1 July 1-
1663-English politician Samuel Pepys wrote
in his diary of his displeasure at how common sodomy had become in the
country's military.
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| Charles Laughton and Elsa Lancaster |
1899 British Actor Charles Laughton was
born He was a distinguished Yorkshire-born stage and screen actor and director,
as well as a noted orator and storyteller. He was also a tormented soul who,
for much of his life, suffered from self-loathing - he especially hated the way
he looked. He told his wife, Elsa Lanchester, in 1930, after a year of marriage
that he was homosexual, and she publicly discussed it for the first time in her
1983 book Elsa Lanchester, Herself. She allegedly decided to stay married to
him despite this but decided not to have children with him. The marriage lasted
until his death from cancer in 1962 and worked for both in many ways -
certainly as cover for Laughton's homosexuality.
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| Magus Hirschfeld |
1919-In Berlin
1925 Actor Farley Granger was born. He was
approached by Alfred Hitchcock who wanted Granger for his new film; the script
of which was written by Granger's then-lover Arthur Laurents. The film, Rope
(1948), based partly on the Leopold and Loeb murder case; saw Granger
co-starring opposite John Dall as two friends who commit a 'thrill kill'. James
Stewart played the part of their mentor. The film was not a box office success.
Its subject matter was dark, the relationship between Granger and Dall had a homosexual
subtext - incidentally, both Granger and Dall were gay - and Hitchcock's
gimmick of filming the piece in continuous scenes and in real time produced a
result that many critics dismissed as 'stagey'. Granger received very good
reviews however, and the film has achieved a level of appreciation in more
recent times, while stopping short of becoming a cult film.
1934-The New York Times reported on The Night of the Long Knives,
saying that because of the immorality among those arrested it was impossible to
take pity, and that Hitler "gave orders for this plague to be done away
with ruthlessly. In the future he will not permit millions of decent people to
be compromised by a few such sick men."
1947-The army changed its policy of discharging homosexuals with a
blue discharge (neither honorable nor dishonorable) to an undesirable discharge
unless found guilty of a homosexual offense, in which case a dishonorable
discharge would be issued.
1965 Spiritualist William Pelley
died age 75 Wrote :Why I believe THE DEAD ARE ALIVE BY WILLIAM DUDLEY PELLEY.
William Pelley founded the Silver Legion, regarded by most historians as the
first genuine Fascist organization in the United States. George van Horn
Moseley, a retired general in the U.S. Army, Congressional Representative Jacob
Thorkelson, Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr., and Walt Disney all became members of
the Silver Legion. All of them attended his public rallies and some shared the
podium with the Chief. He was arrested for treason during World War II and sentenced
to 15 years confinement at a maximum security federal prison. The prosecution
had been unable to produce a single piece of evidence to prove Pelley had
committed any treasonable acts; all he had done was to criticize the war effort
and President Franklin D Roosevelt who he called evil. In Chapter 8 of his book
Pelley describes how he became acquainted with Gay Spiritualist George Wehner
who was Natasha Rambova and her mother’s spiritual guide. “That week I made the acquaintance of that
very remarkable psychic, George Wehner. I DO NOT know whether you have ever
chanced to see, much less to read, George Wehner’s autobiography, “A Curious
Life”. It was published by Dutton, I think, back in 1930. In it he told exactly
how he came to recognize and develop his peculiar talents. George was a
commercial artist, about 30 years old, a bachelor, who had shown the remarkable
faculty from childhood of separating his soul-mind from his physical body,
vacating the latter, and handing it over to “disembodied” souls from a higher
level of life who wished to use his organism for a brief visit to earth
conditions. In other words, he abandoned his own physical mechanism with which
he had been born and gave it over to the temporary use of some “dead” person,
allowing its spirit-soul to come into it, take possession of it and use it as
though it were his own. George got out of his own bodily vehicle, in other
words and loaned it for a couple of hours to souls who had lost their own bodies
by the process we commonly know as “death”, thus permitting them to converse
with their former relatives or friends precisely as though they had ad their
former bodies restored to them. An interchange of souls took place, and on a
score of nights I saw it happen… we beheld George’s physical body in the
process of devitalization and gradual moribund coma. We sat discussing among
ourselves some of the precepts we had just heard—for one of my friends present
was a prominent New York magazine editor—when sudden vitality appeared to seize
hold of George’s body and a woman’s voice issued forth from his lips. “Hello,
Bill” came the clear, surprised greeting. “How long have you been interested in
this sort of thing?” “Who is it?” I inquired. “June!” came the answer in a tone
that seemed exasperated that I did not grasp it at once. “June Mathis!” in a
flash I adjusted myself. I was talking with the soul-personality of a famous
Hollywood scenarist who had “gone over” some two years before on sudden demise
while at a play in a New York theater. Looking backward over ten years of the
most dramatic of experiences in psychical research, I am forces to assert that
no other one incident has since furnished me with more conclusive and
irrefutable proof that there is survival after mortal death, than the
appearance of this woman in George’s physical instrument, and the conversation
which consumed the next half-hour between us. Talking “face to face” with
people who have made the passing is always a hair-raising experience. I had
known her on and off for a three-year period on the West Coast while I had been
out there, making movies prior to my “awakening.” She had at one time been
story-editor for one of the big film companies and I had sat in her office for lengthy
period and discussed prospective screen material with her. Here was a person
whom I had definitely known in life in recent years, of whom I could ask
questions, the answers to which were known only to myself—thus proving the
survival of personality irrefutably. “Haven’t you heard of my Seven Minute in
Eternity article in the American magazine?” I bantered. “Yes,” she replied,
“only just tonight. But the world over here is a dozen times the size of the
world of mortality, although contacts are pretty much the same. I heard about
you tonight through your English author-friend and came along to be present
because of my great admiration for him.” I had a way to check up on this
woman—unquestionably. It was a way that George Wehner could never fabricate, if
all this were a phenomenon of his subconscious mind. “Do you recall where I
last met you in earth life?” I asked. Just before she “died” in the National
Theater in New York, June had married one Balboni—an Italian gentleman of parts
who I understand became head of Mussolini’s state movie of their own from a
script called the “Vienna Melody.” But they had decided this name not to be a
good box-office “pull” so they ad—wittingly or unwittingly—purloined the name
of my first novel “The Great Glory” for their picture. I had required to sue
them in the California courts for this bit of appropriation, and had won a
decision. They had recompensed me $2,500 for this use of my title. In
consequence, my first pleasant contact with June had terminated in a legal
coolness. However, tonight—occupying George Wehner’s body for the moment, she
seemed to have recovered from it. But I recall definitely where I had last seen
her in the physical flesh—a meeting that was known only to the two of us. I had
been out to the First-National-Warner studios in Burbank, just before quitting
California, and had inadvertently come face to face with June at the flowered
gate just behind the administration building. None but the pair of us had been
around. I had opened the gate for her and spoken to her pleasantly. But the
memory of our recent lawsuit over the “Great Glory” title had still rankled and
she had given me only a perfunctory nod. No matter! She had come through to New
York the next fortnight, gone to the National Theatre to witness a play, and
dropped dead of heart failure in one of the aisles between the acts. Now I
wanted the June Mathis spirit-soul in Wehner’s body to
tell me where we had met face to face for the final time in California. The
spirit in Wehner “thought” for a time. “Yes,” she responded. “Out in the rear
of one of the executive buildings at First National Studios in Burbank,
California. We met at the gate over one of the walks that led to the stages.”
This was absolutely accurate, but how could George, the medium, know it—if it
was George masquerading as June? Come on, you materialists and skeptics who
declare that “death ends everything” and that there is “no device not wisdom in
the grave whither thou goest.” If June Mathis’s discarnate but perfectly
conscious and remembering spirit were not located in George Wehner’s organism
that night in New York, how did whatever personality WAS in George Wehner, know
how to reply to me accurately in the matter of this last spot and place in
which June and I had ever come face to face? Try and explain it by your
fantastic theories of Cryptothesis if you can! I say you can’t do it—or rather,
that our “explanations” must be three times as fantastic as the one made
obvious by this Mathis -Wehner-Pelley episode. If you want more positive proof
than this that personality and consciousness endure after physical demise, I’m
afraid I can’t give it to you. I CANNOT report in detail the conversation that
followed, because it appertained to private contacts, relationships, and
business associations that June and I had experienced in screenland. But here
is the absolute proof on which I rely, that I was talking to June, and that she
is very much alive in her new phase of consciousness. She made intimate
statements about her contacts and business associates while in life, and
confided data to me about the personal affairs of people in movie-land, that I
had to check up on then I was next in California, and which I proved to be
absolutely correct! Here was information about this woman’s activities while in
mortal life, and her trade and professional relationships, that in a manner of
speaking were secrets “buried with her.” By no chance could they have been
known to anyone present, either the medium or myself. Yet here she was, telling
them to me. And they turned out quite correct when I made inquiries in
Hollywood months later. She told me what certain Hollywood officials were doing
in the business at the moment, what future plans they had for the industry,
which were to be trusted and respected in future dealings, and which were
untrustworthy and to be avoided. Incidentally, she confided that she in turn
had become a great screenwriter while in mortality through having a thorough
knowledge of psychics. She said that a world famous movie star, in whose career
she assisted, had been clairaudient as I was clairaudient. They had shut
themselves away in a Hollywood room together time after time and gotten story
material from others in a higher dimension, which she had sold, to Hollywood
producers without the slightest difficulty. All her professional life and affairs
were guided by instructions received in this manner. It was a half-hour’s talk with an
old friend just as graphic and real as though she was there in her own physical
body. And yet in Hollywood during her earth -life it had been “touch and go” between
us. She was no intimate of mine. We had met in trade contacts as fellow
authors and nothing more. There was no especial tie between us, impelling her to look
me up. The visit ended and June withdrew. It was a perfectly gorgeous time that
I enjoyed with “deceased” literary celebrities on this particular evening of
which I write. June had no sooner vacated the Wehner mechanism than a soft,
beautiful and obviously cultured spirit-soul took possession of the Wehner
mechanism. “Robert Louis Stevenson!” it announced. ….Another phase of the strange
business was this— Lest it be argued that Wehner as a “sensitive” could read
the subconscious minds of such sitters, how explain the fact that time and time
again throughout the balance of that summer of 1929, as we held the gatherings
one eveining a week, the “occupying” souls would impart information—later found
to be absolutely correct—that had not been in our subconscious minds at all?
June Mathis did this several times. She chatted with me about Hollywood and
movie-colony affairs as if she might have come on from the West Coast within
the week, and when I next went through to California and checked on what she
had told me, I discovered she had been right, to the hair. It’s merely a
rationalization of something that can’t be otherwise than the obvious, to call
all such phenomena “the action of subconscious mind? What sort of action, and
just what part of subconscious mind? The rationalization in scores of instances
was far more unlikely and even bizarre or fantastic than
accepting the fact of
consciousness-survival. [Chapter VIII I TALK WITH “DEAD” FRIENDS Pg 69-82]
- Rocky O’Donovon wrote: Recently, I came across a book gathering dust on the shelf of a used-book store in Pleasanton, Calif. titled A Curious Life, this 402-page book was authored by George Wehner and published in 1929. In it, Wehner, a trance medium and clairvoyant from Detroit, Michigan, tells of his mediumistic experiences and other paranormal observations beginning when he was a small boy.
1969-Tuesday- Dr. Donald MacArthur, deputy director of the Pentagon
under President Richard Nixon, testified
before a congressional subcommittee during a hearing on
chemical/biological warfare, saying: All
biological agents up to the present time are representatives of naturally
occurring disease, and thus are known by scientists throughout the world. They
are easily available to qualified scientists for research, either for offensive
or defensive purposes. Within the next 5 to 10 years, it would probably be
possible to make a new infective microorganism which could differ in certain
important aspects from any known disease-causing organisms. Most important of
these is that it might be refractory to the immunological and therapeutic
processes upon which we depend to maintain our relative freedom from infectious
disease. A research program to explore
the feasibility of this could be completed in approximately 5 years at a total
cost of $10 million. It would be very difficult to establish such a program.
Molecular biology is a relatively new science. There are not many competent
scientists in the field, almost all are in university laboratories, and they
are generally adequately supported from sources other than the Department of
Defense. However, it was considered possible to initiate an adequate program
through the National Academy of Sciences — National Research Council (NAS-NRC).
The matter was discussed with the
NAS-NRC, and tentative plans were made to initiate the program. However,
decreasing funds in CB (chemical/biological) research, growing criticism of the
CB program, and our reluctance to involve the NAS-NRC in such a controversial
endeavor have led us to postpone it for the past two years. It is a highly
controversial issue and there are many who believe such research should not be
undertaken lest it lead to yet another method of massive killing of large
populations... Should an enemy develop it, there is little doubt that it is an
important area of potential military technological inferiority in which there is
no adequate research program. Department of Defense Appropriations for 1970,
House of Representatives Subcommittee, HB 15090, p.129.
1969 Tuesday New York Times’ Front Page article “Trees In A Queen’s
Park Cut Down As Vigilantes Harass Homosexuals”
Over 30 trees and bushes were
destroyed in Kew Gardens, a park which had been recognized as a meeting place
for homosexual men. A group of men from
a nearby apartment building “concerned for the safety of women and children”
decided to move against the Gays and chained sawed 15 dogwood trees eleven London planes, several
wild cherries and other brush. The Mattachine Society and other Gay Clubs began
a fund to replace the shrubbery. The
fund’s name was “Trees for Queens ” (200)
1971-London
underground newspaper The International Times appealed its conviction on
indecency charges for having run classified ads for gay men. The judge refused
to overturn, saying that to encourage homosexual acts must remain a crime.
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| Allen Bergin |
1973
Dr. Allen E. Bergin
(Psychology, BYU) "Toward a Theory of Human Agency", Ensign, July
1973, p. 33 "Some homosexuals,
for example, seem to be compulsively driven to frequent and sometimes bizarre
acts that they say occur without the mediation of conscious intent. The act
once repeated, the motivation behind it can become so powerful that one is
literally in bondage to the demands of biological impulses and related
stimuli." (Bergins had a Gay son who would as a young adult commit suicide)
1974 Dr. Lindsay M. Curtis, M.D. "Why does
the Church oppose homosexuality? Why is it wrong?", Ensign, July 1974, p.
14 "There is harm in homosexuality. Many homosexuals seek to introduce
others into their practice, often those in their tender, impressionable
years."
1975 The Rusty
Bell tavern located at 996 South and Redwood
Road opens as a Gay Bar. Owners are Paul Douglas,
Mack Hunt, and Jim Beveridge. Later the
bar would change owners and become Puss-N-Boots a popular Lesbian Bar. By 2009
location is occupied by The Outer Rim SLC a local all age music venue in Salt
Lake City, Utah.
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| Victor L Brown |
1975 Victor L.
Brown Jr., BYU Instructor "Two Views of Sexuality", Ensign, July
1975, p. 50 "Children learn how to love in a stable, healthy family.
Parents need to know that lack of proper affection in the home can result in
unnatural behavior in their children such as homosexuality or inability to be
an effective parent when the time comes."
1977- After much
advertizing only one parent showed up at the first meeting of Parents of Gays. Ken Kline was
facilitator for the group.
1977- Women Aware, Salt Lake City ’s Lesbian/Feminist
organization claimed only a moderate response by feminist groups in SLC to
marching in protest against Anita Bryant’s appearance at the Utah State Fair
and said not to expect much straight support either. According to Women Aware,
the purpose of any demonstration around Anita Bryant’s appearance would be to
bring solidarity to the Gay community and to get media coverage.
1978-A poll of
junior and senior high school students conducted by Ladies Home Journal of the
people who have done the most damage to the world resulted in Adolf Hitler as
number 1, and Anita Bryant as #2.
1979-The Susan B Anthony dollar was put into circulation in the US .
The major complaint about the coin was not that the likeness of a lesbian was
on it, but that it was nearly the same size as a quarter and often mistaken for
one.
1979- Men’s Support Group- a therapy group for Utah Gay oriented
men focusing on personal development, growth and relationships. Facilitators
were Dr. Alan Mendelsohn Ph.D. and Mr. Hal Carter B.S Psych R.N.
1979- BYU Security
places an advertisement in the personalize of The Open Door for a BYU Gay
Underground. Having been given police power by the 1979 Utah State
Legislature, they begin to entrap Gay BYU students on and off campus. The
false ad, instead of being a legitimate effort by Provo Gays to come
together, was actually placed by an undercover agent of BYU’s Security police.
1980 Right afterward incorporation, city officials held a contest
to choose a name for the new municipality. The winner was ``Oquirrh.'' A city
official tried it out on a businessman who said, ``Don't you say that `Oh
queer'?'' and, ``no one could spell it,'' said Mayor Gearld Wright so the name
West Valley City was adopted. (07/02/95 Salt Lake
1983-A toll-free line was set up by the U.S. Department of Health
and Human Services to answer questions about AIDS.
1 July 1985-Monday San
Francisco’s Gay Pride Day and Parade was broadcast on Concerning Gays on KRCL.
1986-When sci-fi author Arthur C Clarke was asked by an interviewer
for Playboy magazine if he had ever had bisexual experiences, he replied,
"Of course! Who hasn't?"
1987- Because of numerous complaints about two fellows
misusing the Gay Help Line, after being paid for by the Royal Court for nine
years, it was temporarily disconnected. Beau Chaine approached the court
and proposed a program to reconnect the
line and financially support it by
payments of organizations and bars that
were referred to callers at a rate of $50 a year per business.
1987- Last Issue of the Triangle Magazine with John
Sasserman as editor.
1988 Friday John
Reeves and I drove up to Camp
Rogers Soapstone Basin Royal Court meeting
next week. I said its only fair after
all the support we have given the court.
I am pulling in all my chips on this one. I’ll see who pays up and who doesn’t.
1988-At a London airport,
customs officials detained a US tourist with AIDS for almost three hours and
destroyed over $1,000 worth of medications.
1989-Bodybuilder BobParis
1989-Bodybuilder Bob
1990-Over 250 people attended
the ILGA meeting in Stockholm, Sweden. The
transnational International Lesbian and Gay Association was founded in
Coventry, England in 1978; now headquartered in Brussels,
1992 Ezra Taft Benson, Church President July 1992, "First
Presidency Message: Salvation - A Family Affair", Ensign, p. 2 "Today
we are aware of great problems in our society. The most obvious are sexual
promiscuity, homosexuality, drug abuse, alcoholism, vandalism, pornography, and
violence. "These grave problems are symptoms of failure in the home—the
disregarding of principles and practices established by God in the very
beginning. "Because some parents have departed from the principles the
Lord gave for happiness and success, many families throughout the world are
undergoing great stress and trauma. Many parents have been enticed to abandon
their responsibilities in the home to seek after an elusive
‘self-fulfillment'." [Quoted verbatim
from Benson's October 1982 General Conference address - see November 1982
Ensign.]
1993-The Lesbian and Gay Chorus of Salt Lake is founded by John
Bennett.
1994- The board of the Utah AIDS Foundation recently named Rick
Pace interim director until a replacement for LaDonna Moore, who resigned
earlier in the summer, can be found.
1994- Kent Saylor opened Knickerbockers a Gay Bar in Ogden Utah
1995 Knickerbockers
in Ogden closed
1997 Utah Power Exchange (UPEX) The idea for UPEX came as early as July
of 1997, but the first official meeting was much later. The founding members
were Michael G, Celeste M, Lannea C, Christopher B, and Jodi B. Celeste had met
with the founders and leadership of Arizona Power Exchange, and she based her
vision of UPEX on the values held in esteem there - fellowship and mentoring.
She wanted a true and unique organization that not only preached the ideas of
safety, but that gave people the tools to actually practice safety in their
daily BDSM lives, while at the same time allowing the incredible diversity of
the leather culture. Celeste and Michael talked about starting 'something' that
would hold the Old Leather traditions in a place of honor while embracing New
Leather values to ensure growth and opportunity for everyone. They believed
firmly in the tenets of "Safe, Sane, and Consensual" and "Zero
Tolerance for Intolerance" and the latter became the official motto for
the group. Meetings were held at the Gay and Lesbian Community Center and
flyers were made and passed out at adult and leather businesses. One thing that
was imperative was the forming of the bylaws. They needed something
comprehensive that got their views across, but was flexible enough to ensure
the growth of the organization. They decided that the bylaws must be a
"living document" subject to change as the needs of the organization
changed and the leather culture grew. Majority rules and voting rights were
instituted to all members in good standing so that no one person would be able
to dictate the direction of their diverse culture. The first board of UPEX was
organized from the founding members, and the first election was held six months
later; every board thereafter has been voted into office by the membership body
on an annual basis. Anyone who chooses may run for any board seat as long as
they are a member in good standing and do not hold a conflicting office with
any of the other local organizations. For the most part, those interested in
the group tend to be submissives rather than bottoms, Dominants rather than
Tops. UPEX focusses on the mental D/s aspects of BDSM a little more than the
physical SM techniques, although of course those still play a major part.
There's everything "right" and nothing "wrong" with either
approach, simply a difference in the flavor of the group. Meetings are classes,
demonstrations, and roundtable discussions with everyone having an equal voice.
They are held every other Saturday at the Gay and Lesbian Community Center of
Utah. The group also gathers in the café area of the Center every Wednesday
evening for their 'coffee klatch' to hang out, spend time with one another,
meet newcomers in a casual and public environment, and get to know each other
better. Group contact information: Christopher spyder
1997- Clinic for Infectious Disease opened its doors at the
University of Utah’s Medical Center for the HIV community.
1997 The
idea for Utah Power Exchange came as early as July of 1997, but the first official meeting was
much later. The founding members were Michael G, Celeste M, Lannea C,
Christopher B, and Jodi B. Celeste had met with the founders and leadership of
Arizona Power Exchange, and she based her vision of UPEX on the values held in
esteem there - fellowship and mentoring. She wanted a true and unique
organization that not only preached the ideas of safety, but that gave people
the tools to actually practice safety in their daily BDSM lives, while at the
same time allowing the incredible diversity of the leather culture. Celeste and
Michael talked about starting 'something' that would hold the Old Leather
traditions in a place of honor while embracing New Leather values to ensure
growth and opportunity for everyone. They believed firmly in the tenets of
"Safe, Sane, and Consensual" and "Zero Tolerance for
Intolerance" and the latter became the official motto for the group.
Meetings were held at the Gay and Lesbian Community Center and flyers were made
and passed out at adult and leather businesses. One
thing that was imperative was the forming of the bylaws. They needed something
comprehensive that got their views across, but was flexible enough to ensure
the growth of the organization. They decided that the bylaws must be a
"living document" subject to change as the needs of the organization
changed and the leather culture grew. Majority rules and voting rights were
instituted to all members in good standing so that no one person would be able
to dictate the direction of their diverse culture. The
first board of UPEX was organized from the founding members, and the first
election was held six months later; every board thereafter was voted into
office by the membership body on an annual basis. Anyone who chooses to could
run for any board seat as long as they were a member in good standing and did
not hold a conflicting office with any of the other local organizations. For
the most part, those interested in the group tended to see themselves as
submissives rather than bottoms, and Dominants rather than Tops. UPEX focused
largely on the mental D/s aspects of BDSM a little more than the physical SM
techniques, although of course those still play a major part. There's
everything "right" and nothing "wrong" with either
approach, simply a difference in the flavor of the group. Meetings were
classes, demonstrations, and roundtable discussions with everyone having an
equal voice. The
group dissolved in 2006 due to political disagreement between some members and
gradual decline in interest.
1998 Wednesday, S.L. police investigate robbery in Memory Grove
Salt Lake police are investigating the Monday afternoon robbery of an
18-year-old man at Memory Grove. Police said the victim was struck in the face
by one of several men who then kicked and beat him before writing "snitch'
on his neck. One of the assailants then threatened him with a knife. Police
said the man's wallet, hat and boots were taken in the 6 p.m. robbery. He was
taken to LDS Hospital
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| Alan Ahtow |
1998 Alan Ahtow assistant Director of the Gay and Lesbian Community
Center moved to Utah 2 years ago, a native of London, England. When asked exactly
why did the Center change its name from the Stonewall Center to the Gay and
Lesbian Center, “Well,” says Ahtow, “the people involved thought that the time
was right to be more visible in Utah. And we felt it was also the time to use
the word Gay and Lesbian in a very open manner.” Ahtow also explained that
because Gay and Lesbian history is not taught in the schools, many youth could
not understand what Stonewall meant or stood for. This way with the name
change, the younger people understand what the name means, and all that we can
offer. It is also beneficial to both the
youth and the adults who are coming out and seeking support services to
naturally want to contact the center because of its name.
1998- First Thursday Women’s Group- “Once upon a
time in a little log cabin on
Commonwealth Avenue, Becky Moss (yes the Becky
Moss) initiated a women’s group called First Thursday. As the name suggests,
the meetings were held the first Thursday of every month. Becky created the evening in response to
comments she frequently heard around the women’s community: I wish we had a
place to meet outside the bars. I wish we had somewhere to go to meet other
women and feel safe. I wish I could find
a drug and alcohol free place to meet other people. Etc. The evenings got off
to a slow start but gained momentum as women heard of them. Over the several years Becky held First
Thursdays attendance grew to as many as seventy and eighty women on any
evening. Certainly a successful effort and a valuable gift to our women’s community.
Unfortunately for personal reasons Becky was not able to continue to open her
home to all these women and First Thursday was canceled. Many women felt the absence of this evening
and wished it could be brought back.
After conferring with Becky she and Seve Preston agreed to move the meetings
to Seve’s home. First Thursdays were
back. Once again they got off to a slow
start but attendance improved with time.
Then for some reason attendance dropped off all together. If attendance
does not improve First Thursday will be canceled again.
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| Becky Moss |
1998 Wednesday- Utah Couples Group held a Card/game night at
Mark Angus and Paul Willardson’s home.
2003 CommonConservative.com Gunfight at the
Rainbow Corral Gays and guns by B.J.
Browning This year's Gay Pride Day in Salt Lake
City was full of fun and comraderie. Added to the usual parade and various
surrounding events, a new feature was introduced. New this year was the
"Political Stage," a cement amphitheatre beside Salt Lake City's library
featuring Mayoral candidates vying for the "gay" vote.
2003
Reservation for Utah Stonewall Historical Society beginning 7/16/03 Chad
Keller to Ben Williams- here is the confirmation for the rest of the year. I took the liberty to move usup to Conference
room three where the acoustics are better for presentations. Please let me know
if you will need any audio visual items “Thank you for booking your event at
the City Library. Please verify that all
of the details on this Confirmation are correct, and notify the Library of any errors or changes for your
event. Please be advised the City Library cannot guarantee alternate space in
the event your estimated attendance increases, however, we will make every
effort to accommodate your request. Summary of bookings for reservation
1460 Event Name: GLBTIQ History &
Preservation
Date
Start End Room Status
7/16/03
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2003 Subject: Re: July Quarterly Board of
Director's Meeting Alan Anderson to Ben Williams- Ben, I want to let you know I
support your organization and will try in assisting you in ways I can, but I do
not have the "heart" to be totally involved, and I am having time
constraints due to other duties. I would appreciate still receiving emails
about your activities and about Utah gay history, but respectfully ask that my
name be removed from the board of
directors (or whatever board I was on). As ever, Alan Anderson
2003 Tuesday
Subject: Candlelight Vigil tonight for Gay Suicides TONIGHT!!! Charles Milne
Please forward as appropriate "Vigil for Chris, and other Gay
Suicides" Please join us for a candlelight vigil to honor Christopher Paul
Ricksecker and others who have died of suicide to due unacceptance of their
sexuality. January 22, 1982 - June 16, 2003
Tuesday, July 1, 2003 7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Lake Pavilion Sugarhouse Park Salt Lake
City, Utah Even if you did not know Chris, it
is likely that there is someone you know and love who lives in pain because of
the intolerance they face every day. Chris' family and friends invite you to
come and share in a desire for a more enlightened world where our sons and
daughters can live and love with confidence that they are unconditionally loved
and accepted. Refreshments, music, and candle lighting ceremony.
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2003
KSL-TV, July 1, 2003 Salt Lake City, Utah Vigil Held to Remember Gay Suicide Victim
A Salt Lake City family is grief-stricken and angry over the suicide of their
son. They say he killed himself, because
he was gay. And, they're using his death
to raise awareness, of a seldom addressed but preventable tragedy. News
Specialist Richard Piatt is live at Sugarhouse Park with more. Chris Ricksecker
killed himself two weeks ago and had tried several times before that. The
family's vigil here tonight was meant to do two things: Affirm his life, and reject those they say
rejected him. It is never easy to say goodbye to a person people remember as
'caring'. It's harder when that person
is young, and harder still when that person leaves a note saying they couldn't
stand rejection any more. That's the
kind of grief the family and friends of Chris Ricksecker are sharing at this
vigil along with a little anger. David
Ricksecker/Father: "As far as I'm
concerned there was nothing wrong with Chris.
It's just the way the world treats gay people." But, David
Ricksecker admits, it took time for him to accept his gay son. But he says it was even harder when he asked for help dealing with
it: Hearing Chris described as 'bad' and
'evil' words Chris himself no doubt heard.
They're the kind of words experts say can cut deep. Charles Milne/Univ. of Utah Resource
Center: "Any kind of comment can
really affect someone on the inside and you may not even know it. Even the comment of 'that's so gay', or things of that
nature." In life, Chris took comfort in his stuffed animals, good food; funny jokes. He had his share of
problems. But his family believes judgmental people made those problems worse. Sheri
Young/Stepmother: "I just think it
needs to get out there and be said: Stop killing our kids with your moralizing
everybody. Stop killing our children." David Ricksecker/Father: "The most precious gift god has ever
given me was my gay son and he's gone." Studies show that between 30 and
35 per cent of young gay men consider or attempt suicide. A few of them like
Chris Ricksecker succeed.
2004 Thursday Subject: [Evergreen
Infiltration & Washington Speaks
suglbtcc] EverQueen infiltration (Evergreen of Dixie) We have a member
in our yahoo group...egdixie...he is running the anti-gay hate yourself and
feel shame group Evergreen of Dixie. As he may need our support down the line,
for now I am going to allow him to remain a member, unless he begins sending
emails to those in the group encouraging self hatred, or putting any of us on
Evergreens mail list. If anyone has any thoughts regarding this, please feel
free to respond.
2004 Do not get
complacent (Madrid) Gays and lesbians in the developed world must have an
obligation to help those struggling to attain rights in the Third World a
Spanish Pride audience was told Monday. Leonardo Fernandez, the coordinator of
sexual minority issues for Amnesty International in Spain, said that simply being
gay or trans is a criminal offense in 70 countries around the world. "Some 70 countries still
prosecute homosexuals under their law", said Fernandez as he marked World
Pride Day in Madrid. "The majority of Muslim countries have bans in place
as does much of sub-Saharan Africa", added Fernandez, noting that the
absence of the word homosexuality in a country's penal code does not mean they
are not repressed through "legal hairsplitting" methods, such as in
Egypt. In nine of the 70 countries where homosexuality it a crime, the
punishment is death. In 2002 "Saudi Arabia condemned 44 people and
executed four for the crime of homosexuality," Fernandez said. "There
are countries where it is penalized and prosecuted, and others where it is
penalized, but de facto not prosecuted, and still others where it is not
penalized but is de facto prosecuted," said Fernandez. The majority of
countries who track down gays and lesbians are in Africa and Asia, Fernandez
said. In the New World, Nicaragua is the
only Hispanic country that still officially punishes homosexuality. In several
English-speaking Caribbean countries it is still possible to be prosecuted for
homosexuality. As gays and lesbians attain their basic civil rights in the
Developed World, Fernandez said, they must not become complacent while tens of
thousands of gays are persecuted elsewhere.
2004 This was the cover story for
the SLC Metro July 2004 LAW OF ADOPTION by Ben Williams A disregarded practice
of early Mormonism that went into the dustbin of history along with Blood
Atonement, the United Order, Plural Marriage, Slavery, Racial Inferiority based
on skin color, Adam being God the father, and ZCMI is the sealing of men to men
in sacred temple rituals. Brigham Young in a talk given February 16th 1868 proclaimed,
“The ordinance of sealing must be performed here man to man, and woman to man,
and children to parents, etc., until the chain of generation is made perfect in
the sealing ordinances back to father Adam; ….until the earth is sanctified and
prepared for the residence of God and angels" (JD 12:165). The sealing of men to men was not an LDS
connivance for Gay marriages in the 19th Century as some would like to believe
however it was a means for men to increase their “kingdom” through adoption as
being sealed to a woman would increase a man’s kingdom by sexual reproduction.
The sealing of men to men was a non-sexual way for a Mormon male to multiply.
The practice of sealing men to men was instituted by Joseph Smith before the
Mormons left Nauvoo to come to Utah. An article concerning the law of adoption
appeared in the Mormon Church's publication The Latter-Day Saints' Millennial
Star, June, 1843, Vol. 4, pages 17-19. LDS historian Gordon Irving, stated that
while, "No consensus exists with regard to the date when the first
adoptions were performed... It is certainly possible, perhaps probable, that
Joseph Smith did initiate certain trusted leaders into the adoptionary order as
early as 1842." (Brigham Young University Studies, Spring 1974, page 295)
Mormon historian Michael Quinn believes that Joseph Smith was not hostile to
male to male intimacy as are the modern LDS General Authorities today. In an
article published in Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought entitled, Male-Male
Intimacy among Nineteenth-century Mormons: A Case Study, Quinn suggest that at
the funeral address for Lorenzo D. Barns, the Mormon prophet hinted at a
special relationship between “friends” in the eternities. (Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought,
Winter 1995, page 110) Antonio Feliz, one of the founders of the Restoration
Church of Jesus Christ and author of “Out of he Bishop’s Closet,” wrote a paper stating that Smith’s funereal
address for Barnes as a coded endorsement for
homosexuality among the Saints. Joseph Smith's History of the Church
records the speech given on April 16, 1843, at the funeral of Lorenzo D.
Barns. "It has always been
considered a great calamity not to obtain an honorable burial... If tomorrow I
shall be called to lie in yonder tomb, in the morning of the resurrection let
me strike hands with my father, and cry, 'My father,'... When we lie down we
contemplate how we may rise in the morning; and it is pleasing for friends to
lie down together, locked in the arms of love, to sleep and wake in each
other's embrace.... when the voice calls for the dead to arise, suppose I am
laid by the side of my father, what would be the first joy of my heart? To meet
my father, my mother, my brother, my sister; and when they are by my side, I
embrace them and they me...." (History of the Church, Vol. 5, page
361) Mormon apologist George L. Mitton
horrified that Quinn interpreted this passage to have anything to do with
homosexuality wrote a letter to the editor of Dialogue, claiming that “The
'arms of love' is a scriptural allusion -- the imagery of godly love as the
Lord extends it at the resurrection and otherwise...." (Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought,
Winter 1996, pages v-ix.). Modern Mormon
apologists always claim that an embarrassing anachronism from Mormon history
such as Blood Atonement, as practice during the Mormon Reformation, were only
literary devises. Not so. The early
blood and guts Mormons were straight forward and said what they meant, leaving
it to their namby-pamby descendants to white wash their words. However the
passage “friends to lie down together, locked in the arms of love, to sleep and
wake in each other's embrace....” is long stretch for an endorsement is a
sexual orientation that is outside the norm but still it is often cited by
optimistic Latter Day Homosexuals as proof of Smith’s intentions of sanctify a
union for homosexuals if he would have lived longer. There is no support for this conclusion
except for the anachronistic Law of Adoption or the practice of sealing men to
men. There is no evidence that the sealing of men to men was a backdoor attempt
to sanctify homosexuality but as a writer suggested, “the practice certainly
could have opened a door for those predisposed to homosexual temptations.” The
augment is that “men who were sealed to one another were likely to have closer
contact with one another than those who did not enter into the practice,” and
therefore more open to an intimate relationship much like “some missionaries who were constantly in
close contact with their companions (have) yielded to homosexual
activities. What then was the purpose of
sealing men to men? The noted Mormon historian Juanita Brooks wrote: "If
the prophet Joseph were to become a God over a minor planet, he must not only
have a large posterity but able assistants of practical skills. Brigham Young
had been 'sealed' to Joseph under this law; now he in turn had some
thirty-eight young men sealed to him." (John D.
Lee:Zealot--Pioneer--Builder--Scapegoat, page 73) Brigham Young's grandson,
Kimball Young Ph.D., as chairman of the Department of Sociology at Northwestern
University wrote of the male to male dynamics in Brigham Young's time: "To understand the role and status and
the accompanying self-images of men and women in polygamy, we must recall that
Mormondom was a male-dominated society. The priesthood--which only men could
hold--was in complete control and celestial marriage, either monogamous or
polygamous, exemplified the higher status of men. Women were viewed as of
lesser worth, to be saved through men holding the priesthood.” Historian Hubert
Howe Bancroft wrote of the Law of Adoption:
"The father may be either younger or older than the son, but in any
case assumes the character of guardian, with full control of the labor and
estate of the adopted son. Many young men give themselves over to the leaders
as 'eternal sons,' in the hope of sharing the honor of their adopted
parents." (History of Utah, page 361) Interestingly, adopted sons in the
sealing ceremony of men to men were sometimes older than the men who adopted
them. Gordon Irving revealed a case in which two men “could not agree on a
sealing ceremony because they both wanted to be the father: " Albert K.
Thurber’s autobiography mentioned that in 1850 Mormon Patriarch Benjamin F.
Johnson approached him and 'in a round about way proposed for me to be adopted
to him.' Thurber put him off by telling him, 'I thought it would be as well for
him to be adopted by me.' " (Brigham Young University Studies, Spring
1974, page 304) The word “proposed” as used by Thurber conjures up many
scenarios. On April 6, 1862, President
Brigham Young claimed that the practice of sealing men to men was "a great
and glorious doctrine." "By this power men will be sealed to men back
to Adam, completing and making perfect the chain of the Priesthood from this
day to the winding up scene. I have known men that I positively think would
fellowship the Devil, if he would agree to be sealed to them. 'Oh, be sealed to
me, brother; I care not what you do. You may lie and steal, or anything else, I
can put up with all your meanness, if you will only be sealed to me.' Now this
is not so much weakness as it is selfishness. It is a great and glorious
doctrine, but the reason I have not preached it in the midst of this people,
is, I could not do it without turning so many of them to the Devil. Some would
go to hell for the sake of getting the Devil sealed to them." (Journal of
Discourses, Vol. 9, page 269) The sealing of men to men actually was a more
sacred principle than Celestial marriage according to Brigham Young. In a
discourse Young gave on September 4, 1873, he said , "we can seal women to
men but not men to men, without a Temple ."
(Journal of Discourses, Vol. 16, page 186) A sermon by Brigham Young, reported
by John Read, in a letter to one of his wives, revealed that Young referred to
some future time 'when men would be sealed to men in the priesthood in a more
solemn ordinance than that by which women were sealed to men, and in a room
over that in which women were sealed to man in the temple of the Lord.' Wilford Woodruff, the fourth president of
the LDS church, wrote in his journal that he "officiated in Adopting 96
Men to Men." (Wilford Woodruffs' Journal, edited by Scott G.Kenney, 1985,
Vol. 9, page 408) Kimball Young PhD.stated
that the sealing of men to men was evidence “of deep, psychological
Brüderschaft (brotherhood)” and of “obviously latent homosexual features”. He compares “ the Mormon system, with all its
ecclesiastical trappings and military controls,” like similar organizations
which had “strong homosexual components.”
He maintained, “This is true of armies; it is true of priestly orders in
all religions; and certainly in many aspects of the occupational guides of the
Middle Ages." (K. Young, Isn't One Wife Enough? The Story of Mormon
Polygamy, 1954, pages 278-280) Brigham Young as we all know had many wives. No
one knows for sure the exact count but twenty-seven seems to be the official
number. However he did not respect or enjoy their company and society. "There
are probably but few men in the world who care about the private society of
women less than I do." (Journal of Discourses, Vol. 5, page 99) He had numerous offspring but had little
interaction with their growth or development seeing them more an extension of
his property. He had no great fondness for men either, using them or abusing
them always for the building up of the Kingdom of God of which he was the chief
benefactor. He had 38 men sealed to him including John D. Lee who was acting in
behalf of Young as an adopted son at Mountain Meadows. In fact the only person
with whom Young seemed to have developed a deep emotional attachment was the
Prophet Joseph Smith. Brigham Young recorded several visions or dreams he had
of the slain Smith wherein Young would throw his arms around his mentor,
embrace him and cover him in kisses and tears. Young’s last words on his
deathbed were neither for his wives nor children but for his beloved Joseph his
adopted father from whom he maintained he received the “keys” to become a lord
and king on earth as well as in heaven. Today the LDS Church has “modified”
passages in the Journal of Discourses eliminating most references to the seal
of men to men. One such passage has been
changed to read: "The ordinance
of sealing must be performed here [son] to [father], and woman to man . . .
instead of “man to man”. Modern
homophobics in high authority did not
want Brigham Young's comments concerning men being sealed to men to be even a
mild endorsement of same sex unions. Another example of the “same type of
cover-up” is found in the passage where Brigham Young stated: "Then man will be sealed to man until
the chain is made perfect . . . (Journal of Discourses, Vol. 15, page 139). It
now reads "Then [children] will be sealed to [parents] until the chain is
made perfect . Present-day Mormon
temples are used exclusively for individual sacred ceremonies and genealogies
where one must prove legal documentation of familial relationship before a
“sealing” is preformed. Present-day Mormon temples are matrimonial factories
churning out thousands of heterosexual weddings daily in which they seal women
to men for time and all eternity. Interesting men are never sealed to women.
Their children are also sealed to them for eternity. The ceremony known as
"the law of adoption, "
whenein a man could have any
number of men adopted to him as sons for eternity has been completely abandoned.
2005 Subject: July Events from
the Center GLBT Community Center of Utah July Events The Center Space has extended it's hours! We are
now open on Fridays from 3pm – 9pm and on Sundays from 10am – 2pm! This is in
addition to our regular hours of 6-9pm Monday thru Friday. The Center
Space has free internet access, a lending library of both fiction
and non-fiction GLBTQ books, magazines, local community information, resources
and more! The Center Space also offers drip coffee, drinks and snacks. We are
located at 361 N. 300 W. in Salt Lake
City . Come on down and check out everything that is
going on! www.glbtccu.org
2006 Deseret Morning News, Saturday, July 01, 2006 Religion called
important in lives of gays, lesbians Gay bishop says only churches can undo
oppression By Amy Choate Deseret Morning News OREM — In the Rt. Rev. Gene
Robinson's eyes, there could be no better place to host one of the biggest
parties to promote gay rights in the nation than in the heart of highly
religious Utah County. Rt. Rev. Robinson speaks at the Human Rights Campaign
Gala. Michael Brandy, Deseret Morning News Robinson, the first openly gay appointed
bishop in the Episcopal Church, stated his belief of the important role
religion plays in gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender issues last Saturday
night at Utah's second annual Human Rights Campaign gala dinner.This is the
second year that Bruce Bastian, co-founder of WordPerfect, has hosted the
statewide HRC gala at his sprawling Orem estate. "An event like this is
very important because being in a very religious and a very conservative state,
the people who think the way we do can feel very isolated from one
another," said Robinson during an interview with the Deseret Morning News.
"The great thing about this event is to come together with people who have
the same vision. I think it bolsters people's spirits and makes them more courageous
and willing to speak up." Robinson said one of the main purposes of his
speech was to give an assurance of God's love for all of his children,
including the members of the GLBT community. "Twenty years from now we're
going to look back on this and wonder, 'What were we thinking?' " Robinson
said. "I think it's only a matter of time. I think the Holy Spirit is
leading us to think differently about gay and lesbian people." The role of
religion in gay activism also is important, Robinson said. He said he views gay
activism as being a "godly and holy work." "I think it is so
important for religious voices to speak out because we are responsible for most
of the oppression that gay and lesbian people have experienced," Robinson
said. "I think it's only religious voices that can undo that
oppression." Robinson said many religious institutions have taught their
gay and lesbian members that they are an "abomination" in the eyes of
God. He concluded his speech by affirming an opposite view. "If you don't
remember anything else, I want you to remember that you are loved beyond your
wildest imaginations," Robinson said. "The God that we know — his
love is so boundless that we can all be God's favorite." The Human Rights
Campaign is a national organization dedicated to gaining equal rights for the
gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community. Although the campaign
organizes about 25 events throughout the nation every year, Utah 's event is among the largest, HRC
representatives said. Although Robinson, who hails from New Hampshire , normally travels the nation
to speak at gay and lesbian events, last Saturday's speech was his first this
year to be delivered at an HRC dinner. "I think it's important to have an
event like this in Utah Valley because I think there is a perception that all
the gays in Utah live in Salt
Lake ," said Andrew Sorenson, a Utah County Utah ."
At an entrance price of $150 or $300 a ticket, approximately 850 guests — 200
more than last year — attended the event. Visitors participated in a silent
auction to raise money for the cause, then gathered on Bastian's lawn for
dinner under a giant white canopy bedecked with colorful chandeliers. "When
I was a kid, I never would have dreamed about what's happening here,"
Bastian said. "To realize that it's actually happening at my home is
beyond belief." Awards were given to the Utah AIDS Foundation, Salt Lake
City Mayor Rocky Anderson and talk radio show host Doug Fabrizio for their
efforts within the GLBT community. And before Robinson delivered his speech,
Tony award-winner Jennifer Holliday performed for the audience.
2006 Bear Rackus The 3-day event offers oodles of
fun like bear baiting, taxidermy lessons, and bear-back rides. No, really,
festivities include volleyball, horseshoes, hiking, tubing, and meals; the
stoic Elijah Black performs at Charly’s. Today through Monday, July 3, McCammon , Idaho
2007 BARB-B-QUEER 100% BEEFCAKE JULY 1, 2007 FAIRMONT PARK 12:30-4:00PM 1ST ANNUAL
VILLIAGE BBQ!! We will provide the ***MEAT,
you bring side dish or desert LUBE WRESTLING - VOLLEYBALL- PRIZES and
LOTS, LOTS of HOT GUYS Spread the word invite your friends and lets the get the
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The Villiage is program by UAF For more information contact Jeremiah Hansen
2014
Anti-gay group plans Salt Lake conference in 2015 BY LISA SCHENCKER THE SALT
LAKE TRIBUNE An organization that opposes homosexuality and is considered by
some to be a hate group plans to hold its first U.S. conference in Salt Lake
City next year. It’s a plan that, in addition to sparking outrage among gay
rights advocates, comes shortly after a federal appeals court upheld a lower
court ruling scrapping Utah’s former ban on gay marriage. The World Congress of
Families plans to hold a gathering here in October 2015, according to The
Associated Press. The organization expects as many as 3,000 people to attend.
The group touts the “natural family” and condemns homosexuality. According to
the group’s website: “The natural family is the fundamental social unit,
inscribed in human nature, and centered on the voluntary union of a man and a
woman in the lifelong covenant of marriage. The natural family is defined by
marriage, procreation and, in some cultures, adoption. Free, secure and stable
families that welcome children are necessary for healthy society. The society
that abandons the natural family as the norm is destined for chaos and
suffering.” Attempts to reach the World Congress of Families for comment
Tuesday morning were not immediately successful. Attempts to reach The
Sutherland Institute, a Utah-based conservative group leading the planning of
the Congress’ event, were also not immediately successful Tuesday.Jason Rahlan,
global press secretary for the Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) organization, noted that the
Southern Poverty Law Center has labeled the Congress as a “hate group.” “Hate
is not an American value and the World Congress of Families must stop exporting
their vicious brand of LGBT bigotry abroad,” Rahlan said. “We feel it’s
important the citizens of Salt Lake City know how dangerous they are and that
they’re coming to town very soon.” The Congress has expressed support for a
controversial Russian law prohibiting the dissemination of LGBT materials among
minors, and in 2009, it opposed a United Nations statement calling for the
decriminalization of homosexuality around the world, according to the Southern
Poverty Law Center. The Congress had planned to hold an event in Russia in
September but cancelled that gathering because of logistical difficulties
arising from the unrest in Ukraine and Crimea and the resulting U.S. sanctions,
according to a Congress press release. “At a time when Western governments are
moving backward to a pagan worldview, Russia has taken a leadership role to
advance the natural family,” that March press release said. This story will be
updated with more information as it becomes available.
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| Rick Jones |
2015 A
Utah man who alleged assailants carved homophobic slurs into his arms, robbed
his pizza restaurant and firebombed his house has admitted faking the attacks,
authorities said. Now the question is whether Rick Jones, 22, of Delta will be
prosecuted for reporting false crimes, Millard County Sheriff Robert Dekker
told CNN affiliate KSL. "The
investigation has come to an end today with the admission of Richard (Rick) L.
Jones Jr. to having staged all of the incidents," the Sheriff's Office and
County Attorney's office said in a Tuesday statement. Dekker said he didn't
know why Jones staged the crimes. Jones' lawyer, Brett Tolman, told KSL that
Jones asked him to contact the Sheriff's Office and call off the investigation.
"At this point we are working with investigators and with the community at
trying to point out and recognize that what this really amounts to is a very
serious cry for help by an individual ... who is gay and is in need of mental
health treatment, which he is getting," Tolman said. "I don't think
it was an intention on the part of our client to do anything criminal."
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