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450 South, Salt Lake Cy • A rally for equal rights for LGBTQ+ youth, the trans muny and “the right to say gay the 21st century. Durg this nventn, Stephan Zakharias (also known as Matthew Price) and about ne others found Gay Mormons Uned (now lled Affirmatn: LGBTQ Mormons, Fai, & Friends).
Leonard Matlovich, an ex-Mormon and the first openly gay person on Time magaze's ver, as keynote speakers. In 1975, the Gay Communy Service Center was found, and sponsored the first Gay Freedom Day on June 1 Cy Creek Canyon. In the 1980s, Pri celebratns, then lled Gay Pri Day, occurred var parks, cludg Fairmont Park, Pneer Park, and Sunnysi Park.
Pri Day Art Expo and Competn, the Lbian and Gay Pri Art Award, and the Mapplethorpe Award were troduced to promote lol queer artists' visibily.