September 13th
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| Sugar House State Prison |
1892 Fourth District Taken To the Pen Marshal Gill took a trio of
criminals to the penitentiary last evening the parties were Al Wood the colored
porter who attempted to butcher Pat Boyle with a razor in a Twenty Fifth Street
saloon and John Mack and James Warren charged with sodomy the latter pleaded
guilty and was sentenced by Judge Anderson to six months imprisonment in the
pen. Ogden Standard Examiner 1892-09-13 page 1
- 1892 The People vs John Mack indictment sodomy pleaded not guilty and trial set for Sept 27. Deputy United States Marshal W F Gill went to Salt Lake last evening and took along with him to the penitentiary Al Wood, colored, charged with assault with intent to kill. James Warren and John Mack indicted for sodomy. Warren pleaded guilty and was sentenced to six months in the penitentiary
- Hyrum B. Berkenpas 52 44 East Second South street convicted of sodomy was committed to prison for a term of from three to 20 years Salt Lake Telegram. On 15 Aug 1941 Hyrum B. Berkenpas of the Elk Hotel 44 East Second South Street SLC was charged with sodomy offense in a complaint signed by Detectives Jack E. Blazzard and W W. Clyde Smith. The suspect was remanded to county jail in lieu of bail. The detectives alleged Berkenpas enticed a 17 year-old Ohio youth to his room on August 14 and committed immoral acts.
1967- A survey of Ogden’s bars, taverns, and night clubs released
Tuesday by the American Social Health Association showed that prostitution in
the city is almost negligible. Ogden was once known for
its dens of prostitution in 1942 when 11 houses were in operation along 3
blocks of 25th Street .
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| Billie Crystal |
1977-"Soap" premiered on ABC. The comedy show
included Billy Crystal as a Gay character, Jodie Dallas.1977 .
1977- Gay Service Coalition met at the home of Bill G. They
discussed listing the Gay Help line phone number in the Bay Area Reporter of
San Francisco.
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| Cloy Jenkins |
1980- Nineteen-year-old Andrew Exler filed suit
against Disneyland after having been ejected for dancing with his male date a
month earlier; eight years later, he won the case. On September 13, 1980
("Date Night"), Andrew Axler
was disco dancing on the Tomorrowland Terrace dance floor with another
teenage male (Shawn Elliott). Five
security officers physically brought us to a halt, processed us at the security
office and escorted us from the park. It
wasn't until many years later that I learned the security office where we were
detained is now referred to as the "Disneyland Jail." In 1984, a conservative Orange
County jury found that Disneyland, under California law, violated our
rights based on sex or sexual
orientation. It was a landmark decision
that made international news, and it was one of the first times a plaintiff won
any type of case against the powerful Walt Disney Company, let alone one this
controversial. No monetary damages were sought,
but the way Disneyland now treats their gay guests and cast members has
hopefully changed for the better. Immediately after the verdict, a
Disneyland attorney insisted the jury verdict only applied to Shawn and I, and
he vowed that Disneyland would "shut down the dance floors" before
permitting other same-sex couples to dance together. Although the park immediately
filed an appeal, they dropped it after my attorney (Ronald Talmo) won a landmark
California Supreme Court case where the court held that business establishments
violated state civil rights laws by offering 'Ladies Day' or 'Ladies Night'
promotions (Koire v. Metro Car Wash).
Disney knew, based on the ruling in Koire, that if Exler v. Disneyland
made its way to the California Supreme Court, Disney would have probably lost! About a year after our victory,
in 1985, The Happiest Place on Earth quietly dropped the policy altogether,
claiming they couldn't tell "who was dancing with whom." They denied that the Exler v. Disneyland
victory had anything to do with their decision.
Like, duh. "In 1995 Judge Ross resigned from the bench of the
Superior Court, Orange County, California. Rumors flew that he was driven out
by interests no less powerful than Disneyland and the Republican Party. A couple of years later I was contacted by Andrew Exler,
who wanted to express his personal undying appreciation to Judge Ross for his
verdict against Disneyland. Exler & Shawn Elliott, both openly gay, has
been thrown out of Disneyland for dancing together. The suit came before Judge
Ross. Jim understood the incendiary nature of the case in ultra
conservative Orange County. Jim also was up for reelection soon, and Jim was a
Democrat. Jim's tactical smarts came into play. "I knew I could empanel a jury. But I didn't have to
accept their verdict. I could rule as I chose. Disney attorneys were happy with
the jury, because the people came from Orange County. Exler and Elliott were
happy, because there would be a record of the voice of the people. With the
jury in place, the case went forward." The moment came for the jury to render a verdict. They
deliberated quickly, and almost immediately judged against Disneyland. Now
Judge Ross had to rule. "I didn't have to think about it too much,"
Jim said later. "Civil rights had been violated, and I ruled against
Disney." The forces of power went into motion. Charges were
brought against Judge Ross that he was selling his book from the bench, and
that he should be removed. The frivolous nature of the charges were deceptive.
"If I made a mistake," Jim admitted later, "it was not in
treating the charges more seriously early in the process." To preserve his
pension, Jim opted for retirement. I asked him if he ever regretted his decision against
Disney. "I got a lot of hate mail afterward that was regretful. But the
actual decision I never regretted " I pressed him. "Why not?"
"It was about civil rights. Someone had to stand up for the little
guy." Disney drops policy |
| Curb & Manahan |
1986-Feminist/Lesbian folk singer Alix Dobkin performed at
the First Unitarian Church on 13th East in Salt Lake City.
1986 Pee Wee's Playhouse debuts on CBS's Saturday Morning
Kids lineup.The show starred Paul Reubens living in his wild and wacky
Playhouse, full of talking chairs, animals, robots, and other puppet and human
characters. The show became a hit, and during its time on the air, Pee-wee's
Playhouse garnered 15 Emmy Awards.
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| Marty Pollock aka Marita Gayle |
1992-Two Gay men in Manhattan were attacked by at least
twenty-five teenagers. New York City
mayor David Dinkins condemned the attack and urged state and federal
legislation to prevent gay bashing.
1993-Washington DC repealed its sodomy law through the efforts of activist Frank Kameny
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| David S Young |
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| David Nelson |
1996 Friday, ALL WOMEN'S EVE FESTIVAL SUNDAY AT REDBUTTE The fourth
annual All Women's Eve Festival will be Sunday, Sept. 15, at the Red Butte Gardens on the
University of Utah campus. The music and arts festival
runs from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.This year's performers include Lee Thomas, guitar;
Lee Mortensen, poetry; Julie Phillips, acoustic folk; Kathryn
Warner, acoustic folk; Beth York and Barbara Esther
performing feminist classics;Veiled Visions Belly Dancing; Elsie West, healing
new age music; Starlette Company Ballet; Born Yesterday, traditional folk and
spiritual; Megan Peters, blues, jazz and rock; Lisa Marie and the Co-Dependents,
cover tunes and dance music; and Sweet Loretta, with "spirited world
music sound."At 11:55 a.m., author Carol
Lynn Pearson will speak on the power and creative expression of women. At
1:10 p.m., potter Lily Johnson will speak on using
art for healing. At 4:25 p.m., Renee Rinaldi, director of
the Utah Stonewall Center
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| Kathryn Warner |
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| Renee Rinaldi |
1997: YWCA Honorees Did More Than Survive Life's
Trials YWCA Honors Women Who Met Challenge Byline: BY PATTY HENETZ THE SALT LAKE
TRIBUNE For the first time since she
was diagnosed with AIDS seven years ago,
Barb Barnhart missed a speaking engagement. One of the six women who
on Friday
received Outstanding Achievement Awards at the annual YWCA Leader Luncheon,
Barnhart was in the hospital. Just days ago, she was in critical condition when
her liver, kidneys and lungs shutdown. She pulled through, but remains
inconstant, extreme pain from peritonitis. She planned on coming to ``probably
give away, way, way short speech,'' she said Wednesday. ``This is cool, but I
feel kind of inadequate. They call it `Women of Courageous Actions.' This is
called living through it. This is the only way I know how to do it. I just kind
of feel like, what's the point if you're not living fully? That's not being
courageous. Anybody can do it. I look at all the things people have done for
me.'' That message -- that courage is in every person, that everyone suffers
adversity at sometime, that the support of family, friends and community makes
it possible for us all to get by-- was a constant with the rest of this year's
award recipients: Laura Boardman, Elizabeth Hammond, Brandy Farmer, Anne
Erickson and Eileen Hallet Stone. Barnhart,
a nurse and health-care provider, tested positive for HIV in 1990 during a
routine screening. She was 26. HIV quickly progressed to AIDS. Then she heard
that her step father also had AIDS, and she knew where she had gotten it: from
the man who sexually abused her from age 9 to age 15. She has been critically
ill for years. But as she says, she chose to live with AIDS, not just die from
it. ``I've always been of the philosophy that if you have something you don't
like, you fight. I don't know what I'd do any different,'' she said. Ann Stromness, coordinator of the Journey
Home program for people in the latter stages of AIDS, estimates Barnhart has reached 35,000
Utahns in her AIDS-education efforts. Stromness and Utah AIDS Foundation outreach coordinator Kim Russo
accepted Barnhart's award, given in the human services category. ``We need to
do a reality check that we, too, are at risk,'' Stromness told the 600 women
and men at the luncheon. ``This is why Barb's work is so important.'' Each of the women who received the
achievement awards were honored for their important work and for overcoming
adversity.Salt Lake Tribune Page: D1
1998-Sunday-2nd
Annual Rainbow Run/Walk held at Memory Grove. Proceeds went to the Gay and Lesbian Community Center of
Utah
2001 - On the 700 Club, TV evangelists
Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson say that pagans, abortionists, feminists, gays
and lesbians, the ACLU, and the People For the American Way were partially to
blame for 9/11. "Television evangelists Jerry Falwell and Pat
Robertson, two of the most prominent voices of the religious right, said
liberal civil liberties groups, feminists, homosexuals and abortion rights
supporters bear partial responsibility for Tuesday's terrorist attacks because
their actions have turned God's anger against America. "God continues to lift the curtain and allow the
enemies of America to give us probably what we deserve," said Falwell,
appearing yesterday on the Christian Broadcasting Network's "700
Club," hosted by Robertson. "Jerry, that's my feeling," Robertson
responded. "I think we've just seen the antechamber to terror. We haven't
even begun to see what they can do to the major population." Falwell said the American Civil Liberties Union has
"got to take a lot of blame for this," again winning Robertson's
agreement: "Well, yes." Then Falwell broadened his blast to include the federal
courts and others who he said were "throwing God out of the public
square." He added: "The abortionists have got to bear some burden for
this because God will not be mocked. And when we destroy 40 million little
innocent babies, we make God mad. I really believe that the pagans, and the
abortionists, and the feminists, and the gays and the lesbians who are actively
trying to make that an alternative lifestyle, the ACLU, People for the American
Way -- all of them who have tried to secularize America -- I point the finger
in their face and say, 'You helped this happen.' " - Washington Post
(09/14/01) "I am deeply saddened that in the wake of this
week's devastating terrorist attacks, Religious Right political leaders Pat
Robertson and Jerry Falwell have chosen the path of division rather than unity. Below is a partial transcript of the 700 Club television
program from Thursday, September 13, 2001." - People for the American Way
(09/13/01)
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| Chad Keller |
- Stephanie Pappas to
of the Pride/Center situation, I don't have any strained personal feelings toward you or any other members of the Pride/Center boards. Business is business and personal relationships are a completely different issue. I would be more than happy to sit down with you and discuss the pertinent issues surrounding Pride as you see them. I have kept relatively quiet on the issue but have gotten a lot of different perspectives on the pros and cons of merging the two entities. I also think it may be helpful for you to hear my take of the merger. I am available next week so let’s pick some time and get together. Would day or night work better for you. Let me know. Steph.
Stephanie Pappas
2005 Tuesday From: "Robert
R. Massey" To: ben@slmetro.com Subject: Robert Joseph Dover Ben You mentioned
Joe Dover (Spike?) in your recent Metro article. Joe Dover was a good friend
and roommate at Upsala College. I had been
in touch with him after he moved to Utah to do grad work at BYU but then he must have changed addresses. I
subsequently lost touch with him. I
would like to touch base with him again. I hope all is well with him. I
was actually in Provo on business for a full week about 3 or 4 years ago and I tried to locate him then to no
avail. I couldn't find a listing in any
of the phone books but that doesn't surprise me since I know Joe was living
modestly and may not have had a phone. I also poked around the BYU Library to
see if anyone knew of him but I came up empty there also. Do you have any
information on his whereabouts or how I might be able to
contact him. Any information would be appreciated. Bob Massey Ventura,
California
- Ben
Edgar Williams wrote: I am sorry I can't help you. I only knew Joe when we
both worked for the
- From: "Robert R. Massey" To: "Ben Edgar Williams" Subject: Re: Robert Joseph Dover “Ben Thanks for at least pointing me in a couple of new directions. Maybe something will pan out. You are right, he was a bit of a recluse but there was also a wonderfully devilish side to him if you got to know him. When he came out I think he still carried allot of guilt. It's not surprising since he was raised Catholic. In one of my last conversations with him he was sure he had alienated our small group of friends from the Upsala days by telling them at a reunion he was gay. The truth was that nobody really cared. He was still a great friend and has not been forgotten. I would appreciate it if you would save my address in case you come up with any other ideas as to how I might track him down. Bob Massey
- 2005 Tuesday Sep 13th - Free Screening of TransGeneration. University Union Theater ( 7pm ) TransGeneration is a groundbreaking 8-part verite- documentary series that captures a year in the life of four transgender college students. The series follows four unique individuals, two male-to-females and two female-to-males as they struggle to transition from one gender to the other in the midst of a grueling school year. From working-class campuses to private colleges steeped in tradition, we follow these four students as they juggle the pressures of college life, academia and family expectations with their own life-changing transitions. Idealistic and impassioned, these four young adults embark on a journey of self-discovery and in the process re-define gender for their generation. Panel Discussion to follow the screening.
2017 SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Supreme
Court is considering a challenge to state law governing surrogacy from a
married gay couple. In arguments the state’s
top court heard from the lawyer representing the couple, who were denied the
chance to have a baby through a surrogate by a judge last year. Utah law
dictates a surrogacy can only be used if there is proof a mother cannot
conceive or faces medical harm. The law discriminates against
same-sex couples, their attorney argued. This is believed to be the first
challenge to such a law following the U.S. Supreme Court’s historic ruling on
same-sex marriage in 2015.
2018 Many
of the bright rainbow flags representing Provo Pride week across the city have
gone missing or have been vandalized in areas of the city according to Provo
Police reports.
Jerilynn
Pool, Provo Pride board member, said the flags are part of a special flag
project to raise funds for Pride Week. The project began in Salt Lake City,
then Ogden, Provo and St. George next week. People would rent flags to place in
front of their homes or businesses in exchange for a $15 donation. “Provo
is the only one to have flags stolen,” Pool said. “This is the first time.” She
added, ”We’ve replaced flags and will put more up.” Provo
Pride celebrations began six years ago in Provo and according to Pool, there
has never been this kind of negative action or reaction to the LBGTQ community. Pool
said members of the Pride organization are very frustrated, but many of them
expect it. “It
may be a couple of bad apples in Provo, but it doesn’t feel like that,” Pool
said. She
added she has personal concerns for young people who are afraid to come out and
see these kinds of defacing and vandalism and are scared to trust their
neighbors or feel safe. According
to Sgt. Nisha King of the Provo Police Department, four separate reports on
stolen flags and vandalism have been reported in this week. Pride
members said that an announcement sign at the Community Congregational Church
at 200 North and University Avenue was also vandalized overnight Thursday. The
sign was announcing special services celebrating Pride Week. According
to King, a report had yet to be filed on the overnight problems at the church. Four
separate incidents have been reported. According to police reports, they have
no information on a suspect or suspects involved in any of the cases. Several
businesses in the downtown area are displaying the 3-foot by 5-foot flags
during work hours, but bring them in at night. The flags have an estimated
value of $15 per flag, according to police reports. The
flags have been stolen between the hours of 11 p.m. and 6 a.m. in the Provost
and South Provost neighborhoods, according to Pool. Provo
Pride week will culminate Saturday with a full day of activities, food and
entertainment at the Historic Utah County Courthouse grounds. Daily
Herald reporter Genelle Pugmire
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