By Kastalia Medrano, Thrillist -- Utah’s first Gay and Lbian Pri March, 1990, drew maybe 250 people. It went more or ls unopposed. The biggt issue ran to was that the route took marchers past a bunch of parked horse rriag, the sort tourists ri around the downtown. “We were marchg by, chantg and screamg,” says Connell
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- PROVO’S GROWG GAY PRI FTIVAL SURPRISED MANY FANS HEAD TO THE BYU FOOTBALL GAME
- THIS SMALL TOWN'S BATTLE OVER GAY PRI FLAGS IS HELPG FUEL A NATNAL BATE
PROVO’S GROWG GAY PRI FTIVAL SURPRISED MANY FANS HEAD TO THE BYU FOOTBALL GAME
<font><font><font>It’s hard to say which group of football fans was more surprised to see a gay pri ftival Provo — the visors om Wisns or the BYU fahful. </font></font></font>But a lot of people drivg by the Provo Pri Ftival had, shall we say, quizzil looks on their fac. * gay pride festival 2017 utah *
SALT LAKE CITY — Activists for LGBT rights raised the rabow flag over Salt Lake Cy Wednday as they announced plans for the 42nd annual Utah Pri Lake Cy Mayor Jackie Biskupski, the cy's first openly gay mayor, led the raisg of the flag and proclaimed May 31 through June 4 as the cy's 2017 week of pri celebratn. Dabakis, the state's only openly gay legislator, said that while there is still much work to be done for the LGBT muny, is important to put thgs perspective. Amanda Mehner, left, Michael Mehner, and Naomi Tuft, right, dance at the fifth annual Provo Pri Ftival, Saturday, September 16, ’s hard to say which group of football fans was more surprised to see a gay pri ftival Provo — the visors om Wisns or the BYU fahful.
And Draper was at the ftival manng the PFLAG (Parents, Fai and Friends of Lbians and Gays) booth. ”The Provo event is nsirably smaller than s Salt Lake unterpart, held annually early June, and ’s missg one element that’s bee a fixture at events the pal cy — anti-gay protters. And he said was “super difficult” for him growg up gay there the 1980s.
Gee’s lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr celebratn will have somethg for every member of the muny.
THIS SMALL TOWN'S BATTLE OVER GAY PRI FLAGS IS HELPG FUEL A NATNAL BATE
Steve Stay wears a rabow flag as a pe durg the gay pri celebratn held at Vernon Worthen Park, St. Gee gay pri event participate a nga le para at Vernon Worthen Park, St. Chris Wharton, an openly gay ndidate for Salt Lake Cy Council District 3, said Pri is an important and visible remr that Utah is not as homogeno as some may thk.
"The movement has been cricized for beg too foced on the 'L' and the 'G' — the lbian and the gay — and not enough on our bisexual muny, our transgenr muny and our genr queer muny, " Wharton said. Eddie Blast said he traveled om Washgton state to take a stance agast "the homosexual agenda" Salt Lake Cy and beyond. "As a kid who grew up South Jordan, Utah, wasn't easy for me to meet and feel nnected to other weird ltle boys like me who liked to draw and watch Sailor Moon and listen to Madonna and all sorts of gay sh, " Nicholls said.
She said she was eply rooted the Latter-day Sat fah and thought she might not really be gay. "While I didn't see all of myself those people, I spected that I was gay, " he said.