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Anti-bias bill squashed in Utah Legislature

Seth Bracken — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:34:09 +0000

After a 90-minute hearing in front of a standing-room-only audience, the latest attempt at a statewide nondiscrimination bill was squashed with a 4-2 vote in a legislative committee. The bill, SB51, which was sponsored by Sen. Ben McAdams, D-Salt Lake City, mirrors legislation already passed in 14 Utah municipalities.

Appeals court to rule on Prop. 8

QSaltLake Staff — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:22:12 +0000

A federal appeals court is expected to rule Tuesday, Feb. 7, on the constitutionality of California’s Proposition 8, a 2008 ballot initiative banning gay marriage.

Not as I do

QSaltLake Staff — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:42:54 +0000

In May, 2011, Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich said, “By definition, if you run for president, anything is on the table.” He was also a huge proponent of using the media to air the president’s dirty laundry and during the Monica Lewinsky scandal Gingrich lead the fight to expose former President Bill Clinton’s infidelities. But apparently he forgot his principles during a recent Republican debate when he told CNN’s John King, “I think the destructive, vicious, negative nature of much of the news media makes it harder to govern this country, harder to attract decent people to run for public office, and I am appalled that you would begin a presidential debate on a topic like that.” King was asking about an interview with Gingrich’s second wife who said he wanted to have an “open marriage.”

Sanctity of marriage

QSaltLake Staff — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:39:51 +0000

GOP presidential candidate and current frontrunner Newt Gingrich is hitting all the headlines because his second wife told ABC News he wanted an open marriage. Gingrich refuted the claims and attacked anyone who might ask him about the allegations. But Gingrich didn’t want an open marriage – he wanted a mistress, as activist and author Dan Savage said, “Newt Gingrich wants us to know that he did not ask his second ex-wife for an open marriage. An honest open relationship was never on the table. Newt and Callista’s six-year-long adulterous relationship was grounded in deceit and betrayal from the start, and Newt and Callista never wavered from the path of deceit and betrayal.”

ROTC-SLC to hold open house

Tony Hobday — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:31:54 +0000

The Righteously Outrageous Twirling Corps of Salt Lake City will host their first practice/open house of the year. Logan Brueck, director of the award-winning group reminds us “no experience is needed to join."

Weber State Queer Resource Center in the works

Seth Bracken — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:32:15 +0000

Weber State University soon may have its first Queer Resource Center on campus. While the campus currently has both a queer-straight alliance and an LGBT initiative, there is still no space for queer students and their allies to call their own.

2012 Equality Ride: A Conversation with Robert Moore

QSaltLake Staff — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:52:41 +0000

With a passion for equality and social justice, Robert Moore is a busy activist. He has participated in marches, rallies and demonstrations around the country, from the Civil Rights March to Sacramento in 2009 to the Queer Rising protests of 2011, in New York, demanding marriage equality. In these events, as well as in his online presence, Robert identifies himself a gay Mormon, convinced that this identity, which he proudly claims, can help save young lives and inspire others to action

Gay-supportive group meeting at BYU

Michael Aaron — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 06:48:08 +0000

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.

Qmmunity

QSaltLake Staff — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:30:27 +0000

Women of Utah and their friends and families are invited to attend Her HRC – A Celebration of Women at Squatter’s Pub & Brewery on Feb. 25, 11 a.m. A donation of $20 will include a membership with the Human Rights Campaign. Brunch and drinks will be served, so come enjoy live local music and win excellent prizes. The event is limited to 125 guests.

USU’s LGBT center hires new program coordinator

Seth Bracken — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:55:50 +0000

The LGBT Resource Center at Utah State University has a new program coordinator. Brooke Lambert took over the helm as the faculty advisor of one of the only resources for queers and their allies in Cache Valley at the beginning of this academic semester. The former program coordinator, Maure Smith-Benanti, moved to the LGBT Resource Center at the University of Oregon at the beginning of the Fall 2011 semester.