Utah

U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) says be supports legalizing civil unions for same-sex couples as a means of preserving "traditional marriage" for heterosexual couples. [ Read more → ]

SALT LAKE CITY -- The Boy Scouts of America have rejected an application for a scouting troop sponsored by a Utah gay rights organization. The Utah Pride Center recently asked permission to start a troop for 10 middle-school aged children with straight troop leaders, said executive director Valerie Larabee... [ Read more → ]

SALT LAKE CITY -- Three couples have filed a lawsuit challenging Utah's voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage. [ Read more → ]

SALT LAKE CITY -- A survey finds that that 83 percent of Boy Scout leaders, parents and representatives from troops in the greater Salt Lake City area oppose lifting a ban on openly gay scouts and gay and lesbian scout leaders. [ Read more → ]

SALT LAKE CITY — Chipotle Mexican Grill has pulled its sponsorship of Utah's "Scout-O-Rama" because of the Boy Scouts of America's long-standing ban on gays. [ Read more → ]

SALT LAKE CITY -- A bill to create a statewide law prohibiting discrimination based on sexual identity or orientation is dead, the lawmaker behind the measure said Monday. [ Read more → ]

SALT LAKE CITY — A Utah Senate committee on Thursday advanced legislation proposing a statewide law prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. [ Read more → ]

WEST JORDAN, Utah -- A Utah high school will allow "Singing Valentines" to same-sex students on Thursday after students, faculty and parents complained that a flyer distributed last week singled out LGBT students and was described as anti-gay bullying. [ Read more → ]

SALT LAKE CITY – The Utah Pride Center announced Wednesday that it will file an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in the pending cases involving the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and California's Proposition 8. Utah Pride said it has retained a bipartisan... [ Read more → ]

PARK CITY, Utah — Alexandra Pelosi was beaming: She had just made her Sundance Film Festival debut with the HBO documentary "Fall from Grace," about former New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey; her mother, Rep. Nancy Pelosi was on hand to witness it; and Sundance's founder... [ Read more → ]

PARK CITY, Utah -- Diversity is king at the Sundance Film Festival - and queen, too. For the first time, half of the films featured at the festival were made by women. Festival founder Robert Redford opened the event Thursday and said "diversity is the... [ Read more → ]

TAYLORSVILLE, Utah -- The parents of 14-year-old David Phan, an openly gay student who shot and killed himself in front of horrified classmates at on November 29, are speaking out and accusing school officials of "mishandling" the situation that led to their son's death. [ Read more → ]

DRAPER, Utah -- Some parents in this suburban Salt Lake City community are expressing concern over a recent decision by Draper Elementary to have a local Chick-fil-A franchise sponsor a school spirit night, and provide catering for students celebrating birthdays during the school year. [ Read more → ]

TAMPA, Fla. -- Utah's senior U.S. Senator and an influential voice in the Republican party broke ranks Tuesday with GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney and the party's platform, differing on support for a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage. [ Read more → ]

The NBC television affiliate in Salt Lake City, Utah -- which is owned by the Mormon Church -- said it will not air a new gay-themed sitcom, calling it "inappropriate on several dimensions, especially during family viewing time." [ Read more → ]

SALT LAKE CITY -- Police and fire investigators In Salt Lake City are actively seeking the identities of three or four people in their late teens or early 20s who launched flaming projectiles at Club JAM, a gay patronized nightclub located north of the Capitol Hill neighborhood in downtown. [ Read more → ]

SALT LAKE CITY -- Peter Cooke, the Democratic candidate for Governor of Utah, is distancing himself from the party’s national platform by declaring his opposition to marriage equality, civil unions and abortion. [ Read more → ]

PROVO, Utah — A poll released Monday by Brigham Young University’s Center for the Study of Elections and Democracy found that 43 percent of respondents surveyed thought civil unions should be legal, while 28 per cent wanted full marriage equality. [ Read more → ]

SALT LAKE CITY -- While kicking off his campaign in Utah, openly-gay Republican presidential candidate Fred Karger was called “pathetic” and an “idiot” by Nanette Billings, wife of Washington County Republican Party Chairman Willie Billings. [ Read more → ]

SALT LAKE CITY -- More than 300 members of the Mormon Church joined the thousands of participants Sunday at Salt Lake City's gay pride. The group, Mormons Building Bridges, said they wanted to send a message of love to the state’s LGBT community, a message they believe is compatible with their faith, reported the Salt Lake Tribune. [ Read more → ]