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1886-Edward Everett Horton, actor was born..He played confirmed batchelor parts or pansy
characters to leading men during the 1930’s in Hollywood.
1890 Ogden Standard Examiner 1890-03-18 Telegraphic News page 1 Indictments
for officials of the Blind Asylum Philadelphia March 16 Harry W. King president
of the Pennsylvania institution for the instruction of the blind was arrested
today to day on a charge of sodomy on a warrant sworn out by Thomas W Barlow a
member of the state board of charities. The arrest is the outcome of an
investigation begun Tuesday last by the board of managers of the institution of
the charges made against the management by one by one of the instructors. The
investigation created intense interest by reason of the character of the
testimony offered by a number of blind boys who are inmates of the institution
King was locked up in default of $ 2000 bail. He denied emphatically the terrible
charge made against him and expressed a belief that it was the result of a
conspiracy. He denounced the charges of
misappropriation of funds ands and cruel treatment of inmates as false. Philadelphia
March 17 The shocking phase assumed by the blind asylum investigation in the
arrest and binding over of prefect King has excited public indignation. This morning the case was promptly turned
over to the grand jury and they afterwards submitted a true bill of an indictment
found against king charging him with immoral practices.
1971-Idaho legalized same sex acts, but would re-criminalize
them before the law took effect.
1986-Tuesday AIDS POLICY-Salt Lake City School Board enacted policy to bar any student or employee who contracts AIDS from the classroom. Box Elder and Granite School Districts previously passed same ordinance The Salt Lake City Board of Education adopted a policy that will prohibit students and employees with AIDS from going to school. However students will be provided with home study. Employees with AIDS will immediately be suspended and placed on sick leave or be temporarily suspended with pay until a review of the employee’s medical records can determine job status. No cases of AIDS has been reported to the district. (03/19/1986 SLTribune B6)
1989 I spent a
lot of time with Ben Barr and David Sharpton today at the AIDs Quilt showing.
They both looked exhausted. [Journal of Ben Williams]
1996-Idaho governor Phil Batt signed a bill prohibiting
recognition of same-sex marriages.
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- 2003 Brandi Balkens to Paula Wolfe, Salt Lake City Kings, Kathy Worthington, Fran Pruyn Subject: first annual "Dyke March" Hello everyone, My name is Brandie Balken, and I'm currently working with Pride 2003 to organize the first ever Dyke March" in Salt Lake City. I am contacting you to see if any of you are interested in helping me coordinate groups to participate, or represent if you will. I would love to see mothers and children, SLC drag kings, softball leagues, professional women, butch / femme, dykes on bikes, women in the military and anyone else who may want to be a part of it. Currently, I would like to set up an informal meeting to see if you have any ideas or recommendations about how the March should "look", and who should be there. If you are interested please either call me or e-mail me and let me know when you are available, and/or who else I should contact. FYI- Pride is June 8th, and the March is Scheduled for June 7th at Memory Grove and terminating at Washington Square. We are hoping that nationally acclaimed Kate Kendall will be the Grand Marshall Keynote speaker, but no confirmations have been made to date. Thanks and I hope to be hearing from you soon, Brandie
- 2003 A Dyke march, . Modeled after the huge and very popular dyke marches in cities like San Francisco and New York. I hope lots of Utah womyn will join us for this march. Kathy Worthington-
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- 2005 Ben Edgar Williams Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2005 7:29 AM To: Michael Aaron Subject: Comments and Concerns Nobody asked my opinion about having the Metro do a popularity contest that was awfully similar to one that the other alternative paper had been doing for years but it seems to me that the content of the best of issue was really misguided. As a Gay paper with a demographic geared to Gay men shouldn't the awards been the "queerest of", the Gay friendliest, etc in that direction? The most Fabulous Place in Utah? Fuck the Closet Case why just emerge with Assimilationists . Why were national chains even included? If the Metro is a local paper and it was the best of Utah shouldn't it been stipulated to nominate locally owned businesses? I mean really ---McDonald's? I was really embarrassed. When there are AB's, Best Burger, B& D, Apollo, etc. The guidelines were too vague. It would not be hard to tweak the categories and the names of the Awards. I mean Ebony knows its target audience, La Raz knows it audience, and even Seventeen knows its audience. I think the Metro missed the mark on this one and was a little too quick to assimilate. Who cares what the best straight bars are? But what do I know? This isn't criticism just critique. And what's up with the Center saying its 32 years old in a SLTribune article? Really who is the Minister of Disinformation over there anyway? Ben Williams- Just another Big Old Fat Fairy
- Hey Ben, I appreciate the feedback. The goal of the "Utah's Best" issue has more to do with marketing and PR than anything else, as is the goal with similar issues from other publications. It was important to us that a business that earned an award would be likely to put the certificate up on the wall, complete with our logo. It is a reminder to everyone that goes there about our paper and its efforts. It is a reminder to the business owners that they have a gay following and that advertising to that following makes good business sense. It is also a notification to gay people walking in that other gay people like the place - likely for good reason. In that vein, such titles as "Queerest of," etc. didn't fit the need. The closest name we came to that we liked was "Utah's Most Fabulous," and we may actually go that route for the future surveys. It is a bit over the top, but then, aren't we though? I may be in agreement with you here. As far as censoring the reader feedback, we really didn't want to go down that path. If they prefer Barnes and Noble over Sam Wellers, it's not up to me to tell them they should feel otherwise. We did talk a bit about that, but made that decision early. I really do appreciate your thoughts. As we grow with this paper we need to know what works for people and what doesn't. And, yeah - what was with 1973? My guess is that someone told the reporter that the earliest gay center was started in 1973 - The East Room maybe? –Michael...
2006 - "Pretty in Pink" 80's show
MoDiggity's 8:30pm co-hosted with Princess Royale 26 Kyra Faye Prespentte
2007 Stuart Merrill wrote: Ben, Your right, I should never have
used the word barbaric, Like I told Courtney, it was the impulse not the person
I meant to attack. I'm sorry I didn't word things more carefully. And in all
honestly, again like I told Courtney, I would have likely had the same impulse
if, through some weird turn of events, I hadn't become friends with Gayle. Your
a good man Ben. Please don't worry that I’m energized by anger. It’s strange, I
would never have expected it, but I’m very, very happy in Utah . I have a wonderful life here. I wonder
sometimes if I should spend more social time within the gay community, but
every time I try it drains my energy. Stuart
- From: "Ben Williams" To: "Stuart Merrill" It drains my energy too... so like you I have become very selective where I choose to put my energy. We have to, and if others don't like it well too bad I say. I know it’s a truism that you love who you serve so I can understand your devotion to the AIDS community and if it means reaching out to find common ground with people who don't see eye to eye with us then I say- go for it. Common ground is often higher ground. If Gayle is able to see the humanity in you maybe she might even see the humanity in me. KRCL's Queer Troy Williams who is a bigger radical then I was once one of Gayle's Eagle Forum devotees so maybe your eaglets will turn into a beautiful Peacock. LOL Take Care, Ben
- Stuart Merrill wrote: Ben, Thanks. I like that-common ground is higher ground. I may have to borrow that from you Ben. At least one of Gayle's Eaglettes makes my gaydar go bleep bleep bleep. I hope his respect for me will one day turn into a positive role model when he, if he ever has to survive the very difficult road ahead for him. We all have our way to help, and we need to respect each others different ways, that is why I feel badly that I stated things in a way that was disrespectful to your friend Courtney. Later when I went back to read what I wrote I then saw what every one was upset about. Have a great day. It’s beautiful out. I’m taking the dog for a hike with some friends.
2013 Restore Our Humanity holds press conferences Gay Rights Group to Challenge
Utah’s Amendment 3 in Federal Court by ANDREA SMARDON KUERRestore Our Humanity
Director Mark Lawrence A gay rights organization announced Monday it is filing
a federal lawsuit against the state of Utah.
The group Restore Our Humanity is seeking to strike down Utah’s
Constitutional Amendment 3, which says that marriage consists only of the legal
union between a man and a woman. Amendment 3 was passed through a ballot
initiative in 2004, but Restore Our Humanity Communications Director Matt
Spencer says the decision should never have been left to voters. “We don’t vote
on human rights. It’s not a matter of
public opinion what human rights are.
They are inalienable, they are inborn, they are rights. You don’t take them away from people. So this is something that we have to handle
through the courts,” said Spencer. Restore
Our Humanity has selected a legal team to file a federal court challenge
against Amendment 3 by late spring.
Spencer says the upcoming US Supreme Court ruling on California’s
Proposition 8 and the federal Defense of Marriage Act will not likely have a
major impact on their lawsuit. “This is
a Utah issue, and regardless of what happens with the Supreme Court, it’s still
going to have to be handled here in Utah,” he said. However if the Supreme
Court does rule broadly that all anti-gay marriage laws are unconstitutional,
then Utah’s Amendment 3 would likely be invalidated. Organization will challenge
Amendment 3 in federal judicial system Fox News Channel
- Restore Our Humanity SALT LAKE CITY – An organization is coming forward to challenge Amendment 3 to the Utah State Constitution, which defines marriage as solely between a man and a woman. Mark Lawrence is the director of Restore Our Humanity, and in a press release he said that as opposition to
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marriage discrimination laws grow nationwide, “It is clear that now is the time
to strike the injustice of Amendment 3 from the state’s Constitution and
restore humanity and dignity to the loving, law abiding LGBT couples who simply
want equality.” Lawrence said marriage equality is not an issue that should be
decided by voters, as voters in the past have banned things like women’s
suffrage and interracial marriage, according to the press release. Instead, he
said the judiciary is the proper venue for this kid of change. Matt Spencer,
communication director for Restore Our Humanity, addressed the media at a press
conference on Monday, and he said they have hired legal experts. “We have a
legal team, so that we can challenge Amendment 3 through the federal
judiciary,” he said. “We’ve selected an amazing team. We are really happy about
them.” Spencer said they will release details regarding their legal efforts
later, but for now they are hoping to raise awareness of their campaign and its
goals. Spencer said they have been working on these goals “behind the scenes”
for a while, but now they are making their campaign more public. “We’re not
brand new, but we’re new enough that it’s now time to introduce ourselves to
the public,” he said. Spencer said Amendment 3 and other such laws create
injustice. He said there are several discriminatory parts of Amendment 3, “That
creates second class citizenship for the LGBT community in Utah.” Spencer said
they are hopeful that people will be more willing to support removing Amendment
3 than they might have been in the past. “Opinions have been changing
dramatically since 2004, and you can see it all throughout the country,” he
said. “Utah, sometimes we’re a little behind the game when it comes to, you
know, where the rest of the country is at, but I think that you can see a
fundamental shift happening, and now is the time to really address this.”
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2014 Resolution near for Utah man accused in teen boy’s
kidnapping, sexual abuse? Courts • Ryan Schaffer is charged with aggravated kidnapping
and three counts of forcible sodomy. BY JESSICA MILLER THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE A resolution may be near for an Ogden man accused of
kidnapping and sexually abusing a 14-year-old boy. Ryan Mitchell Schaffer, 34, is charged in 2nd District Court
with four first-degree felonies — one charge of aggravated kidnapping and three
charges of forcible sodomy. He is accused of kidnapping the victim from a train
station and forcing the victim to commit sexual acts with him over several days
in July. A preliminary hearing was scheduled to begin Tuesday
morning, but attorneys told 2nd District Judge Mark DeCaria that they were
close to resolving the case and a preliminary hearing is likely not needed. Schaffer will be back in court on April 7 for a disposition
hearing. Schaffer fled Utah after the alleged crime and was
eventually arrested in California and had to be extradited back to the state. Police say Schaffer approached the teen at a FrontRunner
station on July 3 and threatened him with a knife. Schaffer allegedly took the
boy all over Ogden over the next three days and forced the boy to have sex,
sometimes at gunpoint. Schaffer is a registered sex offender in Utah, stemming from
a 2007 case in Salt Lake County case where he pleaded guilty to two counts of
second-degree felony exploitation of a minor.
2014 Vernal man sexually assaulted, robbed outside restaurant by
Bob Mims Salt Lake Tribune Vernal police are asking for the public’s help
in bringing to justice two men who sexually assaulted and robbed another man
outside a downtown restaurant. Vernal police spokesman Keith Campbell said Monday that the
incident occurred about 10:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 8, after the victim left
the Quarry Steakhouse and Brewery, at 25 S. Vernal Avenue, and walked into an
alley. The suspects, described only as two white males, overpowered and assaulted the man, then looted his car
parked nearby. The
attackers were last seen running from the parking lot when another vehicle
pulled into the restaurant’s parking lot, Campbell said.
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2014 Notable
Utahns form gay marriage advocacy group Ralph Becker Mayor one of three
co-chairs to unveil Utah Unites for Marriage. By Lindsay Whitehurst | The Salt
Lake Tribune Three prominent Utahns will announce the creation of a new group
supporting same-sex marriage Tuesday. Utah Unites for Marriage will be led by
Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker, long-time former news anchor Terry Wood and
Brett Tolman, who served as U.S. Attorney for the District of Utah. A crowd
applauds outside the Salt Lake County clerks office, Friday, December 20, 2013
after Salt Lake Mayor Ralph Becker, center, performed the wedding for a gay
couple who obtained a marriage license after a federal judge in Utah struck
down the state’s ban on same-sex marriage. Becker is helping launch a new group
that supports same-sex marriage, Utah Unites for Marriage. "Marriage is a
commitment of love between two people," Wood said in a press release,
"and all people should have the right to make that commitment without a
government telling them who they can or cannot marry." The group, which is
also supported by the Utah Pride Center, Equality Utah, Human Rights Campaign,
Freedom to Marry, the ACLU of Utah, and the National Center for Lesbian Rights,
will announce the effort in a press conference scheduled
for noon Tuesday at
the Salt Lake County Building. It will be held in the atrium, where hundreds of
same-sex couples wed in the wake of a federal ruling striking down Utah’s ban
on gay marriage Dec. 20. Those unions were later halted by the U.S. Supreme
Court as the state appeals the ruling, and the couples remain in "legal
limbo." Their legal status is also the subject of an ACLU lawsuit. Utah
Unites for Marriage "will lead a statewide public education campaign to
expand and deepen the marriage conversation across the state ... and send the
message that now is the time to allow everyone to marry the person they
love," according to a release.
2014 Editorial: No wrecking ball needed to fell Amendment 3 Same-sex marriage ban about to fall “All successful revolutions are the kicking in of a rotten door.” — John Kenneth Galbraith The state of Utah — or, more precisely, its stable of expensive hired guns — has made its final written plea to the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in its desperate attempt to preserve the state’s anti-gay marriage referendum, Amendment 3. As an attempt to defend the indefensible, the filing is astounding — though far from alone — in its denial of just how quickly the consensus of the civilized world has changed on this issue. If these arguments are the best that Utah’s all-star legal team could come up with, the state would have been better off to just save its money and concede, along with the attorneys general of, so far, seven other states, that the debate is over. The brief, filed Friday, breathlessly describes its defense of Amendment 3 as an attempt to protect the state, and its power to limit the definition of marriage, from the “unprincipled judicial wrecking ball” that was hurled at it by last year’s federal district court ruling overturning that initiative as unconstitutional. But, as Professor Galbraith explained, social change doesn’t require anything so monstrous as a wrecking ball. Just a pair of sensible shoes. And a door that was about to cave in anyway. The stupefying thing about the state’s final written brief — oral arguments are set for April 1 — is that the hinges it tries to hang its old door on are little more than an irrational fear that, should same-sex couples be allowed to share the legal benefits and responsibilities of state-sanctioned marriage, that will somehow cause widespread and destabilizing changes in the way heterosexuals behave, form attachments, care for children and other important things that they have been doing, pre-Amendment 3, for thousands of years. As if the human predilections for love, bonding and reproduction, evolutionarily hard-wired into darn near everybody, would suddenly be swept aside by opening the institution of civil marriage to a minority of people whose lives would be immeasurably benefited, at no cost to anyone else. Further, the state’s argument that the recognition of same-sex marriage risks a dangerous drop in the human birth rate assumes two equally absurd ideas. One, that gay people don’t have children (they do) and, two, that how many children people have is any of the state’s business (it isn’t). If this is all its defenders have, Amendment 3 is on its way out. And not a moment too soon.
2018 Leather Happy Hour SLC at Sun Trapp Never been to an blackBOOTS or other Leather/Kink class or event? - Curious and haven't been able to find a sponsor? - Leather Happy Hour SLC is a casual get together in a super relaxed and welcoming environment. Don't be shy! - It's the best way to actually meet others face-to-face. Get out from behind your computer! This is a free event open to everyone 21+ Buffet of the Month sponsored by blackBOOTS: A "To Die For" Buffet featuring Casseroles, Funeral Potatoes and Jello $5 (min) per person donation. All-You-Can-Eat-Til-The-Foods-Gone No one turned away due to lack of funds. Proceeds to benefit: Utah Leather Pride
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2014 Editorial: No wrecking ball needed to fell Amendment 3 Same-sex marriage ban about to fall “All successful revolutions are the kicking in of a rotten door.” — John Kenneth Galbraith The state of Utah — or, more precisely, its stable of expensive hired guns — has made its final written plea to the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in its desperate attempt to preserve the state’s anti-gay marriage referendum, Amendment 3. As an attempt to defend the indefensible, the filing is astounding — though far from alone — in its denial of just how quickly the consensus of the civilized world has changed on this issue. If these arguments are the best that Utah’s all-star legal team could come up with, the state would have been better off to just save its money and concede, along with the attorneys general of, so far, seven other states, that the debate is over. The brief, filed Friday, breathlessly describes its defense of Amendment 3 as an attempt to protect the state, and its power to limit the definition of marriage, from the “unprincipled judicial wrecking ball” that was hurled at it by last year’s federal district court ruling overturning that initiative as unconstitutional. But, as Professor Galbraith explained, social change doesn’t require anything so monstrous as a wrecking ball. Just a pair of sensible shoes. And a door that was about to cave in anyway. The stupefying thing about the state’s final written brief — oral arguments are set for April 1 — is that the hinges it tries to hang its old door on are little more than an irrational fear that, should same-sex couples be allowed to share the legal benefits and responsibilities of state-sanctioned marriage, that will somehow cause widespread and destabilizing changes in the way heterosexuals behave, form attachments, care for children and other important things that they have been doing, pre-Amendment 3, for thousands of years. As if the human predilections for love, bonding and reproduction, evolutionarily hard-wired into darn near everybody, would suddenly be swept aside by opening the institution of civil marriage to a minority of people whose lives would be immeasurably benefited, at no cost to anyone else. Further, the state’s argument that the recognition of same-sex marriage risks a dangerous drop in the human birth rate assumes two equally absurd ideas. One, that gay people don’t have children (they do) and, two, that how many children people have is any of the state’s business (it isn’t). If this is all its defenders have, Amendment 3 is on its way out. And not a moment too soon.
2018 Leather Happy Hour SLC at Sun Trapp Never been to an blackBOOTS or other Leather/Kink class or event? - Curious and haven't been able to find a sponsor? - Leather Happy Hour SLC is a casual get together in a super relaxed and welcoming environment. Don't be shy! - It's the best way to actually meet others face-to-face. Get out from behind your computer! This is a free event open to everyone 21+ Buffet of the Month sponsored by blackBOOTS: A "To Die For" Buffet featuring Casseroles, Funeral Potatoes and Jello $5 (min) per person donation. All-You-Can-Eat-Til-The-Foods-Gone No one turned away due to lack of funds. Proceeds to benefit: Utah Leather Pride
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