of their smell. “If it adds to the celebration of that day, that’s great,” he says. “Often they [people marrying or having a commitment ceremony] have planned this day for years, and often they have an exact idea of what it looks like.” When he is not creating custom arrangements or corsages, King still spends his time working with flowers and plants. His home, he says, currently has three gardens — one for roses, one for vegetables, and one for what he calls “mixed flowers,” or different kinds of flowers growing side by side. “I’ve got a lot of space,” he laughs. He also attends the Kula Community Yoga Center in Salt Lake City , where he is a much-loved student and sometime-decorator. “Owner Ray King is one of our favorite students and always brings great smiles and cheer,” reads the Local Businesses page on the studio’s Web site. “If you've noticed any of the arangements [sic] at the desks, they have been the gifts of Ray.” And when the weather is nicer, King also enjoys camping, hiking, biking and hanging out with his friends. But until the days become longer and warmer, he and others can take consolation in the gorgeous blossoms that have brought Twigs awards from all over the state for as long as King has been in business. “In here, it’s always spring,” he says.
2010 Some wonder why Utah lawmakers backed off on gay-rights bills Legislature » Momentum was on our side, advocates say, so why wait until next year? By Rosemary Winters The Salt Lake Tribune 02/02/2010 With an LDS Church endorsement, surging public support and Utah's most populous city and county signing on, efforts to protect gay and transgender people from discrimination had momentum going into the 2010 legislative session. So when Democrats shelved until 2011 an anti-discrimination effort -- in addition to three other gay-rights measures -- as a "compromise" to block anti-gay legislation, many supporters felt deflated. "I understand that there is a political process," Valerie Larabee, director of the Utah Pride Center, said Monday. "It just seems to me that protecting LGBT people is the right thing to do, and waiting another year is disappointing." Martha Amundsen, a Salt Lake City lesbian and an employment attorney, questions the strategy. "The choice has been made to roll over rather than go down swinging," she said. "Make the anti-gay legislators have their feelings be known and draw them into the spotlight. This just gives them another year to hide." Facing five potential bills aimed at stopping or limiting local governments from passing anti-discrimination ordinances -- similar to Salt Lake City's and Salt Lake County's -- Rep. Christine Johnson and other Democrats called a truce last week, even though the LDS Church, according to spokesman Scott Trotter, has urged legislators not to overturn those local statutes. Both sides are expected to drop their bills. Johnson, who had planned to run a statewide anti-discrimination bill, is asking the Legislature to take a year to study the issue and decide whether to pass legislation in 2011. That effort, HB128, is co-sponsored by Sen. Howard Stephenson, R-Draper. Johnson hopes to build on the collaborative spirit that led to widespread support, including a key endorsement by the LDS Church, for Salt Lake City's ordinances banning housing and work discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity. "This is anything but giving up," said Johnson, who is a lesbian. "It is a priority to keep those [Salt Lake City and Salt Lake County] protections in place. ... The LGBT community has lost nothing with this compromise but has gained an opportunity to make progress on an issue which matters very much to us." Gail Turpin, a Salt Lake City mother to two lesbian stepdaughters, said she felt "disappointment" when she heard about the deal. As a retiree, she devotes much of her time pushing for gay rights and was looking forward to visiting Capitol Hill this year. "I was fired up. I was ready to go," she says. "I respect and trust Christine Johnson. ... But I do not trust that the other side is really concerned with the welfare and well-being of the LGBT community. That's what worries me: What happens in this yearlong process?" Jacob Whipple, a gay activist, wonders how independent the results of a Republican-led legislative committee will be -- although he sees why Democrats chose to compromise. "They felt it was nothing or worse -- and they chose nothing," he said. "The fact that we came so far in public opinion and in motivating our own community to now be stalemated for a full year, because of this deal, is incredibly disheartening." Two-thirds of Utahns support expanding Salt Lake City's anti-discrimination protections statewide, according to a recent Salt Lake Tribune poll. Quin Monson, associate director of Brigham Young University's Center for the Study of Elections and Democracy, said it may be a "wise move" for Democrats to wait. "Certainly the odds won't get any worse over the course of the year," he said. "The downside to waiting is you don't see immediate action. But the upside may be success in the long run." Bills dropped or blocked by the compromise Pre-emption » Five bills reportedly were in the works that would have weakened or overturned Salt Lake City's and Salt Lake County's anti-discrimination ordinances. Anti-discrimination » Rep. Christine Johnson, D-Salt Lake City, planned to push a statewide ban on housing and employment discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity. Wrongful death » Sen. Ben McAdams, D-Salt Lake City, shelved his bill to allow same-sex partners and other financial dependents to sue when a breadwinner suffers a wrongful death. Currently, only spouses, parents and children can.Adoption » Rep. Rebecca Chavez-Houck, D-Salt Lake City, dropped her three-year fight to restore adoption rights for unmarried couples, including gay and lesbian pairs.Military service » Johnson won't run a resolution urging the president and Congress to end "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," which bans openly gay service members.
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2016 Robert Morgan McIntier was born October 23, 1948, to Morgan E. (Bud) and Beth M. McIntier in Pocatello, Idaho. He passed away on February 2, 2016 at his home in West Valley City, Utah, after a struggle with cancer. His three passions in life were electronic gadgets, music, and television broadcasting. In school, he could always be found setting up microphones or lighting for a school play, assembly, or dance, as well as for church events. He sang in the Highland High School choir,and in smaller groups, including a quartet that won local and regional competitions. His long career in television included KID-TV, KTLE, and KPVI in Pocatello, and KUTV and KSL in Salt Lake City, before moving into the manufacturing of television studio equipment. He served a two-year mission for the LDS Church in England. Following that, he served in numerous capacities in both the LDS Church and other churches [MCC and the Restoration Church of Jesus Christ] devoted to the LGBT community. He served for two years on the board of directors of the Utah Stonewall Center. He was preceded in death by his parents, and is survived by his three siblings, Marcia (Wayne) Cahill, Arvada, Colorado; Alan (Charlotte) McIntier, Salt Lake City; Scott (Carol) McIntier, Everett, Washington. A viewing will be held at Larkin Sunset Lawn mortuary at 2350 E. 1300 South, in Salt Lake City, on February 13 from 9:45 AM to 10:45 AM. Funeral services will be at the same location at 11:00 AM. Interment will be at the Sunset Lawn Memorial Gardens in Salt Lake City
- I have known Bob for 30 years one of the first people I met at the old Affirmation and was one of the founders of the Restoration Church of Jesus Christ. He succeeded Tony Feliz as president of the Church a position he held for probably 25 years. Prior to RCJC he was on the board of the Resurrection metropolitan Community Church. I will find out more details as they happen... He attended the 1987 March on Washington as I did and he was an important figure in the late 1980s laying the foundation for the community we have today. A true pioneer. RIP, Ben Williams
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2017 After Berkeley, Utah man says he's faced left's sting for being gay, Republican by KUTV Utah gay Republican activist James Humphreys does not share the flamboyance or inflammatory rhetoric of Milo Yiannopoulos, whose planned speech at UC Berkeley triggered a violent, destructive protest. But Humphreys said he can relate to Yiannopoulos in one way -- being subjected to intense criticism for being gay and conservative. "It means we share something very important in common," said Humphreys in an interview with 2News. "We're both hated more by the gay community than we are by Republicans." Yiannopoulos, editor for Breitbart, who speaks on behalf of free speech and against political correctness, has traded in what critics may call "hate speech." He was also a vocal supporter of President Trump during the campaign. "I don't have opinions that are particularly outrageous," Yiannopoulos told students at another California campus earlier this month. "But I like to say them in outrageous ways, of course, because I like attention." Humphreys -- a former GOP state delegate, Log Cabin Republican president, and campaign aide -- called Yiannopoulos an "entertainer," who takes oratory to an uncomfortable level. But Humphreys said backlash was "ridiculous" at Berkeley. "For people who claim to love free speech, they seem to only love it when the free-speech agrees with them," he said. Humphreys said the Utah Eagle Forum's Gayle Ruzicka, perhaps the best known conservative presence in Utah, has shown him more "dignity and respect" than many in the gay community. While gay leaders in Salt Lake City have also been respectful, he said "vocal" gay activists have treated him "abhorrently." Humphreys said his stance on same sex marriage -- in which he preferred a state solution rather than a U.S. Supreme Court ruling -- even led to death threats. "I received close to a half dozen (threats) over the course of the year," Humphreys said. "And I lost a lot of friends." Asked if Yiannopoulos ought to be heard, Humphreys responded, "Yes on a taxpayer-funded state campus, paid for by the federal government, primarily through student loans that the state of California eats constantly for breakfast." Asked if he thought he, himself, should also be heard, Humphreys smiled and said, "Well maybe."
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WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 2014
This Day In Gay Utah History July 16th
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1746-Mary Hamilton disguised herself as a man in order to marry a woman. Within a few According to Hamilton's own
deposition, she was born in Somerset, England, the daughter of Mary and William Hamilton. Her family later moved to Scotland. When she was fourteen, she used her brother's clothes to pose as a boy, travelled to Northumberland and entered the service of a Dr. Edward Green (described in the deposition as a "mountebank") and later of a Dr. Finey Green. She studied to become a "quack doctor" as an apprentice of the two unlicensed practitioners. In 1746, she moved to Wells, and set up a medical practice of her own under the name Charles Hamilton. She met Mary Price, a relative of her landlady, whom she married in July 1746. The marriage lasted for two months before her true sex was discovered, and she was arrested. A deposition from Mary Price says that after the marriage she and Hamilton travelled selling medicines. During the marriage Hamilton "entered her body several times, which made this examinant believe, at first, that the said Hamilton was a real man, but soon had reason to judge that the said Hamilton was not a man, but a woman." When they were in Glastonbury, Price confronted her. Hamilton admitted the truth to Price, at which point she reported the matter and Hamilton was arrested. The justices delivered their verdict that "The he or she prisoner at the bar is an uncommon, notorious cheat, and we, the Court, do sentence her, or him, whichever he or she may be, to be imprisoned six months, and during that time to be whipped in the towns of Taunton, Glastonbury, Wells, and Shepton Mallet ..." The report in the Newgate Calendar concludes "And Mary, the monopoliser of her own sex, was imprisoned and whipped accordingly, in the severity of the winter of the year 1746." She was charged with fraud, publicly whipped, and imprisoned for six months. In addition to Hamilton's and Price's own depositions, there are several reports of the case in the local newspaper, the Bath Journal. The first of these says that after news of the arrest got out many people visited the prison to get a look at Hamilton, who was very "bold and impudent". It added that "it is publickly talk'd that she has deceived several of the Fair Sex by marrying them." Henry Fielding, In 1746,anonymously published a sensational pamphlet, The Female Husband, that gives a different account of Hamilton's life. The author claims that he had his information "from the mouth" of Hamilton herself. However, it is likely that he never met the woman he satirized in his work. The pamphlet was inexpensive and more than likely purchased by both men and women of different social statuses. Fielding exaggerated and fictionalized parts of the story in order to keep the audience interested and to entice people to read who might not be interested in erotic fiction. In Fielding's version the reader can be confused by the use of gender: "She had not been long in this city, before she became acquainted with one Mary Price, a girl of about eighteen years of age, and of extraordinary beauty. With this girl, hath this wicked woman since her confinement declared, she was really as much in love, as it was possible for a man ever to be with one of her own sex." Though Fielding's is the only full account of Hamilton's life before her arrest, it is not known how fictionalised it is. Historian Louis Crompton describes it as probably "one part fact to ten parts fiction
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1900 Ogden Standard Examiner Random References page 5 Sheriff Lyne today arrested Thos Scott on the charge of intimidating witnesses in the sodomy case. Scott has spent 90 days in the county jail and was released Saturday. He agreed with [Mike] McCormick, and the two other men in for sodomy, to help them out and this is the result. If he had not been thrown in, there would probably have been an attempt at jail break for the prisoners had strings run through the screen to which files could have been attached and brought to them.
1950 Will D Renda 24, Broom Hotel had been sentenced Saturday by juvenile Judge W Lee Skanchy to a fine of $200 and serve 90 days in jail following his conviction of a charge of contributing to the delinquency of a minor by committing sodomy. Sixty days suspended upon future good behavior. Ogden Standard Examiner
1958 Wayne Richins requested a preliminary hearing during arraignment yesterday in city court on a sodomy charge, a felony. Offense was committed July . Bail was set at $1,500. Ogden Standard Examiner
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| Randy Wicker |
1965 Although the number of sex crimes investigated by the Salt Lake Police Department decreased during June over the previous month, that type of crime increased during the first six months of 1965 over last year. In June 1965 there were 31 reported sex crimes in SLC while in June 1964 there were 38 reported sex crimes. This years total shows 209 sex crimes investigated in the first six months as compared to 202 a year ago. The top crime in the sex category is indecent exposure. During June there were 19 such cases with a total of 129 for the first six months. Sexual Molests are next in line according to the report. In the first 6 months there were 55 molests. Other offenses listed as sex crimes and investigated during the month of June included homosexuality, carnal knowledge, lewdness, and incest.( SLTribune A-33)
1967 Justices F. Henri Henriod, E. R. Callister and R.L. Tuckett of Utah Supreme Court declared invalid part of Salt Lake City’s ordinance dealing with prostitution the court said. “We are of the opinion that the sate by enacting comprehensive and complete laws pertaining to sexual offenses has pre-empted that field. It does not appear that the state intended that the municipalities deal with these offenses except in those areas pertaining to prostitution where the Legislature had made specific grants of authority to municipalities (07/18/67 SLTribune page 15)
1968 The US Circuit Court of Appeals upheld Monday the conviction of a former Chicago policeman and a New Jersey man for bilking $10,000 from a Utahn in an alleged sex extortion ring. John J. Pyle, 53, on medical leave from Chicago Police Department since 1952 and Robert F. Schwartz, 27, of Belmawr New Jersey were sentence 20 June 1967 to 5 years in prison. A 3rd defendant Edmund C. Pacewicz pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 4 years in prison. Judge Hubert L. Will of US District Court presided at the trial. The government contended that Pyle was the mastermind of a nationwide ring, whose members lured men into compromising situations and later blackmailed their victims by threatening to expose homosexual activities. (07/16/68 SLTribune page 25)
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| Leonard Matlovich |
1979 -" Contacted by Karl Idsvoog and Chad Dobson of Channel 2 News for a documentary about Homosexuality and the Mormon Church. It made me recall the documentary I had done earlier filmed by Andrew Welch for K.Q.E.D. in California. I will view the Welch documentary Monday with Karl to give me an idea of what to say in this documentary if I decide to participate in this informative work. " [Diary of Donald Attridge]
1982-The United States INS policy of barring homosexuals from entering the country was ruled unconstitutional by a federal judge.
1984-US News and World Report announced that gays and lesbians make up the seventh-largest voting block in the US.
1986 Wednesday 19 bicyclists rode into Salt Lake City as part of “Cycle For Life” an AIDS fund raising group. They were met by only a handful of reporters and the two state officials they’d asked to met with, Governor Norm Bangerter and Mayor Palmer de Paulis said they were busy elsewhere. The group of bicyclists are traveling the country in search of funds to help people with AIDS
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| Donny Eastepp |
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| Mel Baker |
1988 John Reeves and I picked up the giant chocolate chip cookies for tomorrow from the U of U. We bought 100 cookies at 35 cents to sell tomorrow at our booth. In the evening I went to the Central City Community Center for the dance tonight at 9 p.m. Another small turn out but we made $45 enough to hold another dance in August. After the dance went out with Dave Malmstrom, Alan Peterson, and Richard Morris to Village Inn where we visited until 3 a.m. People are getting so excited about Beyond Stonewall but I’m just feeling anxious [Journal of Ben Williams]
1989 -Rocky O'Donavan asked me over to meet a friend of his named Terry Trout who is a radical fairy from California passing through Utah. We discussed paganism and Quakerism and how Paganism and Christianity does not have to be antithesis to each other. The faerie group I want to start is going to be pagan in the sense of coming to understand our place as Gay men in the natural and supernatural world but also for me personal I want to stay in tune with the spirit of Christus which I have come to understand as the Gay Spirit. The ethical teachings of Christ are as valid for me as ever i.e. forgiveness, mercy, turning the cheek, introspection, non materialism. However traditional heterosexual Christian dogma is anathema to me now. I want to come to an understanding of the Great Mother and seek her love is helping me balance my male and female energies. Christ as the male focus of true masculine energy is still the lover of my soul. But I am done with heterosexual men's Patriarchal god of war, death, power, and destruction. That is the convoluted side of the Great Matriarch. [Journal of Ben Williams]
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| Kathryn Warner |
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| David Sharpton |
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| Bill Clinton |
1995 The Salt Lake Tribune Lesbians, Gays Gain Clout In Workplace Homosexuals Form Groups In Workplace By Lili Wright While lesbians and gays have historically been a silent, invisible sector of corporate America, a growing number are forming employee organizations to represent their views. Even conservative Utah is following the trend, and in one case, serving as a trailblazer.Last November, the New York headquarters of American Express Travel Related Services issued guidelines for establishing minority workplace groups known as employee networks. By year's end, a group of Utah employees founded GLOBE, Gay and Lesbian Organization to Build Equality. Since then, company offices in New York, Florida and Arizona have followed suit. Salt Lake City a First: "Salt Lake was the first one to jump on it," says Steven Boyington, an employee development consultant. "Now it's springing up all over the country."Elsewhere in Utah:--A group of Salt Lake County workers have formed GLEA, The Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Employees Association, and are now working to be officially recognized by the county. --Last year at AT&T, Utah workers formed a chapter of LEAGUE, Lesbian, Bisexual and Gay United Employees at AT&T. --This past May, US WEST's Salt Lake chapter of EAGLE, Employee Association for Gays and Lesbians, hosted a regional conference. While workers have been organizing since the advent of unions, most homosexuals have tried to hide their sexual orientation for fear of workplace backlash or even dismissal. Attitudes Changing: But attitudes are changing. Apple Computer, Levi Strauss and Walt Disney are among the more than 100 companies with established gay associations, according to the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force based in Washington, D.C. By definition, interoffice groups lack the political clout to enact widespread change. Yet, lobbying on the local level is surprisingly effective, says Utah activist David Nelson. Employers are more receptive because they work with the people affected. And employees have more
incentive to alter their office environment than fight a Congressional battle 2,000 miles away. "It's not a theoretical argument," says Nelson, who helped found GLEA. "It's right there at their desk." Some companies, like US WEST, go even further, with groups for female, black, Asian, Latino, veteran, disabled and American Indian workers. "Besides being the right thing to do," says US WEST Utah spokesman Duane Cooke, "diversity for US WEST is a key business strategy." There is plenty of money to be made. The U.S. gay market is estimated at $514 billion, according to the Chicago market research firm Overlooked Opinions. Some companies turn to inside experts when tapping into specialized markets. American Express, for instance, consulted its gay network about a recent ad campaign which ran in the national gay magazines, 10% and Out. The ads shows two-person travelers checks signed by same-sex partners. The company also participated in the Gay and Lesbian Business and Consumer Expo in New York. A specific group's agendas depend on individual companies. For many, the first step is to have sexual orientation added to a company's non-discrimination policies -- a protection accepted by a host of companies including IBM, Citicorp, Eastman Kodak, Digital Equipment, Pacific Gas and Electric and General Motors. Another common cause is to make gay partners eligible for the same workplace benefits as married spouses -- from insurance to bereavement leave to club membership. "They are not saying no," says Troy Pelaar, who is lobbying for the change at AT&T. "They are saying when not if." Others sponsor philanthropic and education programs designed to breed acceptance of homosexuality. American Express employees have worked with the YWCA, Big Brothers/Big Sisters and AIDS Walk for Life. They brought in a financial advisor to speak about money management for singles and screened a documentary film about homosexuality. The efforts seem to be working. Last year's Diversity Day brought in two dozen pieces of hate mail directed at gay employees. This year, there was a single letter. In the end, gay leaders insist it is the company that wins if employees feel accepted. They are less likely to jump ship to a more progressive competitor. And they don't waste time and energy trying to be someone they are not. "It's much easier now for employees to be out in the work force and not worry about repercussions from the boss," says Richard Cottino at US WEST. "They know the company is behind them."
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| David Nelson |
1996 A window at the state capitol was blown out by strong winds. Republican State legislators were in the room at the time discussing the ramifications of the secret meeting they held in January to bash Gays and Gay clubs in Utah Schools.
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| Mark Thrash |
• Re: USHS PROJECT: History of the RCGSE Chad Keller to Mark Thrash As you are aware, I am overwhelming, and with the drama of Pride, Then To have the Kiosks severely damaged on their return, I’m sure left him wondering what I had gotten him into, and a much needed and well deserved break for him was in order. I know that he has mentioned the project, and I think is ready to be of assistance as it has been a discussion as we have addressed the issues of meeting structure of the USHS. I think and am suggesting that you, I and Ben Go for Coffee. There is no meeting tonight as we just had a board meeting on Monday. When would coffee work for you next week. I will also contact Ben and see how I might be of assistance to him to help us both meet the Goal of the Reign. CK
• Re: USHS PROJECT: History of the RCGSE Mark Thrash to Chad Keller I'm available next Wednesday or Thurday (July 23 or 24). Thanks!
• Subject: Court History Chad Keller to Ben Williams “Ben, Mark is trying to get the history of the court together for future use, and I believe for the upcoming book to be published by the International Court System. How can we best be of assistance too him to meet his goal. thanks! CK
• Subject: RCGSE History Ben Williams to Mark Thrash Dear Mark, Chad forwarded your email to me regarding compiling a history of the RCGSE. As per our emails back in May I am still willing to help with this project. I have tried to contact Marita Gayle several times. I was to meet with her on Coronation Sunday but she changed her mind saying she was not in the mood. Later after Pride I emailed her again asking when we could get together and she has never responded back except for earlier this week when she asked for me to remove her from the Yahoo Group Site. Until this year I was never a member of the court but merely a spectator so I cannot vouch for my own recollections. I do have quite a few items from media sources however. I am willing to put together a time line of events for the court but can't vouch for complete accuracy. As a history also it would not be the same as a PR piece. History has warts and all. I am going to Colorado this weekend for my niece's graduation. By next week I will send you an outline of what I have. Best Regards and wishes Ben Williams
• Subject: RCGSE History Mark Thrash to Ben Williams Ben, Please know that I never doubted your intentions to get a hold of Marita Gayle; my concern was that her lack of enthusiasm might deter desired plans to compile the Court's history. I also agree that additional research with someone who has been more involved in the Court's history will be necessary to ensure the accuracy of your records and for the compilation of more detailed history. My desire at this time is to merely take a giant first step towards a significant project that I feel has been overlooked by the RCGSE by beginning with the records you have. Then I would like to move forward with the project and getting it the desired promotional piece I want completed during the 28th Reign. Have a great time in Colorado. I look forward to reading what you have on file. Thanks again for your dedication and willingness to assist. Mark Thrash Emperor 28
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2005 E-mail blitz blisters S.L. Co. GOP councilmen Talk of the Morning: Domestic-Partner Controversy By Derek P. Jensen The Salt Lake Tribune Sore hands, swollen knuckles, slumped shoulders. No, Salt Lake County Council aides haven't been in a brawl. It just feels like it. Since Tuesday, they have been swarmed by hundreds of e-mails lambasting the five Republican councilmen for rejecting domestic- partner benefits for county employees in a 5-4 party-line vote. The staffers are typing furiously at their computers trying to respond to the deluge, one by one. "We've had about all we can handle this week," says Michael Chabries, aide to Republicans Cort Ashton and Mark Crockett. "Bigots, homophobes and hatemongers. And those are the nice things they say." A taste of the invective: l "You five persons showed that you stand for injustice, intolerance, bigotry and inequality. These are not the values of an American citizen and I am ashamed to have you in a position of influence in my community." l "Thanks for the two-faced lies, people. I'm wondering WWJD [what would Jesus do] if asked to stand up and honor his word." l "It is you who are less because, instead of standing up and fighting for the rights of others, you cower behind the public beliefs of the masses." l "This vote adds to the disgusting record of this governmental body. You should be ashamed of yourselves. I am very disappointed in each and every one of you, and I expect an apology." As quickly as the zingers arrive, they are forwarded to the councilmen. Still, aides say, it has been exhausting to answer the scores of insults prompted partly by a letter-writing campaign organized through a prominent gay-rights group. "It seems like they're all replying from a mass e-mail from Equality Utah," says Ryan Perry, aide to Council Chairman Michael Jensen, who estimates his boss has 200 messages alone. "The name- calling and the bigot comments are kind of hard to read. But, other than that, people have been pretty civil." Tuesday's vote and subsequent e-mail barrage follow an emotional debate that left Crockett and the county's Gay and Lesbian Employee Association chairwoman in tears. The issue was framed by Democrats as a matter of fairness, while their GOP counterparts argued such a move would signal an endorsement of gay marriage, which they note Utah voters soundly rejected in November by passing Amendment 3. The shotgun e-mail, which triggered much of the response, included the phone numbers and e-mail addresses of each council member. It was a "joint statement" from the Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgender Community Center of Utah, Human Rights Campaign, Stonewall Democrats, Log Cabin Republicans and Equality Utah, according to the last organization's acting executive director, Jane Marquardt. "It was never our intent to
encourage hateful speech," Marquardt says. "But we have to have constructive debate to let the council know there are real unmarried partners who deserve the benefits since they do the same amount of work." She insists using the Amendment 3 argument in denying benefits for gay people is "just wrong." That failed to convince Jensen, who stands by his decision. "Most people would draw a connection between the domestic-partner benefits and the vote we held in November," he says. Jensen also downplays the feedback, saying the council also gets "swamped" over zoning issues. "It's just democracy in action." Chabries, who spent Friday wading through the missives, isn't so sure. "Anytime you deal with sexual politics it incites a different kind of passion," he says. Of the e-mails, consider this one from a University of Utah professor who helped the U. become Utah's only public employer to offer such benefits. "One day so will the rest of this sadly homophobic, intellectually challenged majority."
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| Jane Marquardt |
2009 A few simple perspectives Share Yesterday at 8:26pm This evening I attended the first Town-Hall meeting for Equality Utah's Common Ground Initiative. In the last several years, since the 'No on 3' campaign, I've had a bit of a chip on my shoulder with the Gay Community. Not necessarily the people as much as the Human Rights Campaign (Utah Chapter) and the Pride Center. I've felt that the HRC is an organization to raise funds for swanky cocktail parties with no real political action. Well, except for those free stickers they keep giving out. As for the Utah Pride Center; I've felt unwelcome, and disenfranchised every-time I've entered the facility. With the exception of the one time I mentioned my feelings to their public relations director. I sat down and had a very pleasant conversation with her. However the staff at the Center hasn't been the most welcoming since. As a Gay man that lives in Salt Lake County, I have many other friends that are gay and don't feel like it's worth anything to get involved with Utah Politics. Either because we're not a group of pretty boys who meet at the bar every night, or because we're not part of the 'now' generation. We are however Gay men with a fair amount of disposable income that enjoy a good dinner party once in a while. I'm not a politician, I'm a work-a-day guy, who comes home to his beautifully decorated house, and enjoys a quiet life. I wouldn't mind getting more active in Utah Politics, as long as I'm made to feel like a part of the process. There are MANY of us out there, we don't necessarily want to get our picture in the paper, but calling our representatives is no big deal. I can do that in ten minutes; and I have. Now on the subject of Marriage in Utah between LGBT individuals, this is not on the near horizon. Sorry to bum y'all out, but let's face reality. We need to start with smaller issues. Right now Marriage is too much of a hot bedded issue, and we are, after all in Utah. One thing I was always taught growing up was to set attainable goals. Build on unattainable goals, keep them with you at all times, but start with a good foundation. States like California, Vermont, and Massachusetts are years ahead of us politically speaking. I personally think we need to build a firm foundation, then go for what we really want. The Common Ground Initiative focuses on issues such as Expanding Health Care, Fair Housing and Employment. In Utah an LGBT individual can still be fired from their job. Reality check, it's 2009, the 21st century, and WE ARE STILL FACING THIS. We've been in this for 40 years, and as a 34 year old gay man I am impressed with how far we've come in just the last 15 years. Let's not take steps backwards by alienating ourselves from our community, let's take steps to be pillars of our community. I think the most appealing thing about this town hall meeting was how accessible it was. It was an open invitation to members of the LGBT community who happen to live in Taylorsville and it's surrounding areas. It felt nice that a group, formed within our community, was asking for people to pound the pavement, not just give them more money to throw at the problem. In 1992 I was a 17 year old kid coming out of the closet, there were organizations in the community like Queer Nation, Wasatch Affirmation, The Stonewall Center, and Ben will write a long comment on here if I don't mention The Sacred Fairies (I love you, Ben.). We've lost some of these groups, militant as some of them were, they got the message out. They were continuing Harvey Milk's notion to let people know that we were here, and we're not going away. I know the current course in Utah is to attract more bee's with honey, and keep it professional. To some extent that has bothered an old activist; such as myself. With Equality Utah, I feel that redirecting our message is due. They are asking that we start educating the community around us. Maybe it's time once again to listen to Mr. Milk's
suggestion that we come out. I live in West Valley, I know there are LGBT people out here. I know there are LGBT people in every corner of this county. We need to talk to our neighbors, we need to let them, and our communities know, that we're here. For those of us living in the burbs it's a little more difficult, we're not in liberal Salt Lake City. But we can start a dialog with our friends and neighbors to find that Common Ground. Call your state and city representatives, and let them know you are in favor of what ever initiative catches your eye. At least you'd be doing your part to BE ACTIVE in your own little corner of the state. Thank you.- Terry Gillman
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| Terry Gillman |
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| Ruby Ridge aka Donald Steward |
2010 Subject: Bingo Ladies and Friends, PLEASE get the word out about Third Friday Bingo! Our charity is the South Valley Domestic Violence Sanctuary which is really struggling right now with no cash (they had two of their stoves go down this week and no way to fix them....NOT GOOD!!!!). We love this charity as it is the only facility in Utah that accepts domestic violence victims from same sex couples (both men and women). Our patriotic theme is "Above the Fruited Plain" so red white and blue and/or fruity will work fine for outfits. Thanks. Ruby [Ridge aka Donald Steward].
2014 Just shy of her fifth anniversary as executive director of Equality Utah, Brandie Balken announced she will be leaving in August to assume a new position with the Gill Foundation, one of the nation’s largest funders of LGBT equality work. “My service as the executive director of Equality Utah has been the most rewarding and challenging of my life. As a lifelong Utahn it has been extraordinary to witness the astounding change in public opinion, and in public policy,” Balken said. “I am so honored to have had the opportunity to do this work at this amazing time, having benefited from the hard work and sacrifice of my predecessors — and countless others in this incredible community. “Together we have accomplished some wonderful things. Although I am sad that I will not be here to witness it, I know that Utah will continue to build on its gains in providing fairness, freedom and opportunity for all. I know, with the dedication, commitment and resilience of this community, and the drive and savvy of my colleagues at Equality Utah, the best is yet to come. Get ready Utah, the future is knocking,” Balken continued. “Brandie’s service and dedication to Utah’s LGBT community has been as inspired as it has been effective. Under her leadership, Equality Utah has more than doubled in capacity and successfully lobbied for the passage of more than 35 LGBT-inclusive policies on local and state levels,” said
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| Mark Lawrence |
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| Jim Dabakis |
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| Marina Gomberg |
2015 Utah Pride Center names Marian Edmonds-Allen as executive director The Utah Pride Center announced today the appointment of Marian Edmonds-Allen as their new executive director. “Marian is the right person at the right time. She is already a very well respected leader in our community,” said Utah Pride Center board president Kent Frogley. “There is much work to be done still and Marian stepping into the
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| Marian Edmonds-Allen |
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| Kent Frogley |
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