In 2010, a local spiritual group for gay and bisexual men traveled to Peru in order to study the country’s culture and breathtaking vistas while working on personal spiritual development. This spring, they will repeat the exercise, but at home. From May 13–15, Queer Spirit and co-founder...

To most sport-enthusiast Utahns, the Queer Utah Aquatic Club is just that: a club for people who love swimming, water polo and all things related to the pool. But starting this year, the club will put its toes out of the water and onto not just the ice of its annual Ski-N-Swim, but onto the...

Like many members of the Queer Utah Aquatic Club, Patrick Hayes has had a life-long interest in swimming, having taken up the sport as a child with his three brothers in Southern California. “Our parents started us on swimming lessons so we wouldn’t drown when we went to the beach. My...

For decades, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Mormons, and former Mormons, have written on the impact the LDS Church’s teachings about homosexuality have had on their lives. Now their ranks are being joined by a straight BYU law student whose book on the subject is calling for ...

News sure does travel fast in this valley. Long before I sat down to write this goodbye, nearly everyone I interviewed asked me if it was true that I was leaving. Rumors of my departure have not been highly exaggerated. After this issue, I will be resigning as QSaltLake’s assistant editor...