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Thursday, September 04
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:: Thousands of people are expected to descend on Cardiff, Wales this weekend for a gay pride festival that earlier this year looked like it would never happen. After running into financial trouble, organizers canceled Cardiff Mardi Gras, an end-of-summer gay festival that had been staged for 10 years. Others in the community rallied together to create Cardiff Pride , a new festival that will bring in a bevy of stars to entertain the crowds. The newly-formed South Wales Gay Men's Chorus also promises a diverse program including "a stirring arrangement of Bohemian Rhapsody...
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Monday, August 18
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Source: Deseret News , Salt Lake Weekly Dan Fair (above) and DJ Bell photographed shortly after the beating that Salt Lake County prosecutors said was not criminal assault. Salt Lake City -- After an extended 4th of July party at a South Salt Lake house that started on night of the 3rd and carried on into early hours of the 4th, five adults forced their way into a neighbor's home -- kicking in the front door and smashing through windows -- and beat up two men who lived there, leaving one of them with injuries severe enough to require three days of hospitalization. On July 4, at 6:52...
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Wednesday, August 13
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Source: ABC4.com (Salt Lake City) Affirmation, a support and advocacy group for gay and lesbian Mormons, was chided Monday by the LDS Church for holding a press conference at which leaders of the group called for changes in the Mormon Church's attitude toward LGBT church members. A church spokesman criticized the group for choosing "a public rather than private exchange''. But that hasn't stopped other gay and lesbian Mormons and ex-Mormons from speaking out loudly in cyberspace, Salt Lake City's ABC4 reports. Several high profile websites have recently sprung up...
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Monday, August 11
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Source: Deseret News , KSL , KCPW Had a gay LDS support group met with representatives Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Monday morning as scheduled, it would have asked the church to affirm its recent statements on homosexuality in the upcoming general conference. Affirmation: Gay and Lesbian Mormons held a press conference this morning in Salt Lake City in lieu of the historic meeting with the LDS church, which was canceled two weeks ago. A church spokesman quickly released a statement criticizing the group for making public statements at the press conference, reports Deseret News ...
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Monday, August 11
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Source: Salt Lake Tribune , Deseret News Leaders of Affirmation, a support group for gay Mormons, want authorities of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saint to make a clear, unambiguous statement in the church's annual General Conference that homosexuality is not a sin or a disease and that mothers don't cause it. Qnews update: LDS Church blasts Affirmation for taking its message public They want the church to teach Mormon families to love and respect their gay sons and daughters, help gays and lesbians feel safe at church and to reconcile their sexual orientation and their spirituality...
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Friday, August 08
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Source: Deseret News Salt Lake City -- Members of Affirmation, a support group for gay and lesbian Mormons, had planned to meet next week with officials of the LDS Church, but the meeting was postponed indefinitely by the church last month. Instead, Affirmation leaders will meet with reporters at a press conference Monday morning in Salt Lake City, reports the LDS Church-owned Deseret News . An Affirmation press release said the group will hold the press conference at the Utah Pride Center to present "the proposals that they would have been making to church leaders had the LDS Church not have...
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Friday, August 08
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Source: KUTV , Salt Lake Tribune SALT LAKE CITY -- Two gay Utah men were beaten up last month following a 4th of July celebration. One of the men was badly beaten about the head because the attackers repeatedly slammed his head on the concrete. The other had a TV set thrown on his head. "He had blood rushing out of his ear, and he is losing hearing in that ear," said Roger Kraft, an attorney for one of the men. That part of the story is the same no matter who is telling it, according to news reports, but the rest of the story behind the case varies dramatically depending on...
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Friday, August 01
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Source: Chicago Tribune , Associated Press via Salt Lake Tribune Just a few months ago, many gay Mormons eagerly awaited a historic meeting with the leadership of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Now, with less than three weeks before the gathering, the LDS church is saying, "Never mind." David Melson, assistant executive director of Affirmation, an organization of gay and lesbian Mormons, received correspondence late last week stating, "After much consideration, we have determined that it would be best to postpone our anticipated meeting on August 11." The letter...
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Monday, June 09
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Source: KTLA-TV , Los Angeles Times , Salt Lake Tribune , Winnipeg Free Press , New America Media The mood was celebratory throughout North America this weekend as several LGBT Pride parades marched on the streets from Winnipeg, to Salt Lake City, to the biggest festival of all this weekend in West Hollywood. The celebration in Los Angeles was given added meaning since the state Supreme Court struck down a ban on same-sex marriage last month. Estimates of the crowds lining Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood were as high as 175,000 people. They gathered to watch and cheer more than 125 entries...
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Wednesday, April 23
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Source: Salt Lake Tribune, Deseret News , KUTV If one of its council members gets her way, Salt Lake County may offer all of its employees health insurance, extended funeral leave and a host of other benefits that now apply only to married couples. Democratic Councilwoman Jenny Wilson urged county leaders Tuesday to offer health-care benefits to employees' financially dependent relatives, friends or domestic partners - otherwise known as adult designees - her voice cracking as she spoke of households not yet reached by insurance. "I would hope my colleagues would embrace and support this...
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Monday, April 21
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Source: Times (London) , KUTV News Wendy Sloane travels from her longtime home near London back to her hometown of Salt Lake City. She finds there a city undergoing some fundamental changes -- a city that recently instituted a "mutual commitment" registry for non-married couples. (With additional information from KUTV.) The day had finally dawned. After 12 years of being girlfriend and girlfriend, Holly Miller and P.R. Banks were getting married. Dressed in a cream trouser suit with a sparkly pink top, Holly, 44, looked radiant as she adjusted a silver tiara on her highlighted hair. P...
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Thursday, April 17
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Source: Salt Lake Tribune , Deseret News , Lisa LeDuc and Brandie Balken were the first couple to take advantage of Salt Lake City's newly created mutual-commitment registry today. "I guess we're the first ones," Balken said after entering the City Recorder's Office to find a room full of news cameras. "It's not every day you get to be a gay celebrity." There were no celebrations or crowds waiting for the doors to open at 8 am, but there was a huddle of news media ready to record the event. LeDuc and Balken, who own an east-side home, have been together for seven...
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Sunday, April 13
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Source: Deseret News , Salt Lake Tribune The Salt Lake City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to change the name of its domestic partner registry to "Mutual Commitment Registry." Several council members thanked Becker for fighting for the ordinance, saying it was the right thing to do. "It took a lot of guts to do this, mayor, with the climate at the Legislature," Councilman Luke Garrott said. "I appreciate the courage." The name change was accompanied by the adoption of a human rights title into city code. However, Tuesday's action did not fundamentally change...
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Tuesday, April 08
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Source: KCPW News , Salt Lake Tribune A leader of Affirmation, a support group for gay Mormons, said he's "cautiously optimistic" about landmark meeting with LDS church officials. "The church has gone from ignoring us to occasionally answering back to editorial responses," David Melson, the assistant senior executive director for Affirmation, told radio station KCPW. "This is the first time the church has agreed to meet with us." After receiving repeated requests, LDS officials agreed last week to discuss church policies on homosexuality with representatives of...
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Monday, April 07
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Source: Associated Press via Deseret Morning News , Salt Lake Tribune Salt Lake City -- Associated Press reports that LDS Church officials have agreed to meet with members of Affirmation, a gay Mormon support group that has sought to forge understanding between the faith's leaders and its gay members. In a letter received last week, leaders of Affirmation were invited to meet with Fred M. Riley, commissioner of Family Services for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Harold C. Brown, the agency's past commissioner. Riley's letter, a copy of which was obtained by The Associated...
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Tuesday, April 01
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Source: Salt Lake Tribune , Deseret News , Daily Herald Mormon anti-gay activist Stephen Graham tells a small audience in American Fork, Utah that gay people are dangerous photo: Daily Herald AMERICAN FORK -- Standard of Liberty didn't get its audience before American Fork High School's PTSA as scheduled last Thursday. That didn't stop it from taking a presentation to the American Fork Library Monday night, however - nor did the presence of two representatives from the Utah Pride Center, who listened quietly in preparation for an April 9 response meeting they will host in the same library...
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Sunday, March 30
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Source: Salt Lake Tribune , Washington Post , Washington Blade Two recent stories of gay veterans help illustrate the pretzel-logic required of service members trying to abide by the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" (DADT) policy. One of the stories is told proudly by the Marine vet himself. The other is shrouded in questions of journalist's policy and family feelings. One is the story of a soldier who died serving his country. The other is the story of a marine who speaks loudly now so that other service members may someday be honest about an important part of their...
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Friday, March 28
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Source: Salt Lake Tribune , Deseret News , KUTV American Fork, Utah -- A Thursday night presentation by an anti-gay campaigner was canceled after the Utah Pride Center and some Utah County residents alleged a presentation on the meeting agenda would have stigmatized and vilified gays and lesbians. The presentation was to have been sponsored by the American Fork High School PTSA. The meeting was to have included one presentation on pornography and another on gays and lesbians by Stephen Graham of Standard of Liberty, "an LDS-oriented educational corporation which exists to raise awareness of...
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Saturday, March 08
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Source: Salt Lake Tribune , Deseret News Salt Lake City -- Ralph Becker's nice-guy approach paid off. After surviving an eleventh-hour threat, the domestic-partnership registry finessed by Salt Lake City's new mayor survived the buttoned-down Legislature. Related: The debate over Salt Lake City's registry Becker was well-rested and in good spirits Thursday, a day after the Utah Legislature wrapped up its 2008 general session. Salt Lake City's domestic partnership registry remained substantively intact following legislative scrutiny, a funding source was identified for a light-rail...
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Wednesday, March 05
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Source: Signpost (Weber State) Ogden, Utah -- The Utah support group Affirmation: Gay and Lesbian Mormons requested a meeting with Latter-day Saint Church President Thomas S. Monson in a February letter to the LDS church. [see Qnews summary ] The letter called for better relations and counseling for "members who are homosexual." Duane Jennings, president of the Utah chapter of Affirmation, said the letter was an "olive branch." Jennings said he does not expect to actually meet with Monson. Affirmation was started in 1977 and has chapters throughout the country and worldwide...
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Wednesday, February 27
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Source: Salt Lake Tribune Salt Lake City may have a formidable friend when it comes to preserving its domestic-partnership registry: the governor. While the Senate crafts a new bill targeting the registry, Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. argues such a legislative move is inappropriate. "I'm not sure that the state has a place overreaching or micromanaging what is done at the local government level," he said this week when asked about a potential registry ban. Huntsman said if the registry is consistent with state law, "which I suspect it is," then it is the prerogative of city officials...
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Tuesday, February 26
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Source: Deseret Morning News , Salt Lake Tribune Sen. Chris Buttars said he was nervous about apologizing to the largely black Calvary Baptist Church congregation on Sunday for making statements that have been called racist, but the experience turned out to be "wonderful." The same can't be said of what was happening Monday to the West Jordan Republican in the Senate, where he is starting to see political repercussions despite the public backing of Senate GOP leadership. His controversial bill targeting Salt Lake City's domestic partnership registry, SB267, was in effect replaced...
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Saturday, February 23
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Source: Salt Lake Tribune A controversial bill that would kill Salt Lake City's newly minted domestic-partnership registry stalled Friday, but could return after a tuneup. Senate President John Valentine, R-Orem, suggested the measure could be tweaked to avoid making a broad philosophical statement. "It was causing so much grief," he said. Related: Salt Lake City's gay friendly mayor battles conservatives in statehouse So Senate Majority Leader Curt Bramble, R-Provo, plucked the bill from the Senate floor Friday and shelved it in the Rules Committee. Despite the move, Salt Lake...
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Wednesday, February 20
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Source: Salt Lake Tribune , KUTV , ABC4 With roughly two weeks left in the legislative session, new Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker appears mired in the same mud that challenged his predecessor, Rocky Anderson. Despite his mild manners, Becker and his liberalism nonetheless cast a Rocky-esque lightning rod onto conservative Capitol Hill. Becker's domestic-partnership registry has stirred a storm -- GOP Sen. Chris Buttars' alleged homophobia and racism provide the thunder -- that threatens to cloud other priorities. Senator Buttars' bill designed to eradicate Salt Lake City's newly...
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Monday, February 11
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Source: Associated Press and AP via KIFI Salt Lake City (AP) A group of gay Mormons is seeking an unprecedented meeting with the new church president and his counselors, hoping to begin a conversation and find ways to address the concerns of its members. Leaders of the gay Mormon support group Affirmation say they want to foster a better relationship with the church and help change the way it supports and counsels gay members and their families. They say there's a history of hurt and disagreement, but the appointment of a new president is an opportunity to seek common ground. Affirmation, with...
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Friday, February 08
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Source: Salt Lake Tribune A former University of Utah employee says she was fired because she's a lesbian and "mothered animals" instead of children, according to a civil lawsuit filed in 3rd District Court on Wednesday. Heidi Borjesson says her supervisor in the U.'s physics department disliked her sexual orientation and helped a co-worker falsify her resume so the other woman would be promoted and Borjesson would be terminated during staff reductions in 2005, court documents filed Wednesday state. Reached late Wednesday, Remi Barron, a U. spokesman, said he couldn't yet...
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Friday, January 18
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Source: Salt Lake Tribune When Merrilee Bowser came out as a lesbian eight years ago, she worried about how people would react. But she found acceptance - "only nice people" - and today is comfortable being open about her "two-moms family." "Yeah, we get looked at but we look at people, too," said Bowser, 27, who has been with partner Summer Bowser for six years. "It is becoming more open for people and people are more comfortable." That's what the Williams Institute, based at the University of California at Los Angeles, concludes in a new "census...
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Thursday, January 10
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Source: Salt Lake Tribune Utah's capital already allows domestic-partner benefits for city employees, but new Mayor Ralph Becker wants to provide a mechanism to recognize such relationships citywide. On Thursday, Becker submitted a proposed ordinance to the Salt Lake City Council to create a citywide domestic-partnership registry for residents. A first for Utah, the voluntary log would allow people who qualify to receive a certificate attesting to their domestic-partner status. That, in turn, would aid their employers to provide health care and other insurance benefits. "This registry...
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Thursday, December 20
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Source: GayWired.com Taking over a multi-level storefront in a prime Main Street location, Queer Lounge will return to Park City for its fifth year to champion queer film at Sundance, Slamdance, and other festivals. Hailed as "ground zero for activity surrounding the [gay] films" in Park City by the Hollywood Reporter , Queer Lounge creates a hub at film festivals where queer-friendly filmmakers, professionals, and audiences connect and network. Expanding its entertainment media advocacy, the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) made Queer Lounge a part of its media programs...
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Monday, November 12
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Source: Salt Lake Tribune Salt Lake City -- Mayor-elect Ralph Becker would push for civil unions in Salt Lake City if he could. Of course, he can't - because of the same Utah law that bans gay marriage - so he won't. Instead, Becker plans to stretch the rainbow agenda as far across the blue-hued capital city as the red-ruled Legislature will allow. On day one of his January job, he vows to dispatch an executive order requiring city contractors to provide domestic-partner benefits. There's more. He also plans to send two progressive proposals to the sometimes-recalcitrant City Council...
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