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“I will remain a faithful supporter of everything that Richard said tonight at the rally. I would not have agreed to allow this to happen had I not 100 percent agreed with every accusation that was made and had a very strong belief in the power of …this community to make changes that may be hard for the sake of our community’s well-being.”
- Rally for Equality organizer Turner Bitton in a Facebook comment about Richard Matthews’ call for Utah AIDS Foundation Director Stan Penfold’s resignation.
“I believe due to the current lack of resources it is healthy to review not only the mission of the Utah Aids Foundation, its management and the structure of the organization to see if its effect in reaching its goals helping those with HIV/Aids and HIV Prevention. … I also think it’s about time this subject of the UAF focus to be open to our community and not limited to Stan Penfield and the UAF Board.”
- Bradley Gubbler in the same discussion.
“I believe that it is time to have a new direction for the foundation and some fresh ideas at the helm of things. I believe that thing’s have gotten very complacent with UAF.”
- Michael Berry
“Change MUST be made, this I agree with wholeheartedly, however the steps to that change must be calculated and worked out correctly so that it does not effect those people who depend on the programs and services of that organization.”
- Local drag performer Nova Starr.
“A quotation mark instead of an apostrophe? Really? And presumably the perpetrator was trying to denote that there are gay people inside, not that it belonged to them.”
- Commenter “AdmNaismith” on AMERICAblog’s post about the Pride Center vandalism.
“BYU is ranked sixth in the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender-unfriendly category, a fact of which it is proud. BYU spokesman Todd Hollingshead said on Fox 13 News that the school is happy with the ranking and hopes to defend the top spot next year. To each his own, I guess. But if I was a prospective college student, I definitely know where I wouldn’t want to go.”
- Daily Utah Chronicle writer Alex Noshrivan, in an opinion piece contrasting the University of Utah and BYU in terms of protections for gay and transgender students.