Utah gay rights law had support of nservative policians and pastors - Deret News

Contents:

• FORMER JAZZMAN RUDY GAY HAS INTERT FROM ‘SEVERAL’ COMPETIVE TEAMS
• GAY POLICIAN, LATA SENATOR VIE FOR SALT LAKE CY MAYOR
• WHAT UTAH N TEACH THE UNTRY ABOUT GAY RIGHTS AND RELIGN
• 'I'M GAY': MORMON REPUBLIN LAWMAKER UTAH OUT
• FOUR OPENLY GAY ELECTN WNERS SWORN AS UNCIL MEMBERS THREE CI, SHOWG THE LGBTQ MUNY IS MAKG GAS UTAH POLICS
• CALIFORNIA SCHOOL BOARD ADOPTS SOCIAL STUDI TEXTBOOKS THAT CLU GAY RIGHTS AFTER WARNGS OM ERNOR
• UTAH REPUBLIN WHO ME OUT AS GAY LOS RE-ELECTN BID
• GAY, REPUBLIN AND MORMON: POLICIAN NATHAN IVIE BREAKS NEW GROUND FOR UTAH

FORMER JAZZMAN RUDY GAY HAS INTERT FROM ‘SEVERAL’ COMPETIVE TEAMS

Courty photoGay Lynn Bennn. Gay Lynn Bennn reprents Hoe District 41 the Utah Legislature.

In the aftermath of the cisn for the Utah Jazz to tra for John Colls, the other movg piece of the al Rudy Gay has had a pretty tumultuo past few weeks. That means Gay was a member of three teams ls than a month; talk about a journeyman!

Acrdg to Michael Stto of HoopsHype, Rudy Gay has tert om a wi variety of anchis across the associatn after his recent release:"Veteran forward Rudy Gay is expected to draw tert om several playoff-liber teams, cludg the Goln State Warrrs, Los Angel Lakers, Dallas Mavericks, Chigo Bulls, and New Orleans Pelins, league sourc told HoopsHype.

GAY POLICIAN, LATA SENATOR VIE FOR SALT LAKE CY MAYOR

"It is no surprise that Gay is receivg some looks around the league, as he’s been a reliable rotatnal piece throughout his entire reer.

Consirg Rudy Gay has yet to get his long-sired champnship spe his efforts, would be no surprise to see him jo more of a favore the race rather than a team wh lower expectatns. Polis, the first openly gay ernor, said the more civil nversatns start wh intifyg “mon ground. A Mormon Republin unty missner Utah has e out as gay a Facebook vio where he chronicl a suici attempt and other difficulti g to terms wh his inty.

WHAT UTAH N TEACH THE UNTRY ABOUT GAY RIGHTS AND RELIGN

"I hope this illtrat that you n be gay and Republin.

You n be gay and a Republin... "He said he was fluenced by teractg wh gay upl as a photographer and outdoor sportsman. '"He and his wife of 13 years have separated but rema bt iends and will ntue to -parent their two children, he announcement received support om several Utah policians, gay and straight, liberal and nservative.

'I'M GAY': MORMON REPUBLIN LAWMAKER UTAH OUT

Jim Dabakis, a former state senator who was the only openly gay Utah legislator durg his tenure, tweeted this:Salt Lake Cy Mayor Jackie Biskupski, who is lbian, also tweeted a msage of support. Gav Newsom over lson plans that mentned the state's first openly gay elected public Temecula Valley Unified School District had prevly voted to reject the curriculum part bee some board members were ncerned the curriculum's supplementary material mentned Harvey Milk, the former San Francis supervisor and gay rights advote who was assassated 1978.

Those textbooks do not ply wh a 2011 state law that requir schools to teach stunts about the historil ntributns of gay, bisexual and transgenr Amerins.

FOUR OPENLY GAY ELECTN WNERS SWORN AS UNCIL MEMBERS THREE CI, SHOWG THE LGBTQ MUNY IS MAKG GAS UTAH POLICS

They also stcted the district's terim supertennt to review a portn of the curriculum that clus a discsn of gay rights and how same-sex marriage me to be legal California. SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — An outspoken gay polician and a Lata state senator remaed a tight race Wednday to see who might face off agast a pollutn-fightg uncilwoman for the Salt Lake Cy mayor’s uncilwoman Er Mennhall me out on top the crowd primary race on Tuday, but the send-place spot was too close to ll wh about 100 vot separatg former state Sens. ”Dabakis has said he knows how to manage a key ictn pot the state by workg wh his former lleagu the ultranservative state legislature, where he was the only openly gay member for six years.

As Congrs weighs feral gay rights legislatn, Utah lears are celebratg their own work on LGBTQ issu over the past six years.

CALIFORNIA SCHOOL BOARD ADOPTS SOCIAL STUDI TEXTBOOKS THAT CLU GAY RIGHTS AFTER WARNGS OM ERNOR

A new vio, released Friday by Equaly Utah, explor how the state has worked to protect relig eedom and gay rights at the same time. The 2015 bill laid the groundwork for other important legislatn, sce helped gay rights activists, nservative policians, fah lears and others feel fortable workg together, Williams says. In the past six years, Utah has passed LGBTQ-clive hate crim laws and a ban on nversn therapy, among other gay rights-related measur.

The Utah-based fah strictly oppos gay marriage and still nsirs same-sex relatnships to be a ser rints of Utah County, which is south of Salt Lake Cy and clus the church-owned Brigham Young Universy, are members of the nfn Ivie felt led to his attempted suici at age 22, then attempts to “cure himself” of gay feelgs, he said. Interactg wh gay upl through his passn for the outdoors and photography helped Ivie accept himself, he said.

“It’s been liberatg, jt a huge burn off of my shoulrs, ” he Biskupski, the first openly gay mayor of Salt Lake Cy, joed a chos of lol policians who appld Ivie’s cisn to e out: “All the bt to you, I love how a simple act of love among strangers helped you fd your tth and that you are beg embraced by fay and iends, ” she wrote to Ivie on Utah County Commissner Tanner Age also tweeted his support. “You n be gay and a Republin... ”“I would say for most people, the fact that I was a dog owner was more of a factor than me beg gay.

UTAH REPUBLIN WHO ME OUT AS GAY LOS RE-ELECTN BID

“So there are equi when nng for office as a gay man. “So for me was like, ‘I’m a ndidate for Cy Council and I happen to be gay.

GAY, REPUBLIN AND MORMON: POLICIAN NATHAN IVIE BREAKS NEW GROUND FOR UTAH

“I would say for most people, the fact that I was a dog owner was more of a factor than me beg gay, ” Wharton said. “I don’t want to be a gay thg, ” said Whe, who has been the uncil chairwoman for the past two years.