This Day In Gay Utah History March 10th

10 March 

1778-Lt. Col. Aaron Burr, having recently acquitted Ensign Anthony Maxwell of filing a scandalous report, began court martial proceedings against Lt. Gotthold Frederick Enslin, who was found guilty of sodomy. In 1778 a lieutenant in George Washington's army was dishonorably discharged for attempted sodomy on the person of another soldier. The only known case of Sodomy in the Continental Army is found in George Washington's general orders dated March 10 1778. This was a report of the general court-martial of Lieutenant Frederick Gotthold Enslin for attempted sodomy. "At a General Court Martial whereof Colo.Tupper was President Lieutt. Enslin of Colo. Malcom's Regiment tried for attempting Sodomy with John Monhort, a soldier. Secondly for perjury in swearing to false accounts, found guilty of the charges exhibited against him being breaches of the 5th Article 18th section of the Articles of War and do sentence him to be dismissed from the service with Infamy. His excellency the Commander and Chief approves the sentence and with abhorrence and Detestation of such infamous crimes orders Lt. Enslin to be drummed out of Camp tomorrow morning by all the Drummers and Fifers in the army never to return; the Drummers and Fifers to attend on the Grand Parade at Guard mounting for that purpose. Frederick Enslin may have been a Prussian soldier who if so- Sodomy would have been routine. The Prussian Court of King Frederick the Great was rife with "man on man" sex.

1891 Salt Lake Tribune The Doings of the Courts page 8 SODOMY This case charged against James Hamilton was heard with doors closed against general court curiosity seekers; the investigation  occupied the principle portion of the afternoon and was of so positive a character that the prisoner was bound over in the sum of $2000 to appear before the the grand jury now in session in this city

• 1891 Ogden Standard Examiner Salt Lake Items page 4 James Hamilton recently arrested on a charge of sodomy was conducted before Judge Laney this a afternoon with closed doors. The evidence was disgusting in  the extreme and the prisoner who was unable to furnish the $2000 bonds imposed was sent to the county jail

Karyl Norman

 1929 Ogden, Utah Cecil B DeMilles “the Godless Girl” shown at the Orpheum Theater with three “Vitaphone Acts”. One of the shorts was Karyl Norman “world’s Greatest Female Impersonator” Ogden Standard Examiner

1941 - First Presidency orders Clayton Investment Company to get rid of its "whore-houses," no matter the financial loss, so that church affiliated company can merge with church-owned Zion's Securities Corp. Ends fifty years of church's leases to brothels. 

1958-The Montana Supreme Court overturned a sodomy conviction in the case of State v. Shambo because the law required proof of penetration, which was not proven.

1958-Tony Segura, president of the New York chapter of the Mattachine Society, appeared on a television show with psychologist Albert Ellis. Ellis suggested that homosexuals adjust to heterosexual life. Segura, who had to appear in disguise, explained the challenges homosexuals face and the goals of Mattachine.

1964- Police and State Board of Health officials will meet Tuesday in the office of Police Chief Ralph C. Knudson to discuss a sharp increase in venereal disease cases reported in the state. Captain Owen Poulsen, police vice squad commander informed Monday by the State Health Department that cases of gonorrhea reported to the state to March 10th totaled 100. To that date in 1963 only 68 such cases were reported. He said vice squad officers are investigating reports that there is a price war going on in the Slat Lake area between at least two groups of prostitutes. Police records showed that vice squad officers in the past four weeks arrested 4 women on prostitution. All 4 were repeat offenders, pleaded guilty, and were given suspended sentences, the record showed. ()3/10/64 page 21 Col. 1)

1977 Metropolitan Community Church of Salt Lake organized the first youth group designed as a non religious activity. Projects considered for the group were music, theater, classes in a variety of subjects, arts & crafts, acting, self defense, health etc.

1981 Joann Thomas, a member of the Utah State Legislature, spoke at a Salt Lake Affirmation meeting on Equal Rights for All. Ms. Thomas was an ardent supporter of ERA.

1985-"As Is," a play about AIDS, opened at New York's Circle Repertory  Theatre. It would be nominated for three Tony awards.

1985 Sunday-" Trevor Southey arranged a meeting with Carol Lynn Pearson who is writing a book. I believe the book she was working on had to do with her husband. Trevor [Southey], Jim [Dabakis], David, Michael and I attended. Jim told me I sounded hostile. I feel no empathy for the Church's policies concerning gays. I lived them and experienced hell.  I understood that the Church beliefs about my beliefs were totally opposite. What I could not and still do not understand is why they had to hunt us down as though we were criminals. Through rhetoric from the pulpit persuading others they said I was not worthy of most forms of employment. What about our mission in life? Has this spiritual persecution forced me from my appointed purposes? It had certainly thrown me into confusion. Confusion on whether to live. The Church murdered me in a way. Not only me but my family. True I moved out but only under the pressure of living a lie. Is this the perfecting of the saints, the work of the ministry or for the edifying of the body of Christ? At this point I was coming to knowledge that I did not want to be the Church's sacrificial lamb anymore. In fact I was sick of complaining about the Church. To leave the Church completely I would have to leave Utah.  (Diary of Donald Attridge)

1986-Monday RESTORATION CHURCH Dressed Gray, a murder mystery about a homosexual killing at an undergrad cadet school was on tonight.  Elder Antonio Feliz of the Restoration Church spoke on Concerning Gays and Lesbians. He stated that the Restoration Church was for the despised and rejected of the world. (Journal of Ben Williams)

 1988-OUT/LOOK magazine made its debut.

1988-Thursday- I dropped off my article of Leonardo Da Vinci for the Triangle along with two short news items at MCC. I saw Curtis Jensen at MCC and he said that Lyle Bradley lost his job at KSL because of a major lay off and will being moving from the state.

1989 Friday, SENATE PANEL OKS BILL FOR DATA ON `HATE CRIMES'  Washington Bureau A bill co-sponsored by Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, to collect data on "hate crimes" by white supremacist and other groups sailed through the Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday. It passed by a unanimous voice vote after short debate. It now goes to the full Senate for consideration. The bill sponsored by Hatch and Sen. Paul Simon, D-Ill., would require the attorney general to collect data for the next five years about crimes - including murder, rape and assault - that show evidence of prejudice based on race, religion, sexual orientation or ethnicity. © 1998 Deseret News Publishing Co.

1990 Saturday, JURY SET TO DELIBERATE WOOD'S FATE By Lane Williams, Staff Writer The jury will begin deliberating the fate of Lance Conway Wood today at 9 a.m. After attorneys finished making closing arguments Friday evening, 4th District Judge Boyd L. Park sent jurors home before they begin deliberations.Wood is accused of capital homicide in the torture-slaying of Southern Utah State College student Gordon Ray Church on Nov. 22, 1988. A claustrophobic Church was sexually assaulted in Cedar Canyon east of Cedar City. He suffered a broken arm there, was tied in chains, placed tightly in the trunk of his own car and driven more than 60 miles to remote Dog Valley in southern Millard County. There, he was bludgeoned with a jack and stabbed with a tire iron until he died. In closing arguments, Prosecutor Carvel Harward said Wood participated in the brutal killing. "He is charged as a party. He is guilty as a party." Co-defendant Michael Anthony Archuleta was sentenced in December to die for his part in the grisly murder. Harward supported his claim by saying that Wood asked his friend Tony Siech for some gloves and told Siech he and Archuleta were going to the mountains. Harward said testimony showed that Wood filled the car with gasoline while Church was being held in the trunk. He said one of Wood's statements to officers indicated that he had driven the car part of the way to Dog Valley. He said Church's jaw was broken, and that wound was consistent with being kicked. Wood's shoelaces had strands of what is apparently Church's hair in them. He also said that blood on Wood's clothes indicated that he was within three feet of the victim while he was bludgeoned. "He has lied here in court when he claimed that he was a mere observer," Harward said. Harward said Wood made up a phantom crime scene, tried to blame Archuleta for the crime and repeatedly changed his story to make it fit the evidence. "The evidence proves that he is a liar as well as a killer." Defense Attorney Marcus Taylor responded, "Telling a lie doesn't make a person a killer. It just makes him a liar." Taylor said Wood deliberately changed his story because he was just out of jail and felt that police would try to implicate him, even if he had nothing to do with the crime. He said Wood made the unreasonable decision, but understandable one, that he needed to be completely away from Archuleta before he reported the crime. Wood went to authorities and told of the murder late on Nov. 22. After splitting with Archuleta, he went to Siech's apartment immediately after returning to Cedar City from trip that included stops in Dog Valley, Spanish Fork, West Valley City, Draper, Salem and Santaquin. Siech and Wood next went to authorities. Wood led investigators to Church's body the next day. Wood maintained in testimony reiterated by Taylor that the defendant stayed in the car while Archuleta murdered Church. Wood said he got out of the car only at Archuleta's request to help bury the body, and, after exiting, Archuleta bludgeoned the victim again, causing blood to spatter onto the defendant's clothes. Taylor also pointed out that a fingerprint on the knife that slashed Wood's throat had an unrecognizable fingerprint on it. Because Wood had Siech's gloves on, the print must have been Archuleta's, however, Taylor said. Dn

1990 Saturday- SACRED FAERIES I woke up at 5:30 a.m. from going to bed early and decided to go down to the Wasatch Hot Springs.  It was still dark out and the beautiful full moon was illuminescent. I stood in wondering awe at the majesty of it all.  The sun rise was also gorgeous beyond my poor means of expression.  I'm not poetic enough to capture in words the pearls and rosy pinks splashed against a soft milky blue sky. While at the springs I visited with this 84 year old man about personal introspection and enjoying a spiritual journey of discovery of the Kingdom within.  

1998-Gay rights activist Ian Campbell Dunn died in Edinburgh at age 54.

1999  Deseret News The Rev. Kurt Howard believes his church congregation made a "bold" and "courageous" decision selecting him as their new pastor. Perhaps the first openly gay minister in Utah County, the Rev. Howard says he feels accepted in an area known for its conservative political and theological views. "I'm here because the congregation discerned God's future for the congregation and decided to include me," said the newly appointed pastor of the Provo Community United Church of Christ, 175 N. University Ave. Clark Swenson, a member of the church council responsible for the decision to hire a new reverend, said the Rev. Howard's sexual orientation "was incidental." "He possesses great leadership abilities, is warm and genuine, and the bottom line is that he is a good Christian."  Swenson said some church members may have been hesitant accepting the minister.  But upon meeting him, they were won over because they could accept him "for who he is rather than what he is."  A native of San Diego, Calif., the Rev. Howard had never been to Utah before his appointment earlier this year.  He said he is impressed with what he sees here: beautiful mountains and friendly and diverse people. The reverend feels the United Church of Christ encompasses the most liberal mainstream congregation in America. Thus, the church attracts people of all persuasions, those who are open to new ideas.  "Each person is responsible for discerning their own beliefs," he said. He doesn't consider his congregation liberal or conservative, but "searching." Here, he said "diversity is not tolerated but celebrated." "Coming out to himself," as the Rev. Howard describes confronting his sexual orientation, was for him "a crisis and a painful decision."  He had never considered himself gay.  He married, had children and was content with "the American dream." It wasn't until after a divorce four years ago he began to experience different feelings.  His biggest concern was how to tell his family members, but even that had a positive outcome.  They were supportive and loving, he said. During his 12 years in the U.S. Navy, the reverend served as a chaplain, a capacity he enjoyed.  Still, he wasn't exactly sure what God wanted him to do with his life.  He said he just knew he wanted to serve God in some way. After leaving the Navy, he enrolled as a theology student at Claremont School of Divinity in Claremont, Calif., and graduated three years later with a master's in theology.  He began searching for an area where he could be of greatest worth. He served as an assistant pastor in California and Pennsylvania but wanted a congregation of his own. In his interview for the Provo church position, he talked with the five-member council about his lifestyle, about his desire to serve and what he would hope to accomplish while here.  The interview, he said, was positive, and he was anxious to get to work.  After the council chose him, the church congregation gave its final approval.  As the new pastor, he wants everyone to know they will be accepted "just the way they are." Toni Billings, another member of the search committee, said when they considered hiring the Rev. Howard, they did some in-depth thinking, studying, and with much prayer, received the confirmation that he was the one to serve here.  "We did have a lot to consider," she said, adding that the Rev. Howard has a "high degree of integrity and was completely up front with the issues. He's a good person, so we had to side with that." While the Rev. Howard said he has heard rumors that some people are upset about the decision to hire him, no one has said anything to him personally. "Those who are believing would be delighted" to have a gay pastor, said Doug Wortham, executive director of the Gay and Lesbian Community of Utah. Wortham said that while many communities nationwide have gay pastors, he is not aware that there have been any in Utah County.  In past pastoral callings, the Rev. Howard has focused mainly on "the church side of the call" but feels there is so much more that needs to be done.  He doesn't want just a "Sunday church" but a community center where people are involved with others each day of the week in various activities.      An HIV-AIDS group meets each Thursday with church members to discuss problems and give encouragement to each other.  The Rev. Howard wants this meeting to be helpful for those with the virus, as well as families and friends.  He plans to invite guest speakers to provide the latest information. Children and youths are taught in special classes and involved inservice projects.  In 1986, the Community Church began the Food and Care Coalition, which continues to serve needy people.  This is a good project, the Rev. Howard said, and as an added goal, he would like his congregation to "pay more attention to the homeless in our midst and look for opportunities to love them." Article and picture

1999 Wednesday GAY COMMUNITY CENTER GAY POLITICS JACKIE BISKUPSKI UTAH FIRST OPENLY LESBIAN LEGISLATOR TO SPEAK AT THE CENTER On Wednesday March 10, Jackie Biskupski, Utah's first openly lesbian legislator, will be speaking about her experiences being a woman, a lesbian and a Democrat in her first session of the Legislature.   This free event will begin at 7 p.m. upstairs at "The Center" - The Gay and Lesbian Community Center of Utah - at 361 N 300 West in Salt Lake.   Men and women of all ages and all sexual orientations are invited, so invite you friends and relatives .. . anyone you think would be interested. Yes, you'll have a chance to ask questions and you can go early or stay late and socialize, too.  The Stonewall Coffee shop is downstairs for your enjoyment, too.

10 March 2000 Page: C1 WSU Offers Scholarship for Gay Backers Controversial award, intended to promote tolerance, angers some but has trustees' approval; WSU Scholarship Will Reward Supporters of Gays BY KRISTEN MOULTON   THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE OGDEN -- A scholarship for those who serve the Gay, lesbian and bisexual communities is being offered this spring at Weber State University, angering some faculty, alumni and donors.   Students and professors horrified by the pistol-whipping death of Gay college student Matthew Shepard outside Laramie, Wyo., in 1998 came up with the idea for the scholarship. Figuring that education is the antidote to bigotry, they raised $54,000 from 192 donors and will pick the first winner of the $2,000 annual scholarship this spring. The scholarship, said WSU President Paul Thompson, promotes tolerance, just as the university's conference on hate crimes did last spring. "Matthew Shepard died because he was Gay. We at Weber State would like to say we abhor this kind of action," Thompson said. But James E. Macdonald, a business law and ethics professor, sees the scholarship as a serious misstep by a state university, one that will cost it friends and money.       "The university did something they knew would offend and alienate a large number of people," Macdonald said. "This scholarship reflects a permissiveness that not only allows but even encourages immoral and criminal behavior," he said. "It will serve as a vehicle for promoting homosexual lifestyles." Thompson concedes he has had a few alumni and donors threaten to stop supporting the university, and complaints to the board of trustees prompted him to ask for the board's endorsement Tuesday.  The board, acknowledging "some discomfort" in the community and among the trustees, said the university should accept the donations and administer the scholarship. To do otherwise could jeopardize other scholarships whose donors put restrictions on recipients, said university attorney Richard Hill. Thompson said the university has 40 or 50 donor-restricted scholarships that amount to more than $1 million. They go to single mothers, nontraditional students and other classes of students. Hill said that although the case of the East High Gay Alliance vs. the Salt Lake City School Board does not directly apply, it had a bearing on his analysis. In that case, a federal judge ruled the school board had to allow no extracurricular clubs or all of them.    Macdonald says that by that logic, the university would have to accept Aryan Nations or Ku Klux Klan money. "The university would have to say, 'Gosh, we're really happy to get your money,' " Macdonald said. "It's absurd on the face of it."

   The scholarship started out as available to students who are publicly identified as Gay, lesbian or bisexual. But the Shepard scholarship committee this winter broadened it to include other students who are involved in homosexual or bisexual issues. Macdonald says it was his pressure that brought the change, because discriminating against heterosexuals would have violated the university's policy against sexual orientation discrimination.  But Hill says it was his study of dozens of similar scholarships at universities around the country that led to his advice that the committee broaden the scholarship recipient base.    Carol Hansen, a library professor who is co-chairwoman of the scholarship committee, said she is proud of her university's willingness to take a stand for tolerance. The university's mission statement proclaims it a leader in diversity issues, she said. "We've made strides in a lot of different areas to be more inclusive. This is an extension of that," said Hansen. "The scholarship is designed to promote awareness, tolerance and understanding." Shepard's murder hit close to home for many faculty, she said. "We hear our students making homophobic remarks in the classroom or passing in the hall. It makes you want to act, to really help build awareness and encourage our Gay and lesbian students to be who they are."

 2003 Re: Need to make a correction--- Chad Keller  wrote:  When did Concerning Gays and Lesbians come to the airwaves??...I want to correct this one. “  This Way Out is the longest-running gay radio show in history, and it lives right on PlanetOut. “ Ben Williams wrote:  December 1979 as GayjaVu and by 1982 Concerning Gays. Becky joined in Nov 1983 and it became Concerning Gays and Lesbians. There's an article in the Pillar I think last Nov or Dec on it and more in our postings on the group site.

2003 Starting in April, there is going to be a new women's publication in Utah called Womyn 4 Women.  Sara and I are going to be writing a monthly column, Never a Dull Moment, for the publication.  (we wrote Never a Dull Moment for our own publication, the Womyn's Community News, from 1992 to 1995)   Here is a press release about Womyn 4 Women: New Utah Lesbian Newsletter to Launch in April After a long dry spell, Utah lesbians will once again have their very  own newsletter! The free premier edition of Womyn 4 Women will be available this April in print at various lesbian friendly places and online in a printable format. Monthly issues will be available on a subscription basis. Womyn 4 Women is published for Utah lesbians and their friends. It will provide a medium to better inform and strengthen our unique community by covering a wide array of interesting topics including: Feature Stories Creative Pursuits Travel/Adventure Outdoor/Social Activities (including sports) Entertainment Gay Politics - local to international Religion/Rituals How We Met/How We Parted stories Advice Resources - support, reinforcement Role Models Womyn 4 Women encourages contributions from its readers. You are welcome to send letters to the editor, article ideas and information about things of interest to Utah lesbians. In addition, we are always open to feedback and suggestions. We will be happy to announce your group outing or activity free of charge. Display advertising and classified ads are reasonably priced. A one-year subscription to Womyn 4 Women is $25 and will be distributed the  first of each month. (Lower priced subscriptions will be available for low income women.  Ask about those.) To make sure you get your copy, send  checks  or money orders to the publisher, Happy Mediums: Happy Mediums P.O. Box 575708 Salt Lake City, Utah 84157-5708

2004 WEDNESDAY SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Suggestive missionary pics spark debate   photo: Peggy Hoffman, director of student activities at the SLCC South City and Jordan campuses, hangs a photo from a relocated exhibit "Coloring Outside the Lines" at the Annual Pride Art Show. Photos showing LDS missionaries in suggestive positions were moved from a lobby area. (Danny Chan La/The Salt Lake Tribune) By Christy Karras The Salt Lake Tribune But is it art? A debate over what constitutes art -- and what is too offensive to put on public display -- boiled over at Salt Lake Community College on Tuesday when an angry student took down photographs depicting Mormon missionaries in sexually intimate situations.  The black and white photographs, by Westminster College graduate Don Farmer, are part of a group exhibition by gay, lesbian and transgendered artists at SLCC's South City Campus at 1575 S. State St. Signs posted throughout the show warn: "Caution: The art you are about to witness is the feelings that are portrayed by that artist and not of SLCC." Farmer's photographs show two young men in white shirts and dark slacks. One wears a missionary name tag. In one image, a young man unbuttons another's shirt; in another, one undoes the other's belt as a book of scripture lies open nearby. On Tuesday, the first day of the annual Pride Art Show, students got into a shouting match after one of them began taking down Farmer's photographs. Police were called and the photographs re-hung. Police lingered as students on both sides vented their feelings. Farmer was raised LDS, he said in a telephone interview with The Salt Lake Tribune. As a homosexual man growing up in the faith, he says, he felt he belonged to two worlds that could not coexist.  The two men in the pictures are returned missionaries who became a couple, Farmer said. Like him, they struggled with their identity. "It's real. It's life. It's something that maybe you haven't experienced, but someone else has," he said. "I'm so touched when someone comes to me and says, 'That's how I felt for so many years.' " But some members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints feel Farmer's photographs are an assault on their sacred beliefs.  "They're attacking the LDS Church with images of sexual activity. We want it displayed somewhere else, but they don't see our views," said SLCC student JoAnna Johannesen, who is a member of the church. "They don't want their rights violated, but what about my rights?" On the other hand, student Carrie Eardley loves the show. More than that, "I love that they're not censoring it. I was damn pleased this morning. It made my day." Farmer hopes his pictures get people talking about difficult issues surrounding religion and sexuality. "The purpose behind the imagery was kind of to come to terms with a lot of what I was dealing with," he said. "In a way I was trying to bring those two realms together within an 8x10 frame." Students believe the debate reflects national and local arguments over homosexuality's place in American culture.  "I don't necessarily support [the photographs], but I support the right to free speech," said Kathleen Tedford, a member of the college's student board. "I think this makes people awaken and realize everything in life is just not perfect. It's going to happen -- being an issue -- until they face it . . . these issues aren't addressed enough." The exhibit has been moved from a lobby area to a classroom space, said Joy Tlou, the college's public relations director, but it will stay up through Friday. "Colleges are meeting places for ideas and concepts, and sometimes they're controversial," Tlou said. "In this case, the college is interested in discussing what comes next."

2006 Friday • This Friday March 10th is the monthly Utah Cyber Slut bingo gig at the GLCCU from 7-9PM. Jennifer Sanchez from the SL Tribune will be present doing a story about the Cyber Sluts, the Center, and our unconventional bingo. Please plug this event to your friends, family and co-workers, as we would really like to see a big turn out and an enthusiastic crowd.

2006 Friday March 10th - "Crowns Gowns and Jewels" HeadsUp 9pm $5 Co-Hosted with Princess Royale 30 Kennedy Cartier and Crown Princess 30 Kaycee P. IvanLee

2006 Friday March 10th - Paper Moon hosts it's annual Bra Auction 11pm at the paper Moon.

2006 The Utah Bear Alliance is proud to present 2006 Mr. Utah Bear & Cub Contest at Club Try Angles March 10 - 12, 2006

2017 Let's mosey back to the 1980's !! Come on out March 10 to the Murray Eagles for a fun night of country music! Doors open at 8:00 Show at 9:00 Come out and enjoy a night with The Utah Gay Rodeo Associtaion and The Royal Court of The Golden Spike Empire for a fun night of great old country music!  All proceeds go to The Utah Gay Rodeo General fund and the RCGSE AIDS Fund. See Ya"ll There!!