A recent poll commissioned by Equality Utah — a Salt Lake-based civil rights organization focusing on equal rights and protections for LGBT Utahns and their families — found that a majority of those polled favored a statewide non-discrimination law that would make it illegal for someone to be fired from a job solely because they are LGBT.

LEHI, Utah -- A Utah school district is on the defensive after outing a 14-year middle school student to his parents, claiming administrators were being "proactive" in preventing possible bullying.

The ACLU of Utah has sent a warning to the state's school district superintendents, cautioning them that banning same sex couples from being attending proms, dances and other school functions violates their constitutional rights.

SALT LAKE CITY -- A Mormon bishop on Sunday apologized for the way gays are treated and perceived by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, calling it "an atrocity."

A Utah gay man was attacked in the early morning hours on Thursday -- the third anti-gay attack in the Salt Lake City area in recent weeks.

A Salt Lake City gay man was hospitalized following a brutal attack last Friday night after leaving a downtown dance club on its gay-themed night. It is the second attack on a gay man this year outside the same club.

The Utah Democratic Party on Saturday voted in favor of electing as its new chairman an art dealer who is believed to be the first openly gay leader of a political party in the state.

Tens of thousands lined the streets in downtown Salt Lake City this weekend to celebrate Utah’s biggest-ever gay pride festival.

In a surprise vote, the Ogden City Council this week voted unanimously to overturn the mayor's veto and pass a non-discrimination ordinance that includes sexual orientation.

SALT LAKE CITY -- Three controversial, anti-gay bills brought forward in the Utah Legislative Session this year by State Rep. LaVar Christensen, have been shelved.

In his third anti-gay bill of the 2011 Utah legislative session, extremist Republican LaVar Christensen has introduced legislation that would exempt anyone from local non-discrimination laws if they do it on religious grounds.

SALT LAKE CITY -- Extremist and anti-gay Utah state Representative LaVar Christensen has introduced House Bill 270, called the “Family Policy” bill.

Utah State Representative LaVar Christensen, the man who introduced and passed Utah’s 2004 Constitutional Amendment banning gay marriage, has resurrected an old enemy of the LGBT community -- a bill that prohibit same-sex couples from making contractual agreements, such as wills.

SALT LAKE CITY -- Utah State Senator Chris Buttars is proposing a new resolution designed to repeal the recently passed anti-bullying and non-discrimination policies created by the Salt Lake School Board. Buttars calls the policies a “program to bring down America.”

SALT LAKE CITY -- The Salt Lake City School Board on Tuesday evening passed an LGBT inclusive anti-bullying policy, as well as a mostly inclusive non-discrimination policy after almost two and a half hours of debate.