This Day In Gay Utah History March 28th

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1888 He Has Skipped- Joseph Mullett is gone and his bondsmen are figuring to meet the $1000 bail which he gave to appear for examination this afternoon and which was declared forfeit. Mullett will be no loss to this community but the people among whom he takes up his abode had better look out for him and teach their little boys to be shy of him. The charge which he has departed to escape punishment for is the ““Crime Against Nature””. It is understood that he has sufficient property to cover his bonds and that before he obtained securities, arrangements were made for their reimbursement in case he did not again make his appearance in court. Deseret News  (Ex Mormon Bishop Tom Taylor now has someone to sympathize with. Mormon Teacher and Priest Joseph Mullett has been arrested for padephilia (sic) a serious crime against nature and was bound over in$1000 to appear before Justice Pyper next Tuesday. Mullett has practiced this crime for several years but has kept it so quiet that he only just now has been detected. City Police Court SLTribune 3/16/1888)  Joseph Mullett came to Salt Lake City in 1868 as part of the Chester Loveland Company. The roster said he was married and had two children. The 1880 Census lists Mullett as 40 years old born in England and a Tanner by trade.  By 1900 Joseph Mullett is listed living in Salt Lake City again at 174 West South Temple Street where he was listed as a lodger with two other Englishmen in their 5o's and 70's. He was listed as still married and born November 1838 in England. His occupation was a farm laborer. The last census he is located in is the 1910 where he is living in Bluffdale age 71 years old and working as a church janitor. Mullett had a run in with the law again in 1912 charged again with an assault with the intent to commit a crime against nature Case number 2976. Mullett died in 1922 old age in the Salt Lake County Infirmary. 

1970 Gary L. Mixon of 226 Trailirama, Murray was sentenced 10 days in jail suspended on good behavior probation for obscene conduct. John Bruce Buffington age 22, of 163 South 5^th East sentenced 60 days in jail suspended on 6 months probation for obscene conduct

1976-“At 6:00 a.m. I called the hospital to see what Larry’s condition was because they had told me last night there was a possibility he would slip away during the night. But praise God, they said his condition was satisfactory.  I went down to the hospital at 11:00 and stayed until 4:00 during visiting hours. Larry was looking better had had some color back though he was still hooked up to an I.V. He wanted me to leave before his Bishop came back but wanted me to come back at 7:30 which I did.  I stayed with Larry at the hospital until 9:30 when he fell asleep. When I left I was in a severe state of depression myself.  When I got home I went into the front room turned the lights off and sat in the dark.  I wanted to cry I needed to cry but I wouldn’t let myself and I just stared off into the darkness.”  Writes  a BYU student in his journal.

1977 Midge Costanza who serves as presidential liaison with the public for President Carter invited a group of homosexual activists for a chat with presidential aides in the White House. Presidential spolesman Jody Powell was so overwhelmed that he called the meeting “What America’s all about.”  Deseret News Costanza was a lifelong champion of gay and women's rights, she was known for her wit, outspoken manner and commitment to her convictions.[

1985- A Candlelight Vigil for all people who died of Homophobic violence was sponsored by Lesbian and Gay Student Union at the Olpin Union Building patio University of Utah.

1992 The Utah AIDS Foundation  announced a bus-board campaign Friday that featured Larry Brown and three other Utahns with AIDS, including a mother and her 2-year-old son. The advertising campaign ``Utahns with HIV, the Risk is Real'' was designed toeducate the public and help Utahns recognize that people are contracting HIV, in their hometowns, said Ted Fairchild,

1994 - The Utah AIDS Foundation 3rd Oscar Night Gala Academy of Friends Awards held at Salt Lake's The Bay. Stars of the Salt Lake community received recognition beneath a heroic-sized Oscar in a presentation prior to viewing the televised 66th Annual Academy Awards.  Kimberly Perkins and David Northfield were the emcees. LaDonna Moore presented the ``Best Divine Intervention'' award to the Rev. Peter Eaton, associate rector, St. Mark's Episcopal Church and Cannon Theologian for the Episcopal Diocese of Utah, who thanked the group for allowing him ``to be a priest and friend to you.'' Susan Stauffer and Tom Ehmer shared the Michael L. Elliott volunteer award; the Most Committed Support Award winner was Mark Chambers. Bureaucrat of the Year, Laurie Lacy, Utah State Office of Education, joked that she wanted to avoid being a bureaucrat, but was grateful for the appreciation. Honorable mention award went to Donna Wysinger, also SOE. The advertising firm, Dahlin Smith White Inc., won the Most Original Support Award.   The Best Supporting Cast award went to Sue Marquardt, Patricia Steiner, Kent Wilson and Mary Ellen Hogle, who reminded guests that there's always room for more volunteers. Kris Hindale and Mark Chambers were co.-chairs for the event with the backup of committee members Rob Blackhurst, Sue Hurley, Judy Reese, John Stasco, Trace Sweeten, Dane Traeden and John Williams. Shane Nelson, Utah Roses, did the floral arrangements and party decorations Guests had three floors of gastronomic delights. Upstairs fare from Market Street Grill and Market Street Broiler There were cheeses and deviled eggs with caviar from The New Yorker. Downstairs was full of tasty choices: mini-tostadas from Cafe Pierpont; meatballs from Baci Trattoria; and pot-stickers courtesy China Star. Desserts were everywhere. (03/27/94  Page: E8 SLTribune)

1997-  Troy Pierce Jeffers, age 30 died in Salt Lake City. A native of Texas. Troy loved the outdoors, gardening, cooking and people. He especially loved lilacs. Special thanks to Dr. Kristin Ries, Maggie, Clinic One staff, Community Nursing Services, with deep appreciation to St. Joseph Villa.  

1998- The board of the Utah chapter of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) a Utah social-work professional organization, has officially cast doubt on claims that people can change their sexual orientation via so-called reparative or conversion therapy.   The policy adopted by the board of NASW discourages the practice of reparative therapy because there is insufficient scientific data supporting a practice that many believe is based on sexual bigotry. ``Social stigmatization of lesbian, gay and bisexual people is widespread and is a primary motivating factor in leading some people to seek sexual orientation changes,'' the NASW policy states. ``Discomfort about working with this population may lead to in appropriate, ineffective and even damaging interventions bys ocial workers.'' The board's action was a unanimous affirmation of a policy issued two years ago by the group's national board. ``We had an anonymous complaint redirected to us from the national committee,'' said board President Joanne Yaffe. ``They told us they knew of Utah social workers who were practicing reparative therapy and asked us what we were going to do about it.''   The Utah board vote was a way of publicizing the policy that had been published in Social Work Speaks, a several-hundred-page compilation of all the new and revised policies ever approved by the NASW Delegate Assembly. ``All we are saying is, of course we are in line with the national policy,'' said Yaffe. ``This policy is seen as a compromise because it doesn't prohibit practicing reparative therapy.'' Still, the action has provoked anger. Therapists, support groups such as Evergreen International, and LDS Social Services have been among those who have rebuked the organization for its stance. ``The [LDS] Church's licensed professional counselors take the position that there is substantial evidence that individuals can diminish their unwanted homosexual attraction and make changes in their lives,'' said LDS Church spokesman Don LeFevre. ``The church and these professionals are supportive of a person's right to seek assistance in doing so.''  `Some of the calls I have been taking from church members have been heated. `What are you doing with this organization, Gene?' know what I mean,'' said incoming Utah NASW President Gene Gibbons. ``In this state, it filters down to a religious debate. Quite frankly, some people are nervous because the issue is being politicized.''   Adds Yaffe: ``Utah is considered a hotbed ofreparative therapy. That is because of thesociety we live in, and that [the therapy] is beingadministered out of agencies that are religious. Itcan be seen as coercive. I'm not saying it isevery time. But the question can be raised.''   The American Psychological Association in August also passed a resolution opposing reparative therapy. Like the NASW, the APA stopped short of condemning the practice, but questioned the ethics of advocating a practice that can be viewed as a by product of homophobic prejudice.   Reparative or conversion therapy attempts to change homosexuals to heterosexuals, and has existed for more than a century. Early practices in corporated electric shocks, castration,l obotomies and aversion therapy. Today, therapists instead use psychoanalytic, cognitive or behavioral therapy techniques to diminish or eliminate same-sex attraction.   The NASW policy says such therapies assume that homosexuality is pathological and chosen; that no data support that the therapies are effective, and in fact may be harmful; that responsible social workers will inform clients of this lack of data; and that NASW discourages social workers from providing such treatments

or referring clients to programs or therapists who claim they can change sexual orientation. Backers of the policy say homosexuality is biological, that there is no proof that conversion or reparative therapy works and point to a 60 to70 percent failure rate. But advocates say people who have homosexual attractions can change their behavior and live as heterosexuals or at least curb homosexual behavior. NASW board member Shirley Cox, a Brigham Young University social-work professor and Evergreen International board member, said there is a distinction to be made between reparative therapy and what she calls``lifestyle-change'' therapy.   ``Reparative therapy assumes people are broken and in need of repair. I don't believe that,'' she said. ``But I will help people who want to live as heterosexuals. They have a right to choose.''

Evergreen Executive Director David Pruden objected to NASW's attempts to curb referrals for change therapy, and said that if they were to be required to tell clients about reparative therapy studies, they also should tell them about connections between sex and AIDS. ``They make themselves vulnerable when, as an organization, they become the arbiters of lifestyle decisions,'' Pruden said. ``What happens if something goes wrong because they have affirmed a certain lifestyle?''   Pruden said about 40 percent of the people served by his organization leave homosexuality entirely and about 30 percent diminish their  homosexual behavior. But some of the techniques can back fire. Lon, a Utah County man who participated with Evergreen's support group for about a year, said he found the experience ``scary.''   A counselor who blamed Lon's homosexuality on his father ` `worsened my relationship with my father and drove me to a suicide attempt ,''  he said. ``Any religious sect that takes the stance that homosexuality is bad, of course that will put pressure on anybody.''. 03/28/1998 Page: B1 Civic Groups Group Adopts Policy Discouraging `Reparative'Therapy for HomosexualsByline: BY PATTY HENETZ THE SALTLAKE TRIBUNE

1999 Gay and Lesbian Political Action Committee (GALPAC) 1-3pm upstairs at the Gay and Lesbian Community Center

1999 N Wasatch Affirmation 5pm Provo pot luck social at the Gary and Milly Watts' home 

Kathryn Warner 

2000   "Kathryn Warner"  To:  Ben Williams Name:  Kathryn Warner Yes I am a Utah Native--Spanish Fark Titles and Degrees:  First Runner up to Miss Spanish Fork until they found out Miss Spanish Fork was 5 months pregnant then I became Miss Spanish Fork 1977.  Singer, Songwriter, has toured nationally with two recordings. Community Service: Sings at many political rallies and benefits. Volunteered for the Oscars for the past three years. Volunteer Coordinator for the American Red Cross. I wanted to serve on the committee because I wanted to give something back to the Gay and Lesbian community.  I feel have some life experiences and skills that I could share to help make Pride 2000 the best Utah pride celebrations yet.  It's been fun to be part of the committee.

2001 Looking throught he Eyes of Victims Francis X. Lilly, who ran for a student-government office in the most recent election, had his posters defaced with homophobic slurs. “No one should suffer this type of problem,” Lilly said. Vote SEX: Francis X. Lilly, a student majoring in social and behavioral science, ran for an ASUU general Assembly position this year. Lilly, who is openly gay, hung eight posters, six in Orson Spencer Hall. Four of the posters in OSH were stolen, two were defaced, and the remaining two, which were in another building, remained untouched. “My experience really made me mad,” Lilly said. “I was hurt and angry.” Lilly’s campaign posters were defaced with homophobic remarks. His slogan “VOTE FX.” was changed to “VOTE SEX,” and “loves butts” and “loves cocks,” was scribbled under his name. Lilly lost in the primary elections. “It’s easy to commit a hate crime when you don’t know someone,” said Lilly, who personally removed the targeted posters. Charles Milne, co-vice president of the Lesbian and Gay Student Union, wrote a letter to The Daily Utah Chronicle explaining LGSU’s stance on the issue. “No matter what the hate crime is, it should not be tolerated,” Milne said. Milne and LGSU have also been the targets of hate. Periodically, LGSU will hang a rainbow flag in the union to represent gay pride. The flag has been stolen five times this year. “Each time I tell them to buy a new one, [I say,] ‘Buy them by the tens.’ I don’t want [the thefts] to deter [LGSU],” Landward said. Chalk Epitaphs: The most recent hate-based incident took place last week during the religiously affiliated “Jesse” campaign. Supporters covered campus sidewalks with “Do you agree with Jesse?” written in

Brenda Voisard

chalk. Just outside the union, Women’s Resource Center Counselor Brenda Voisard noticed extra chalked remarks. “It read ‘Do you agree with Jesse?’ and then underneath, ‘No, because he’s a fag.’ Then by another door, ‘No he’s a cock sucker,’” Voisard said.Jesse Davison, a U student who is not gay, is the figurehead of a religious campaign sponsored by the Salt Company, the Campus Crusade for Christ and the Cleft. Voisard feels such crimes and remarks create a “hostile” feeling on campus. “Personally, because I am a lesbian, it really hits me hard,” Voisard said. “It reminds me there are people who hate me enough to write that in chalk on the sidewalk.” Voisard feels such remarks silence the voice of the minority. ”It’s a total dismissal of the [victim’s] humanity,” Voisard said.

2003 Morals Central to Supreme Court Debate of Sodomy Law By Edward Walsh The Washington Post WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court engaged in a lively discussion of state sodomy laws Wednesday, hearing a challenge to a Texas statute that prohibits "deviate sexual intercourse" between people of the same sex but does not apply to heterosexual activity.  Paul Smith, the lawyer for two Texas men who were discovered by police having anal intercourse in a Houston apartment, told the court that the law was an unconstitutional invasion of privacy rights and violated the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment because "it is directed not just at conduct but at a particular group of people -- same sex couples."  But Harris County, Tex., District Attorney Charles Rosenthal retorted that there is a long tradition in the country of regulating sexual activity outside of marriage and that Texas "has a right to set moral standards and can set bright line moral standards for its people." Utah law forbids "any sexual act with an [unmarried] person . . . involving the genitals of one person and the mouth or anus of another person, regardless of the sex of either participant."  Sodomy was outlawed even for married couples in Utah until 1977, when the law was changed to include only the unmarried. People convicted of sodomy face up to six months in jail and a $1,000 fine.   The justices appeared divided during the spirited oral arguments. Chief Justice William Rehnquist and Justice Antonin Scalia expressed sympathy for the state's position, while Justices David Souter, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen Breyer peppered Rosenthal with skeptical questions about the Texas

Tyron Garner & John Lawrence

law.  The case has worked its way through the entire U.S. judicial system, beginning in a Harris County Justice of the Peace court, to a county criminal court, a state district appeals court and the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals before it finally reached the nation's highest court. It began on Sept. 17, 1998, when a false report of a disturbance involving a gun led police to enter the home of John Lawrence, where he was discovered having anal sex with Tyron Garner.  The two men were convicted of violating the Texas Homosexual Conduct law and were fined $200 each. The convictions were reversed at one stage in the appeals process but were eventually reinstated and upheld by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, the state's highest criminal court. In accepting the case, the Supreme Court confronted one of its own precedents, a 1986 ruling that upheld a Georgia sodomy law. In that case, a narrow majority said that privacy rights did not extend to "morally reprehensible" activities such as sodomy. Since the early 1960s, when all states had sodomy laws, the number of such laws has been steadily diminishing. Currently, Texas and three other states -- Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma -- have laws banning sodomy between people of the same sex. Nine other states, including Virginia, have sodomy laws that apply both to same sex couples and heterosexuals. Breyer said the "hard question" was whether states can enact laws based on what lawmakers believe is immoral. Rosenthal said such laws would "have to have a rational basis," and Breyer replied, "You haven't given us a rational basis except to say it's immoral."

2003--Utah GLBT Business Guild launches in Salt Lake City after six months of preliminary organizations meetings.  Business Guild Founders are: Accounting & More, Inc.--Toni Johnson; Angles--David Hurst; Aware Media Management--Stephen Peterson; Club Try-Angles* --Gene Gieber; Marquardt & Fadel--Doug Fadel; Mixed Media--Chad Keller;  Pillar--Todd Dayley ProTask Funding--Karl Bennion; Signature Group Real Estate--Dawn Colbert; Signs & Such --Ron Johnson; The Trapp/Trapp Door* --Joe Redburn; Travel Haus-- Randy Laub; Julie Brizzee; Michael Aaron FRIDAY, MARCH 28, 2003 A party is the best way to introduce something new. Therefore, the Utah Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Business Guild is having a party! The GLBT Business Guild is open to all GLBT owned and friendly establishments. Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson will be in attendance, as well as, all of the founding members of the GLBT Business Guild. There will be drinks, food and information about how to join. The launch of the business guild will be Friday, March 28, 2003 from 5:30 to 8:00 p.m. at Angles Coffee shop located at 511 West 200 South in Salt Lake City. The Utah GLBT Business Guild exists to foster the growth and development of the GLBT community and GLBT community friendly business and services through advocacy, education and legislation. It further exists to promote the business and services of the Utah GLBT community and GLBT community friendly establishments locally, regionally and nationally for the betterment and growth of the entire community.-end-

 2003 Subject: History article Todd Dayley, The attached article is for the April edition of the Pillar. I

Todd Dayley

know Ben has sent his article, perhaps this could be in addition too?  In finishing this up Ben feels if space is limited and both can be run, that this be what is run.   We have received many inquires on the Pride History issue, some of which are receiving a copy if this.  This issue is important and we feel that this will clarify the history of our community and an important community event and asset.  It is really fun to read the actual history of the community and then compare it to the lore that it has become. There are several items that get confused and lumped into the history of Utah Gay Pride, and then a lot of stuff viewed as a separate thing from Pride, but were actually what was once Gay Pride Day.  And then of course the forgotten stuff which plays an important part to the whole thing.  Utah has a long and colorful history that rivials any of the other major cities, we cannot let our history be forgotten.  We will prepare a 1983 to 1993 issue as there are inquires that we have not been able to address in this article. Thanks for all you do in the Community and thanks for allowing the USHS to be a contributing column in the Pillar.... HAPPY 10th ANNIVERSARY!! Best and Warmest Regards CK USHS

Chad Keller

2003 The History of Utah Gay Pride Events 1974-1983 By Chad Keller and Ben Williams Co-directors of Utah Stonewall Historical Society  Our history is much like a great tapestry, however if a snag occurs, it cannot be simply plucked or cut away or the tapestry may unravel. Every detail in our collective history is important. The history of the Gay and Lesbian community in Utah is rich and colorful, however we must be careful that our history does not become full of urban legends, myths, and worse yet full of inaccuracies. We have to trust that the present caretakers of our organizations are diligent in preserving our "collective" memories. However, with the frequent turn over of leadership in this community often there is a lapse in the recitation of facts. Currently there seems to be a discrepancy among some leaders as to when Gay Pride was first celebrated in Utah. Was it twenty years ago, twenty-five years ago or even more?   The Utah Stonewall Historical Society feels it is important to clarify and address this issue. We feel compelled to cite primary sources in documenting the complete history of Pride in the context of the political and social climate of the times and not simply rely on hearsay or be obliged to acknowledge an arbitrary decision as to when Gay Pride became a sanctioned community event. To do otherwise is misguided and inappropriate. We feel strongly that to blindly acknowledge an inaccurate historical date discredits the work of hundreds of people that actually hosted and created the first Gay Freedom Day Celebrations; the predecessor of the current Gay Pride Day celebration. Much of what we have and are as the Gay Community of Utah is found in the Grassroots of the past. We submit to the community the facts as gleaned from several primary sources that constitute the proper methodology of historiography. We are certain that in light of these facts the importance of our work as a historical society will be widely embraced in the community and the history of the Utah Gay Pride Day will be properly preserved for future generations. Furthermore we hope that with the presentation of these historic facts, that we have researched and preserved, will help the community celebrate with even more enthusiasm at Pride on June 8, 2003.  In the rush to be good stewards, the current new administrators of Utah Gay Pride have mistakenly acknowledged only 20 years of Gay Pride in Utah. Our understanding is that they assumed that 1983 was the first time a permit was acquired for a celebration in a Salt Lake City park. This is not correct. The history of Pride Day actually begins in 1974 and has been carried on successfully (and unsuccessfully) for over 28 years! 

• 2003 Chad to Ben “So....I got off the phone with Doug..The 20th annual [Pride Day] was selected as a marketing tool...and that they would comment on the other 8 years on the kisosks that we were doing. He did say that He warned them on this and the kisosks....to get in touch with Ben William....and at that point had not met you yet.....to make sure that they did not screw it up.

2003 Chad Keller to Todd Dayley You have to use this Quote somewhere in the paper this month: "The official acronym for Pride's target groups is LGBTTIQ: lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual, transgender, intersex and queer. To really keep up with trends, though, they need another T for two-spirited, another Q for questioning and an asterisk for those not included in the defined categories."  -- Paul Gallant, managing editor of the Toronto gay newspaper Xtra! 

2003 Chad Keller to  rcm The month of October was chosen in order to commemorate the anniversaries of the first two gay and lesbian marches on Washington, October 1979, which drew over 200,000, and October 1987, which drew over 500,000 and had the first public viewing of the NAMES Project AIDS Quilt, as well as the fact that National Coming Out Day is on October 11th. Since its beginnings, the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, Human Rights Campaign, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, and other national organizations have endorsed it. The governors of Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Oregon, as well as the mayors of Boston and Chicago, declared October National Lesbian and Gay History Month in 1995. And in July of the same year, the National Education Association passed an amendment supporting Gay and Lesbian History Month. 

2003 Chad Keller wrote I can’t wait to see what the establishment in 50 years does with history, prides, historic markers,  the missing $11,0000, the merger/takeovers, and boxes of water. Somebody dig me up and plug me in….it should be really good.

2005 USU weighs same-sex benefits Touchy issue: Some - even among those sympathetic - feel it could create a backlash in conservative Utah By Arrin Newton Brunson Salt Lake Tribune LOGAN - Despite potential backlash, Utah State University officials are exploring a proposal to offer employee benefits to same-sex couples. USU President Stan Albrecht said he has not received a formal proposal for consideration yet, but he is aware of a series of discussions among members of the faculty that began in March 2004 and will continue today. The issue gained momentum when a draft proposal - dated Jan. 27 and written by four USU faculty members - requested domestic-partner benefits on demand to same-sex partners of USU faculty and staff. And, the proposal says, those benefits must be comparable to those received by employees' married partners. Despite this momentum, at least one faculty member warns that such a policy could anger conservative Utahns. Accounting professor Irvin T. Nelson questioned whether it would be "fair" for taxpayers and students to be forced to financially subsidize behaviors they believe are immoral. An Ad Hoc Domestic Partner Benefits Committee has amassed statistics, legal arguments, cost projections and testimonials from homosexual faculty and staff members. The proposal, signed first by sociology professor Patricia M. Lambert, uses national demographics to estimate that only seven of the approximately 68 gay and lesbian faculty and staff at USU would seek benefits. It would cost about 60 cents per employee per year for health-care coverage, the proposal says. To qualify for same-sex benefits, employees would complete an affidavit modeled after one used by the Washington State Health Care Authority. It defines same-sex partners as a couple, living together continuously for at least six months, who share living expenses as well as a "close personal relationship in lieu of a lawful marriage." Joint mortgages, leases, or checking and credit accounts are ways couples would be asked to declare partnership, according to the draft proposal. Proponents say an affirmative action policy signed in 1993 by former USU President George H. Emert warrants the proposed policy change because it compels all supervisors to "ensure that no employee or student is discriminated against/harassed because of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, or veteran status." "Over the years, faculty and staff at Utah State University have been told repeatedly that our excellent benefits compensate in part for our relatively low salaries," the draft proposal says. "Those without access to full benefits get less compensation and thus are paid less than those with access to spousal benefits." Meanwhile, accountant Nelson disputes that contention. He is a member of the USU Budget and Faculty Welfare Committee that voted unanimously to forward two proposals for domestic-partnerbenefits to the USU Executive Committee. "The assertion that a large number of institutions are paying for domestic-partner benefits belies the fact that a much larger number of institutions is not doing so," Nelson says in a written argument against the proposal. "It appears that not a single major public university in the states of Arizona, Nevada, Idaho, Wyoming, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, or Utah pays for domestic-partner benefits." A 'safe zone' for gender issues The Utah State University Allies on Campus, a network of faculty, staff and students committed to providing a "safe zone" for anyone dealing with sexual or gender orientation issues, is offering a seminar Friday in the Taggart Student Center, Room 335, 9 a.m. to noon, for anyone interested in becoming a member.Allies on Campus strives to reduce homophobia and heterosexism on campus through education, advocacy, awareness and creating a visual network of allies. Those interested should contact LuAnn Helms

2005 LGBT Resource Center Monday March 28th the LGBT Resource Center will be holding an Dialogue/Informational Forum to address issues of individual concerns and feelings of the “lgbt is real” campaign.  This forum is being moderated by Barbara Snyder, Vice President for Student Affairs.  Let the LGBT Resource Center and University administration here your views about LGBT concerns on campus. We will also be talking about all the events that the center has coming up and programs and resources that we run for the community and students.  We hope to see you all there.

LaVar Christensen

2006 • Dear Community Members: Today's Salt Lake Tribune reported that Rep. LaVar Christensen is lobbying to override Governor Huntsman's veto of HB148 Parent and Child Amendments. In order for a veto to be overridden, it must receive a two-thirds vote in each house. The bill passed the House with this majority; however, the bill only passed the Senate by one vote. It is important for us to hold this  number. Therefore, let's email our Senators to ask them to support the Governor's veto of 2nd Substitute - HB148 Parent And Child Amendments. It is important that you include your address in your message and remember that emails with positive, respectful tones are received best. Also, please do not send a blast email. Individual, personalized emails are most likely to be read. 

2019 J. Boyer Jarvis June 1, 1923 - March 28, 2019 University of Utah Professor of Communications Emeritus J. Boyer Jarvis died peacefully at his home in Salt Lake City on March 28, 2019. He was born in Springville, Utah, on June 1, 1923, the first of eight children, to Mildred Boyer and Joseph S. Jarvis. He was married on December 17, 1955 to Patricia Ann Potts. He graduated from Mesa (Arizona) Union High School in 1941, earned a B.A. from the University of Arizona in 1947, an M.A. from Arizona State University in 1950, and a Ph.D. from Northwestern University in 1958. He was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Humanities degree by the University of Utah in 1989. He was an Instructor in Speech at the University of Arizona, 1950-52, and at Dartmouth College, 1954-55. He was Special Assistant to the U.S. Commissioner of Education in Washington, D.C., 1961-62. During his 32 years as a University of Utah faculty member, Boyer was assigned to a series of administrative positions, including Assistant Dean of the College of Letters and Science, Associate Program Director of KUED, Assistant to the President and Administrator of the University Theatre, Dean of the Summer School, Dean of Admissions and Registration, and Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs. Boyer dedicated his life to education, the arts, human rights, international peace and social justice. He was committed to equality and to leveling the playing field for all people, and promoting the safety, health and wellbeing of children. He served on numerous volunteer boards, including Voices for Utah Children, Utah Heritage Foundation, United Nations Association of Utah, NAACP Salt Lake Branch, ACLU of Utah, and the Salt Lake Chapter of Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays. From 1976 to 1991, he was a member of the Salt Lake City Public Library Board of Directors. In 2006, he served as Grand Marshal of the Utah Pride Parade; and he received the Governor's Award in the Humanities in 2009. In 2012, he received the YWCA Salt Lake City Honorary Outstanding Achievement Award, the first and only man to receive that honor, reserved for women. Most recently, he was the treasurer for the Gandhi Alliance for Peace.

Boyer's grandchildren remember him as an outstanding tickle monster and chess instructor, as well as an enthusiastic cross-country, scenic-byway, road-trip driver. Boyer is survived by his wife, Pat; son Seth N. Jarvis (Susie); son Nathan Y. Jarvis (Michaela); daughter MaryBeth Jarvis Clark; grandchildren Jakob Jarvis (Kirstyn), Maria Drummond (Tamarra), Heidi Lowder (Josh), Thomas Jarvis (Keala), Nicholas Jarvis, Adam Jarvis, Sarah Clark, and Madeline Clark; great-grandchildren Rudy, Julia, Michaela, Hazel, Skyler, and Jake; siblings Kenneth Jarvis, John Jarvis (Pat), George Jarvis (Jan), Jesse Jarvis (Patricia), and Susann Jarvis. Preceded in death by brothers Wesley Jarvis and Jarrett Jarvis. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, June 1 at 11:00 a.m. at Hillside Middle School, 1825 S. Nevada Street. The family will be present to greet visitors at 10:00 a.m. In lieu of flowers, please donate in Boyer's memory to any of the organizations listed above, or to your favorite organization that promotes education, arts, peace, human rights, social justice, and equality. 

Bill Poore wrote, “My dear friend Boyer Jarvis passed away....his history speaks for itself. Greatness just is and that is exactly what he was, Great. I love you Boyer. RIP dear friend. Him and his friend Clyde Vinson, my mentor, are now together. I can just hear them. "Life is going to hell in a hand bucket or basket".