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Trans woman forced to remove makeup at Utah DMV against department policy A transgender Utah resident was taken aback when after having her driver license photo renewal taken at the Fairpark Driver License Office, a supervisor engaged her with “hostility,” demanding that she remove her makeup for the license photo. “Because my appearance didn’t match my gender, it wouldn’t be able to be picked up by face recognition Jaydee Dolinar, via Facebook software,” the victim Jaydee Dolinar said of what the supervisor told her. Dolinar explained to Fox13 News that the supervisor cited state policy in her reasoning. When Dolinar asked what the policy stated, she said the woman shrugged her shoulders and told her they
can’t “have confusion in the system.” Jaydee asked the supervisor what she should do. “She said, ‘Well, we have hand sanitizer you can use,’” Dolinar said. “Like, alright… so I used the hand sanitizer and paper towels and I scrubbed it all off.” Chris Caras, Director of the Utah Department of Public Safety Driver License Division, explained to Fox13 News that they learned about the complaint the following day. Caras clarified that the policy is meant for makeup that is extreme in nature, or a material change that would alter a person’s appearance in a way that could complicate a photo ID from previous photos, or to facilitate some type of fraud. “We obviously would not want anything like this to happen in one of our offices ever again,” Caras said. DPS stated that additional training would take place in partnership with TEA of Utah.
Qmmunity Utah Pride Center: The Pastor Is In On the 1st and 3rd Thursday of each month the UPC hosts a local pastor (Rev. Curtis Price, of the First Baptist Church) will be on location in the Center’s lobby 6–8 p.m., for open to conversation with anyone who would like to talk about religion. Price has long been an ally to the LGBTQIA+ community and a partner with the UPC as well. Anyone who wants to ask questions, work through feelings, laugh/cry/be angry on the subject of religion is welcome to sit with him, or gather his information to make an appointment for a more private conversation if they prefer. Upcoming Dates: Thurs., Nov. 21; Mon., Dec. 5; and Thurs.; Dec. 19. , 1380 S. Main St.
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to raise proceeds to benefit those in the community who are living with HIV/AIDS. All funds from this gala will go directly to recipients, which helps them in purchasing much needed medications, food, clothes, housing during the holidays. Snowball 2019 commences on AIDS Awareness Day, Sunday, Dec. 1, at the Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center, 138 W. 300 South. Doors and dinner at 4 p.m., with the spectacular show at 6 p.m. Tickets are $25, available through artsaltlake.org.
Lecture: The ‘Born This Way’ Wars: Sexuality, Science and the Future of Equality On Thursday, Dec. 5, Westminster College’s B. W. Bastian Foundation Diversity Series presents “The ‘Born This Way’ Wars: Sexuality, Science and the Future of Equality” with Patrick Grzanka, Ph.D., a professor of psychology and women, gender and sexuality studies at The University of Tennessee. In this lecture, he will discuss the social implications of scientists’ search for the biological origins of sexual orientation. An expert in intersectionality, Grzanka’s work broadly investigates the psychosocial consequences of complex structural inequalities at the nexus of race, gender and sexuality. This free lecture will be held in the Bill and Vieve Gore Business School Auditorium, 1840 S. 1300 East, at 7 p.m., followed by a book signing at 8:15 p.m.
LGBTQ Utah author book reading and signing Utah author and member of the LGBT community Rachel Anne Cox, will be at the Main Street Emporium, 66 S. Main St., Bountiful, for a reading and book signing of her debut dystopian novel A Light From The Ashes, on Saturday, Nov. 23, 4:30-6 p.m. The novel is set in the future wasteland of Virginia where Sam, the son of revolutionaries, wants nothing more than to leave the violence of his past behind him, but the impending Third Revolution and the two women he loves may not let him. With his loyalties torn between his affection for Sophie and maintaining the tentative peace which has prevailed in the land, Sam must navigate the fine lines between peace and rebellion, love and hate, while trying to find his humanity in an inhumane world and within himself. To learn more about the author, visit her on at instagr.am/rachel_anne_cox_writer/ or fb.me/rachelannecoxwriter/ Q
