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Utah billionaire leaves Mormon church with blistering accusation it is actively harming the world
The state’s richest native will give $600,000 to an LGBTQ group to assist any queer students at the church’s Brigham Young University who might be forced to leave.
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Utah politician calls for “muskets” to defend seminary against LGBTQ Mormon students
The failed politician deleted his Twitter account after people connected his words to a recent murder of a lesbian couple.
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The Mormon church won’t oppose Utah’s conversion therapy ban
The church said that they’re fine with the conversion therapy ban. They’re focused on gay celibacy instead.
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A man was attacked for being gay. He caught the punch on video.
“Oh, then you’re gay?” the man in the video said before punching.
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A Utah Republican wants to define ‘male’ & ‘female’ to specifically deny trans people exist
“It is a fiction to say that a man or woman can change their sex,” he said.
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Gay Republican blames too much sex for LGBTQ suicide because there’s no ‘better time to be gay’
Suicide amongst Utah’s youth has become epidemic at four times the national average. He says it’s because gays have “grundles of sex partners.”
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Gay groups are negotiating with Utah to end the state’s ‘no promo homo’ law
NCLR and Equality Utah sued the state education board last fall, saying the law creates a “chilling culture of silence that stigmatizes LGBTQ students.”
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Despite lawmaker support, Utah hate crimes bill failed to get a public hearing
The current law doesn’t include specific protected groups but instead speaks generally about crimes that cause a person to fear they cannot freely exercise their constitutional rights.
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Utah repeals law banning positive mentions of homosexuality in classrooms
Now it’s up to the governor.
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Activists target Utah law that forbids teachers from talking about homosexuality
The Utah law include a provision that prohibits instruction on “advocacy of homosexuality,” contraceptives and sex outside marriage.