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Gay-supportive group meeting at BYU

Feb 02, 12 Gay-supportive group meeting at BYU

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A group of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and ally students and friends meeting at Brigham Young University has become so large that they are looking for a larger space to gather. Currently, the Understanding Same Gender Attraction group is meeting at 7 p.m. on Thursdays at the Talmage Math Sciences/Computer Building, Rm. 111,...

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Sundance: Next year: A room in Park City

Well, we are deep in the throes of Sundance and have already missed our first screening due to parking and transit issues. We have also met the only other writer here for a queer media outlet, Evan Mulvihill of Queerty. I’m not having fun getting anything to show on my phone, as every person on the street – and there...

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In My Day…

Jan 19, 12 In My Day…

by in Michael Aaron

Back in the early ’90s, life was a bit different for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people in Utah. Does that surprise anyone? So much progress has been made in this state — progress that decades ago people in the state advised our gay activists to just lie back and wait until change happens from without. Nothing...

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Tips for Sundance virgins

Sundance time is here Happiness and cheer Fun for all that film buffs call Their favorite time of the year It’s a new year and, here at QSaltLake, that means time to get ready for the Sundance Film Festival. The issue of QSaltLake you are holding in your hand may feel a bit light, unless you picked it up as part of the...

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Magic Johnson was in Salt Lake the day he found he was HIV positive

Dec 01, 11 Magic Johnson was in Salt Lake the day he found he was HIV positive

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World AIDS Day special coverage. Magic Johnson, point guard for the LA Lakers who abruptly retired in 1991 after coming out publicly as HIV positive, was in Salt Lake City to play an exhibition game against the Utah Jazz when he got a call from the team physician telling him to fly home. In a story by LA Times Lakers blogger Mark...

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