1969- Brigham
Young University’s
administration privately agreed to curtail aversion therapy by electric shock
for homosexual oriented students BYU students. However the program continued
for another decade.
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| Billy Sipple |
1975-Oliver "Billy" Sipple, a Vietnam veteran, saved the
life of President Gerald Ford in San Francisco by lunging for a revolver held
by Sara Jane Moore. Harvey Milk (who had not yet been elected to the Board of
Supervisors) outed him to the press, which destroyed Sipple's relationship with
his family.
1984-For the first time on Polish television a discussion on
homosexuality was broadcast.
1984- Princess Royale Madge of the Royal Court of the Golden Spike Empire hosted the first AIDS fundraiser in the state of Utah beer Bust for TOYS for TOTS and AIDS
Awareness kickoff.
1987- Salt Lake
Affirmation held a topic discussion on Masculinity:
How Gays perceive it, and How Society views homosexuality as the antithesis to
it.
1987- Elton John
appeared on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno." In response to the
suggestion that he star in his own sitcom, he turned to fellow guest Tim Allen
and said, "I could do Homo Improvement with you."
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| David Sharpton |
1992 Tuesday Norma Heard, David
Sharpton's close friend wanted me to come to Ken Vendoia's sneak preview of the
documentary he made on the life of David Sharpton. Norma is still mourning hard
for David and has not resolved her anger at David for leaving her. That's a
hard one. I told her that I had to stop crying and that I didn't cry any more.
I said that I'm afraid to start because I might never stop. So many people gone
away already. Before I came out in 1986 I hardly knew a soul personally who had
died of AIDS or Gay violence. I probably couldn't count on one hand people that I
even heard were HIV positive. Now I can't keep track of them all. [Journal of
Ben Williams]
2003 Page: B5 Troll, Joel and Rock 'n' Roll Robert
Hirschi/The Salt Lake Tribune Joel Hales, right, and Troll, of
the rock band Phono, play Sunday for the crowd at the third annual Blue Alley
Festival, held at the Gay and Lesbian Community Center of Utah, 361 N. 300
West, Salt Lake City. The festival is sponsored by the Wasatch Leathermen
Association.
2005 Thursday Sep
22nd - Queer Book Club Begins!! The Queer Reader - Center Space (7pm ) Become a part of a very cool discussion group
based around a different book every month. Stretch your mind and expand your
boundaries by delving into a different aspect of the queer community each
month. We will discuss how the themes of the various books relate to what we
experience in our own lives and communities as well as the larger social
context. Pick up the book at Sam Weller and receive a 20% discount! This
month's book is Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg and is the winner of the
American Library Association Gay and Lesbian book Award as well as the Lambda
Literary Award. This internationally acclaimed novel looks at the world through
the eyes of Jess Goldberg, a transgendered "butch" growing up in Buffalo , New
York . The novel brings up issues of the violence
inflicted on those who do not fit stereotypes of heterosexual, male/female
divisions, as well as gender transformation and exploration.
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| Mell Bailey |
2006 Dear Community Members: On September 22, 2006, Toni Fitzgerald
and the Paper Moon will be holding a benefit for animal rights. The proceeds directly benefit QCares For
Animals. This is a fund that directly benefits all animals and is compassionate
in its care for their welfare. Toni Fitzgerald, Princess Royale XXIII of the Royal Court,and
owner of the Paper Moon, is hosting this
event and I urge you to come down and share in Toni's vision for the care and
ethical treatment of animals. I am writing this letter because, I as well, care
for animals, but also because Toni Fitzgerald was my co PR during the
Twenty-Third Reign. When I served with her, I saw her compassion and love for
animals, and I understand how much she wants to better their world when they
are in need of care and assistance. I respect Toni for her vision and know in
her heart how much she loves animals. The event starts at 8:00 PM and your attendance
would be appreciated. Please come
together as a family of community members and share in the vision of Q Cares
For Animals. By the way, this fund was
established by longtime community member Mell Bailey. She as well had a great love for animals. Sadly though, Mell passed away last
month. We would like to honor her with
contributing towards this wonderful fund. Mell was a good friend to many of us
and she will be missed. Please join Toni Fitzgerald and the PaperMoon for this
wonderful benefit. In Service, Kim Russo Emperor XXXI Friday - Sept.22nd - The Trapp
Door $5 cover
(SLC AVALANCHE INVADE THE TRAPP
DOOR)
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| Steven Fales |
2010 Actor cancels gay Mormon
play by Rosemary Winters Steven Fales has abruptly cancelled his Salt Lake City
debut of “Missionary Position,” a play about his personal experiences as a gay
man and a Mormon. The show was scheduled to run Thursday through Sunday at the
Rose Wagner arts center downtown. Fales could not be reached for comment in a
Salt Lake Tribune story, but he recently came under fire from members of the
LGBT community for unsympathetic statements on his blog about gay suicide
victims. “Missionary Position” is the second part in a one-man trilogy that
started with “Confessions of a Mormon Boy.”
2013 Gay
pride reaches new territory — Provo BY TOM WHARTON THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Provo
• While many think this Utah County city ranks among the most conservative in
the United States, many of those attending the first Provo Pride Festival at
Memorial Park on Saturday found themselves pleasantly surprised. "Provo
hosting an event standing up for equality is amazing," said Samantha
Sowers, a volunteer for Equality of Utah who was trying to get those attending
the event to support nondiscrimination laws at the Utah Legislature. "The
rest of the nation will listen." Even before Mr. Gay Pride Utah Kolton
Starr Von-Cartiay, a Utah
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| Kolton Starr Von Cartiay |
County resident for 23 years, welcomed festival
participants and music began to play at 11 a.m., a good number of folks already
had started to visit booths representing groups as diverse as Atheists of Utah,
Post Mormons and Friends. Utah Gay Fathers Association, Mormons Building
Bridges, the Provo Community Church of Christ and the Gay and Lesbian Chamber
of Commerce. That pleased David Pate, president of the Provo Pride Council, who
worked with students at BYU and Utah Valley University to set up this
first-time event. He didn't expect to see a fairly large crowd so early in the
day. He said holding a Pride Festival is important because 30 percent of youth
suicides and 40 percent of homeless teens are lesbian, gay, bisexual or
transgender (LGBT) nationally and that Utah's rates are even higher than that.
His hope was an event of this type would educate parents. Brian Stewart of
Lehi, who had some of his nine children in tow at the festival, fit into that
target audience. "We want to teach our kids that it [being LGBT] is not a
choice and there is nothing wrong with being gay," he said. "We want
to educate our children that though some may have different skin color or
sexual preferences, we're all the same." Corey Howard, of Salt Lake City,
worked in the Mormons Building Bridges booth offering "free hugs from a
Mormon." "Some are surprised there is a Provo Pride Festival,"
she said. "It's kind of well-known as the conservative center of Utah.
People assume they don't support LGBT, but we found that might not necessarily
be true. There is a misunderstanding that Provo is all right wing. There are
silent, less vocal groups, but they are here." Bridey Jensen, of
Understanding Same Gender Attraction, a BYU group, said it was important to be
part of the event and celebrate. "A lot of people still think BYU and
Provo are homophobic and hateful," she said. "That's not true." Bev
Larsen, of Provo's United Church of Christ, was there to tell festivalgoers
that "we are one of the open and affirming churches in Utah County. We are
accepting of people. We are glad that people have the opportunity to be who
they are." Though this event is far smaller than Salt Lake City's Utah
Pride Festival, which drew about 28,000 people this year, some commercial
vendors also showed up in Provo to introduce their products. Tanner Street, of
Winder Dairy, for example, said buying a booth offered his company a chance to
spread a product to a wide range of potential customers that his company
typically might have difficulty reaching.
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