Following the disbandment of Weber State University’s gay-straight alliance, two students formed a club to serve the needs and interests of the school’s diverse population. When the school’s GSA disbanded in October due to a shortage of members, Turner Bitton said that he and Dustin Porlas created diverCITY, a group that...
read moreWho’s Afraid of Bisexuality? University of Utah professors and authors Lisa Diamond and Kathryn Stockton will host an informal discussion about bisexuality and their research titled “Two Queers in Conversation” as part of the school’s Bisexual Awareness Week. Diamond is an associate professor of psychology and gender...
read moreSNAP: Pride Empathy Line OK, we snapped for this a couple issues ago, but new year, new slate. The new hot line will be the first of its kind in the state — a place where lesbian, gay bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning people of all ages can seek not only resources, but a listening ear, for facing any number of...
read more“It’s a really restrictive environment here. And there’s still a need. People are hurting. People are killing themselves. And people are getting bullied.” - David Andrews, a volunteer for the Pride Empathy Line, explaining the need for such a service to Fox 13 News “I think that will probably be a great resource for...
read moreOn New Year’s Day, the New York Times profiled what it saw as a phenomenon in the “isolated Utah city” of St. George: the creation of a gay-straight alliance at each of the city’s three high schools. While the article certainly pushed Utah into the national spotlight, the clubs on which it reported are not just a fluke. In...
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