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Drag Queen Car Wash The Royal Court of the Golden Spike Empire will host its “Divas and Dudes: Car Wash and BBQ” for to benefit the Utah AIDS Foundation this month. This will be an event for people ages 18 and over. When: Sept. 4, 4–8 p.m. Where: Club Jam, 751 N. 300 West Cost: [...]
Bambara Receives Community Service Honor
Gay-friendly restaurateur Bambara has received a top honor from the National Restaurant Association in recognition of its support for a number of community organizations, including its annual Red Party to benefit the Utah AIDS Foundation. The organization, which champions roughly 380,000 restaurants and hospitality-related businesses throughout the country, chose Bambara as the Utah winner of [...]
ROTC-SLC to Honor Sponsors
Utah’s gay and transgender-friendly color guard, the Righeously Outrageous Twirling Corps of Salt Lake City will host its annual awards banquet this month to honor its members, sponsors and supporters – including its first sponsor, Club Try-Angles, and its affiliate organization, the People With AIDS Coalition of Utah. The banquet will be held Sept. 18 [...]
Butch Lesbians, Trans People Gather in LA
Utah masculine-identified lesbians and trans people who identify as butch, genderqueer and other similar identities including macha, jock and transmasculine are invited to the Butch Voices LA Conference, to be held Oct. 8–10 in West Hollywood, Calif. The three-day conference is hosted by LEX-The Lesbian Exploratorium, producers of the “GenderPlay in Lesbian Culture” exhibit and [...]
Defense: DA Should Step Down in Bell-Fair Beating Case
Defense attorneys for seven suspects accused of beating a South Salt Lake City gay couple in 2008 have asked a judge to bar the Salt Lake County District Attorney from prosecuting their clients. The suspects are accused of beating David James “DJ” Bell and his partner, Dan Fair, two years ago on July 4. At [...]
Swim, Walk and Bike for Utahns with HIV/AIDS
This fall, the Utah AIDS Foundation will host three fun, active and exciting annual events to benefit its programs. On Sept. 12, the foundation will hold its 10th Aqua Aid, a fun, poolside event featuring food, cocktails and a performance by the members of the Queer Utah Aquatic Club. “They perform some water ballet and [...]
Could U of U Drug Stop HIV?
A University of Utah research team has created a drug that may well be the next breakthrough in both HIV treatment and prevention. For the last decade a research team at the University of Utah School of Medicine has been developing PIE12-trimer. This drug falls into the classification of medicines known as a microbicide — [...]
Tooele Gay Group Wants You to Come Out
A Tooele County woman is looking to start a social and support group for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and queer residents of the Western Utah county, where she says opportunities and resources for this community are difficult to come by. “We came out here and there was absolutely nothing here, no resources or events or [...]
Debate Over Utah AIDS Foundation Continues
Nearly three weeks ago, a group of local activists called for the resignation of Stan Penfold, executive director of the Utah AIDS Foundation and for a restructuring in the organization’s board and programming. Activist Richard Matthews called for Penfold’s resignation during the Rally For Equality, which Turner Bitton organized on Aug. 14. Shortly after the [...]
Guv Hosts Utah Log Cabin Republicans
Over 100 people packed the Governor’s Mansion on Aug. 24 as Gov. Gary Herbert and his wife Jeanette hosted the Utah Log Cabin Republicans at an annual reception that started three years ago by then-Governor Jon M. Huntsman. While Huntsman seemed more at ease in a room full of gay, lesbian, transgender guests and their [...]
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