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1896 Frank Merrill, Patsy Calvey, and James Owens the tramps bound over from Justice De Moisy’s court on a complaint charging them with a “Crime Against Nature” came before Judge Hatch to plead not guilty. Provo Daily Enquirer
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1958 The Salt Lake Tribune editor opposes prison sentences for men arrested for homosexual activities and urged local courts to give suspended sentences and professional counseling to all those convicted of homosexual conduct. A Wise Court Policy- City Judge Arthur J. Mays the other day out lined his policy in dealing with homosexual cases brought before his court. Due to increase activity by the police anti-vice squad, there has been a considerable increase in such cases in recent months. Judge Mays noted a wide difference of opinion among psychiatric experts as whether homosexuals can be ‘rehabilitated”. But he said he had decided on a policy of giving offenders the chance for rehabilitation if they would cooperate in accepting psychiatric help. Under such circumstances the judge said he is inclined to suspend the jail sentences if it is as periodic checks by the court indicate the defendant is cooperating and medical reports indicate no further trouble from the man the court is to be expected. We think Judge Mays is to be commended on this attitude. Homosexuality is a social evil which must be fought. But experience proves that confinement in jail or prison proves that confinement in jail or prison is no answer. Indeed it may spread the “disease” through new contacts in the artificial monosexual confines of such institution. Rehabilitation through medical treatment is not sure as Judge Mays indicated. But some are helped thereby and every effort should be made to achieve such a real “cure” for the problem rather than continue the pattern of jail or prison sentences which either moves the homosexual repeatedly in and out of institutions or impels him to move to other areas in search of an easier police climate (09/30/58 Page 12 Col. 2 SLTribune)
1967 Sgt. Gene P. Young, a 12 year veteran of the Salt Lake City Vice department was
recognized for his efforts in recent
vice raids on liquor clubs and prostitution which he planned and
organized. Officer had only been a
member of vice control for past the 16 months. (09/30/67 SLTribune page 23)
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| Leather David Created 1966 for grand opening of Fe-Bes the 1st Leather Bar on Folsom Street |
1970- The California State liquor authorities closed down
Fe-Be's, a leather bar in San Francisco. It would re-open the next year.
1970- The Advocate reported the case of a Gay man who was
severely beaten by New York City police during a Gay Liberation Front
demonstration because a policeman ordered him to move and he turned the wrong
way.
1985-Four female impersonators were arrested
for performing in Meridian Mississippi.
1985- A Gay Australian man who had been living in the US with
his partner, Richard Adams, for 11 years was deported by a federal court on the
grounds that he was a homosexual. An Immigration and Naturalization Service
official argued that a loving relationship cannot exist between
"faggots."
1987-Sen. Lowell
Weicker (R-CT) and Rep Ted Weiss (D-NY) criticized President Reagan for being
unresponsive toward the AIDS epidemic.
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| Connell O'Donovan |
1990 Sunday- Connell Rocky O'Donovan and Robert Erichhssen became first Gay people married under the
care of the Salt Lake's Society of Friends (Quakers).
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| Gayle Ruzicka |
1992-The Salt
Lake City county board of commissioners approved two ordinances that prohibit
anti-gay discrimination in employment and services. They ordinances were the first bans on
anti-gay bias enacted in Utah . Following clashes in and out of the Salt Lake County
Commission chambers Wednesday night, advocates and opponents of Utah's first
gay and lesbian anti-discrimination law agreed on one thing: They have just
begun to fight. "This sets an important precedent," said Dale
Sorenson, executive director of Gay and Lesbian Democrats. "We plan to
take this to the Legislature and every other county and city.""It
definitely sets a precedent," Gayle Ruzicka of the Eagle Forum conceded,
"but it's the wrong one." She and other opponents said they were caught
off guard by the county's "hasty" action but promised they will be
ready next time. As about two dozen supporters waved yellow "Vote
Yes" placards and cheered, commissioners voted 2-1 to enact the ordinance,
which prohibits discrimination based on "age, marital status, color,
national origin, sex, sexual orientation, race or religion" in county
government services and employment. Commissioner
Mike Stewart, the sole Republican on the panel, voted "no," arguing
that federal and state laws already protect individuals against discrimination.
Noting that the county's legal staff had also expressed reservations, Stewart
urged his colleagues to "consider this with reflective reason rather than
glands and hormones." Commissioner Randy
Horiuchi responded that the
importance of including sexual orientation in anti-discrimination laws has been
recognized by more than 100 jurisdictions around the nation. And he explained
that he agreed to sponsor the ordinance because he understands discrimination
from first-hand experience as a member of a racial minority and wants no part
of it in Salt Lake County government. Commission
Chairman Jim Bradley echoed that sentiment, saying, "Today, I'm voting
against intolerance, discrimination and intimidation. This ordinance is
non-judgmental, as I believe government should be." The ordinance was written by David Nelson,
founder of Gay and
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| Randy Horiuchi |
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| Angela Nutt, Dale Sorenson, David Nelson |
Lesbian Utah Democrats, who said federal and state laws
don't offer the protection claimed by Stewart and the county's lawyers. "They
are flat-out wrong," Nelson said. "The Supreme Court has said that
sexual orientation is not a protected class, which means the county's 300 gay
and lesbian employees could have been fired without recourse." Besides
rejecting Nelson's contention that 10 percent of the county's work force is
homosexual, Ruzicka took exception to the proponents' arguments that the law
helps everyone and harms no one. "It hurts us as parents," she said.
For example, she said, the county could assign a homosexual counselor to a
troubled youth, and parents would be forced to accept the decision. "There
will be lawsuits over this." She and others also expressed fears that the
ordinance officially encourages and condones homosexuality. Nelson scoffed at
that, saying, "It doesn't encourage homosexuality any more than religious
protection encourages her (Ruzicka's) Mormonism." As the debate outside
the commission chambers degenerated into name-calling, both sides promised to
escalate the battle in the next arena. Opponents characterized the county's
action as a left-wing aberration and predicted such laws would be less well
received elsewhere. "Their minds were already made up," Ruzicka said.
"Next time, we'll hopefully have more reasonable elected officials to deal
with. Next time, we'll be there." FIGHT OVER MEASURE `JUST BEGINNING' By Joe Costanzo, Staff Writer Published: Thursday, Oct. 1 1992 12:00 a.m. MDT Deseret News
1992 On Sept. 30, Salt Lake County citizen David Nelson writes and proposes a bill to the county Board of Commissioners which would amend the county Code of Ordinances by prohibiting discrimination in county-government employment and services based on age, marital status, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, race or religion. Commissioner Randy Horiuchi sponsors the bill. Commissioners vote 2-1 for the bill, and it is adopted as county Ordinance No. 1212. It becomes the first law in the state that prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation
1992 On Sept. 30, Salt Lake County citizen David Nelson writes and proposes a bill to the county Board of Commissioners which would amend the county Code of Ordinances by prohibiting discrimination in county-government employment and services based on age, marital status, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, race or religion. Commissioner Randy Horiuchi sponsors the bill. Commissioners vote 2-1 for the bill, and it is adopted as county Ordinance No. 1212. It becomes the first law in the state that prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation
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| John Bennett |
1997-A letter from US Roman Catholic bishops was released
which said that homosexual orientation is not chosen and that parents of gay
and lesbian children must not reject them. "Always Our Children: A Pastoral Message To Parents Of
Homosexual Children And Suggestions For Pastoral Ministers - A Statement of the
Bishops' Committee on Marriage and Family" The purpose of this pastoral message is to reach out to
parents trying to cope with the discovery of homosexuality in their adolescent
or adult child. It urges families to draw upon the reservoirs of faith, hope,
and love as they face uncharted futures. It asks them to recognize that the
Church offers enormous spiritual resources to strengthen and support them at
this moment in their family's life and in the days to come. This message is not intended for advocacy purposes or to
serve a particular agenda. It is not to be understood as an endorsement of what
some call a "homosexual lifestyle." Always Our Children is an
outstretched hand of the bishops' Committee on Marriage and Family to parents
and other family members, offering them a fresh look at the grace present in
family life and the unfailing mercy of Christ our Lord. Full Text of Letter
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| Dan Fair |
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Question- When did you realize the investigation was focusing on you as a kidnapper, not as an assault victim?
DJ-There’s a lot I don’t remember after being beat. I didn’t realize until I already had been incarcerated a couple days. I wondered, “What am I doing here?” I wondered why I couldn’t hear out of my right ear and wondered why I had been arrested. I found out from my sister that no arrests had been made on [the childen’s] family side.
Question-Do you believe that homophobia played a role in the investigation and prosecution of this case?
DJ-Absolutely. As soon as the words “pedophile” and “faggot” were used at the same time—the South Salt Lake Police officer heard that accusation from the state’s witnesses—the police automatically dropped all thought of it being a beating and automatically started going with the pedophile theory.
Question What would you like to see happen to your attackers? I think some should be prosecuted for aggravated assault, but there are two in particular that we would like to see brought up on charges of attempted murder. There was one female at the party that was calling them off. Some stopped and walked away. There were two others that did not. They left Dan with such injuries that both the original doctor and [his] reconstructive surgeon said it was clear that they had tried to kill him.
Question-How did you afford your robust legal team?
DJ-My parents had to leverage their home and used up all their savings. Now my parents are flat broke. We were lucky enough to get attorneys that believed in me. They decided to take it for a much lower rate. Our entire investigation staff worked for free. Two expert witnesses did it for free, and one did it for a nominal fee.
Question-Does this experience make you feel differently about children?
DJ- It’s best to just leave children alone, especially for a gay person, because there is still that stigma. Unless you are a family member, do not interact with other people’s children. It’s not safe.
2016 The 4th annual Moab Drag Hike! We caravan to Windows Arches in the park and then it's an easy, short walk to the north Window. Meet in Drag at La Quinta parking lot (815 South Main Street) at 5:00 promptly.
2017 SL Tribune By Peggy Fletcher Stack (1 Oct 2017) Mormon opposition to gay marriage will never change, says apostle Oaks, citing ‘statement of eternal truth’ The LDS Church’s opposition to gay marriage is not born of a current legal or political position, a high-ranking Mormon apostle said Saturday. It’s a divine decree that will stand forever. That firm stance may increasingly put Latter-day Saints at odds with family and friends in the U.S. and abroad, Dallin H. Oaks conceded, and pose an inner conflict for members. “We must try to balance the competing demands of following the gospel law in our personal lives and teachings,” he said, “even as we seek to show love for all.” Oaks’ speech came during the Saturday morning session of the 187th Semiannual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Thousands filled the cavernous Conference Center in downtown Salt Lake City and millions more watched the proceedings via satellite in LDS chapels or streamed on the internet in many nations. Absent was a significant figure: church President Thomas S. Monson. The ailing 90-year-old Monson missed some sessions in April, but this time, church officials confirmed, the man considered a “prophet, seer and revelator” by millions of devout Mormons will not attend any sessions of the twice-yearly gathering, which started a week ago with a women’s session. It is the first time that has happened during Monson’s nearly 10-year tenure as leader of the global religion. Another top official, apostle Robert D. Hales, was also absent Saturday. Hales, 85, has been hospitalized for several days and will be unable to attend the fall conference. President Henry B. Eyring, first counselor in the faith’s governing First Presidency, conducted the Saturday morning session and announced that Monson was viewing the proceedings from his nearby home. It was during that session that Oaks laid out the church’s views on marriage and family. The faith’s 1995 document, “The Family: A Proclamation to the World ” set the Utah-based church apart, the apostle said, from some “current laws, practices and advocacy of the world in which we live,” specifically mentioning “cohabitation without marriage, same-sex marriage and the raising of children involved in such relationships.” Among other statements, that proclamation declared that “marriage between a man and a woman is ordained of God” and that “gender is an essential characteristic of individual premortal, mortal and eternal identity and purpose.” The document also calls for the nearly 16 million-member church to promote official “measures designed to maintain and strengthen the family as the fundamental unit of society.” Based on those views, the Mormon church opposed all efforts to make gay marriage legal until the U.S. Supreme Court supported it as the law of the land in 2015. The apostle, a former Utah Supreme Court justice and second in the line of succession to lead the LDS Church, conceded that “the actions of those who try to follow God’s plan of salvation can cause misunderstanding or even conflict with family members or friends who do not believe its principles.” “Such conflict is always so,” he added. “ … But whatever the cause of conflict with those who do not understand or believe God’s plan, those who do are always commanded to choose the Lord’s way instead of the world’s way.” Oaks lamented the “rapid and increasing public acceptance of cohabitation without marriage and same-sex marriage.” He also bemoaned the rising number of young people who are born to parents who are not legally married, pointing to the proclamation statement that children “are entitled to birth within the bonds of matrimony, and to be reared by a father and a mother who honor marital vows with complete fidelity.” The apostle defended LDS anti-gay marriage activism, acknowledging that “corresponding media advocacy, education and even occupational requirements pose difficult challenges for Latter-day Saints.” Those who do not believe in Mormon teachings about heaven and righteous living, Oaks noted, “consider this family proclamation as just a statement of policy that should be changed.” Latter-day Saints, however, see it as “a statement of eternal truth, the will of the Lord for his children. It has been the basis of church teaching and practice for the last 22 years and will continue so for the future.” The proclamation was created by the church’s all-male Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, then tweaked and approved by the First Presidency in a “revelatory process,” he said, “Language was proposed, reviewed and revised. Prayerfully we continually pleaded with the Lord for his inspiration on what we should say and how we should say it.” Even so, the proclamation has not been canonized in Mormon scripture. When the late apostle Boyd K. Packer referred to the document in a 2010 conference address, stating that it “qualifies according to scriptural definition as a revelation,” that description later was deleted in the online edition of his talk. The final version of Packer’s talk simply called the proclamation “a guide that members of the church would do well to read and to follow.” Yet, Oaks insisted, it continues to — and forever will — represent Mormon views on the family. Other speeches Saturday discussed repentance, the importance of each contribution in local congregations, and the value of Mormonism’s signature scripture, the Book of Mormon. Rather than the more traditional term for deity, Heavenly Father, several speakers referred to Heavenly Parents, reflecting Mormon belief in a Heavenly Mother. Apostle Gary L. Stevenson used the recent eclipse as a metaphor for seeing through “gospel glasses.” “In the same manner that the very small moon can block the magnificent sun, extinguishing its light and warmth,” Stevenson said, “a spiritual eclipse can occur when we allow minor and troublesome obstructions — those we face in our daily lives — to get so close that they block out the magnitude, brightness and warmth of the light of Jesus Christ and his gospel. “In a sermon about humility, apostle Quentin L. Cook reiterated the church’s view that all humans are equal before God. “His doctrine is clear,” said Cook, quoting the Book of Mormon, which declares “all are alike unto God,” including “black and white, bond and free, male and female.” Anyone who “claims superiority ... because of characteristics like race, sex, nationality, language or economic circumstances,” he said, “is morally wrong and does not understand the Lord’s true purpose for all of our father’s children.” Fellow apostle Jeffrey R. Holland warned listeners about beating themselves up due to misunderstanding Jesus’ command to be perfect — “even as your Father ... in heaven is perfect.” “I believe in his perfection, and I know we are his spiritual sons and daughters with divine potential to become as he is,” the apostle said. “I also know that as children of God we should not demean and vilify ourselves, as if beating up on ourselves is somehow going to make us the person God wants us to become.” No, Holland said emphatically. “With a willingness to repent and a desire for increased righteousness in our hearts, I would hope we could pursue personal improvement in a way that doesn’t include getting ulcers or anorexia, feeling depressed or demolishing our self-esteem.” Jesus did not intend his statement about perfection to be “a verbal hammer for battering us about our shortcomings,” he said. “No, I believe he intended it to be a tribute to who and what God the Eternal Father is and what we can achieve with him in eternity.” Mortals may not be able to demonstrate perfection the Father and Son have achieved, Holland said, “but it is not too much for them to ask that we be more God-like in little things, that we speak and act, love and forgive, repent and improve at least at [a] level of perfection which it is clearly within our ability to do.” Followers of Jesus should “strive for steady improvement,” he said, “without obsessing over what behavioral scientists call ‘toxic perfectionism.’” Every one of us aspires to a more Christlike life than we often succeed in living,” he pointed out. “If we admit that honestly and are trying to improve, we are not hypocrites; we are human.” If believers persevere, Holland counseled, then “somewhere in eternity our refinement will be finished and complete, which is the New Testament meaning of perfection.” Bonnie Oscarson, general president of the Young Women organization for girls between ages 12 and 17, praised LDS volunteers providing aid to those who have been devastated by recent hurricanes and earthquakes. But Oscarson urged her listeners to look for opportunities to serve in their local congregations, neighborhoods and communities as well. “What good does it do to save the world if we neglect the needs of those closest to us and those whom we love the most? How much value is there in fixing the world if the people around us are falling apart and we don’t notice?” she asked. “Heavenly Father may have placed those who need us closest to us, knowing that we are best suited to meet their needs.” Believers should not attend church services for what they might get, she said, but for what they can give. “I can guarantee that there will always be someone at every church meeting you attend who is lonely, who is going through challenges and needs a friend, or who feels like he or she doesn’t belong,” said Oscarson, Saturday’s only female speaker. “You have something important to contribute to every meeting or activity, and the Lord desires for you to look around at your peers and then minister as he would.”
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