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Today’s Prides are a different kind of riot.

As we

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celebrate the anniversary of the Stonewall riots at a little gay drag dive bar in Greenwich Village, New York, we are thankful for those who finally sparked our movement for civil rights. While some people formed groups and tried for decades to reason with the world that our community was made up of good people, a quiet summer night in Manhattan was turned on its ear when a small group of angry homosexuals and drag queens stood up against continued persecution and wrongful prosecution. They righteously rebelled, revolted and rioted. They said, with words and deeds, “No more.”

A half-century later, gay Americans are much less likely to live in dark closets or gather in secret places. We are the mentors and mayors of our towns. We have not just survived, but thrived. We are not apart from our communities. We are a part of them. Our meeting places and bars are on Main Street. We publish mainstream magazines, serve in our nation’s armed forces, and lawfully marry others of our same sex. We hold our own parades.

Still, we are not home free.

As we applaud our achievements and celebrate our victories, there are still contests to fight, and battles to be won. Bullying has not come to an end.

Transgender people are being legislated against. Equal rights in the workplaces have not won universal legal success.

All of us still must fight a never-ending battle against those who deny and discriminate against our dignity.

Of course, LGBT America has come a long way. Today, we fight AIDS, not people with AIDS. We pass laws that protect us from persecution. We have international gay games and worldwide Prides. But lest we forget, gays are still hung in Kenya, tortured in Eastern Europe, and jailed in Saudi Arabia. Transgender people, especially those of color, are being murdered here, in our country, and moreso around the world. We can find comfort in our lives, to be sure. But we can never stand for com-

placency. We can never acquiesce to abuse.

Our duty as we move forward with our lives is to remember one fundamental principle: that while some of us are celebrating by the shore, many of us are still drowning in the ocean. We can’t let our lives become apathetic; our voices become silent.

Our newspapers and magazines can’t just marvel at our majesty. We have to remind ourselves of our duty to others. No person is an island. We have to do more than illuminate our parties. Our words need to mirror our realities. Our eyes can’t be shut to the world around us.

We remember Harvey Milk as a gay hero, one of the first gay Americans ever elected to public office. As a San Francisco city supervisor, he spoke for gay America. He was shot and killed while so serving. He should not just be remembered as a ‘gay icon.’ He was an American hero. By fighting for equal rights for the LGBT community, he fostered universal justice for Americans everywhere.

We cannot ever afford, as a gay community, to forget our past. We must jealously guard our rights and assert our principles. Those who seek to turn back the clock must know we will march proudly, speak firmly, and fight furiously to maintain our place at the table.

LGBT Americans never should have been second class citizens in the first place.

We never will be so again. We do not speak for one political party. We speak up for everyone’s inalienable rights, to live life as we choose, and love the ones we want.

Be proud, not apologetic. Be who you are.

We are making much more progress today with the help of allies than with throwing cobblestones. Even as we held three days of riots, we still took the time to do kicklines. Let’s continue to reach out and change the hearts and minds of our neighbors. We are a movement of love.

Our Prides can be open, embracing, and welcoming rather than angry, accusing and hateful.

But never let them think we’ve forgotten how to huck a brick. Q

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Suicide was murder The murder of American SCOTT JOHNSON in 1988 in Sydney led to a re-evaluation of policing of hate crimes in Australia. The crime was ruled a suicide by a police department notorious for not investigating hate crimes against gay men. This year, the murderer was convicted of pushing Johnson off a Sydney cliff at Bondi Beach over 20 years ago. The outcry over the lack of police interest in the crime caused reforms in policing in Oz. A movie, “Deep Water,” portrayed the crime and the police non-interest in solving it. The convicted murderer will probably get a life sentence. Australia does not allow capital punishment.

Actor, Pratt, still a Guardian, “Guardians of the Galaxy” director JAMES GUNN has confirmed that actor CHRIS PRATT will appear in a third installment of the “Guardians” film franchise. Pratt was criticized for affiliation with a supposed anti-LGBTQ church, voicing criticisms of “Hollywood” culture and “mocking the importance of voting.” Gunn wrote on Twitter, “Chris Pratt would never be replaced as Star-Lord but, if he ever was, we would all be going with him.” Other actors playing characters

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in the “Marvel Universe”, including ROBERT DOWNEY JR., MARK RUFFALO, ZOE SALDAÑA, and JEREMY RENNER voiced their support for Pratt. Coincidentally, Gunn was under fire for some unfriendly Tweets about the Republican party but was reinstated at the urging of Pratt and fellow Marvel heroes. I feel silly writing about this.

sexual orientation or gender identity — for what it calls “high-risk sexual behaviors.”

The new regulations would prohibit anyone who has had anal sex with a new sexual partner from donating for three months. No mention as to what “high-risk sexual behaviors” means in Canada.

Dirty Dancing in Pennsylvania

It may be hard to remember what a groundbreaker ELLEN DEGENERES was in her sitcom in the 1990s.

Her character inadvertently announced her love for the character played by LAURA DERN via an airport waiting room PA system. She left the ABC sitcom and developed a popular daytime interview show, “Ellen” in 2003. She recently announced her anticipated retirement from that show, “When we started this show in 2003, the iPhone didn’t exist,” DeGeneres wrote. “Social media didn’t exist. Gay marriage wasn’t legal. We watched the world change, sometimes for the better, sometimes not.” Her last show will air on May 26

Some parents liked it; some didn’t. The School Board of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania sided with the frowny parents after a high school LGBTQ+ club hosted a drag show. The after-school event at Hempfield High “featured dancers in tight-fitting and revealing clothing with exposed buttocks,” and it wasn’t the cheerleaders. Lancaster news media reported that the event was advertised as a drag show.

The board apologized and promised a thorough investigation. One parent posted, “It wouldn’t make a difference to me if it was a woman doing this. It’s irrelevant that they are drag queens, it’s the type of the performance at the school.” Another parent countered, “If your kids aren’t involved in it, and you’re not giving your permission, why are you getting involved?”

PATRICK SWAYZE must be rolling his eyes in his grave.

Blood donation ban ends in Canada People formerly known as “Gay” in Canada will be able to make blood donations to Red Cross or other blood banks.

The country’s federal health agency has lifted the ban on “men who have sex with men” and who are sexually active.

Instead, the department will now screen all potential donors — regardless of

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KARINE JEAN-PIERRE is a “three-fer” historic pick as the next White House press secretary. Born in Haiti, she is the first Black woman to hold the position. She may also be the first gay or lesbian person to hold the position. She replaces cis-gender JEN PSAKI, who leaves for part-time work at MSNBC and to spend more time with family. Jean-Pierre served in the 2020 presidential campaign as chief of staff to the Democratic vice-presidential nominee. She was born in Haiti and grew up in the borough of Queens among what she calls “New York’s Haitian community.”

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Josephine Baker biopic announced Josephine Baker is a juicy role for JANELLE MONÁE in a biopic, “De La Resistance.”

Baker was an American jazz singer who fled Jim Crowera discrimination in the U.S. by moving to Paris, France, in the mid-1920s. She was a civil rights activist and, during the 1940s, was a spy for the Allies. The new series coming from A24 will focus on the performer’s life during World War II, specifically when she worked as a spy for the Allies and the French resistance, helping to defeat the Germans during the occupation of France. Born in St. Louis in 1906, she was briefly married to white Jewish Frenchman Jean Lion and helped his family escape imprisonment.

Baker’s lovers included the French author Colette and Mexican artist Frida Kahlo.

Bill to nationalize ‘Don’t Say Gay’ introduced U.S. Rep. JEFF VAN DREW, a Republican from New Jersey, introduced the “My Child, My Choice Act.” The act bars federal funds for elementary schools not obtaining enough parental consent for children to participate in “lessons specifically related to gender identity, sexual orientation, or transgender studies.” The law specifies funds would be withheld if less than 50 percent of the students’ parents agree to the course.

NY Pride grand marshals announced NYC Pride has unveiled the grand marshals for this year’s

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NYC Pride March. This is the first fully live event since 2019 due to COVID restrictions.

It was canceled altogether in 2020. In 2021 it was a hybrid of virtual performance, a limited attendance, and a socially distanced march. The June 26 LGBTQIAA+ march will feature four “Ts” and one “L” as grand marshals: social media star TS MADISON; transgender former NCAA swimmer SCHUYLER BAILAR; ACLU attorney CHASE STRANGIO; “Saturday Night Live” cast member PUNKIE JOHNSON; and Okra Project Executive Director DOMINIQUE MORGAN. The March will air on WABC-TV, ABC7NY. com, and ABC News Live.

‘Dr Who,’ what?

The role of Doctor Who in BBC’s long-running Syfy series “Dr. Who” has been portrayed for most of the last 60 years by white British actors. JODIE WHITAKER broke the mold three years ago and “female washed” the character.

She’s leaving, and the new doctor, NCUTI ­GATWA, brings a “gay and BIPOC wash” to the role.

He has been cast as the 14th version of the titular “Time Lord.” Born in Rwanda and now a native of Scotland, Gatwa is best known as “Eric Effiong,” a gay high school student on Netflix’s popular series “Sex Education.” Creator of the British “Queer as Folk” and “It’s a Sin,” RUSSELL T. DAVIES, will be returning as showrunner, a post he’s held since 2005.

Police Blotter Florida state REP. RAMON ALEXANDER, who was slated to become the House of Representative Minority Leader, will not stand for reelection after facing a sexual harassment scandal.

He is accused of harassing a Florida A&M University employee, sending the man lewd video and texts. The man said the university fired him after he reported the incident.

ANDY DICK, thought to be a comedian, was arrested over an alleged sexual assault in Orange County, Calif. The arrest was caught on live stream after a man said the comedian had sexually assaulted him.

TMZ reports that Dick lives with a group of live streamers residing in an O’Neill Regional Park, where the assault occurred. No stranger to the police blotter, he was arrested in 2021 for hitting his boyfriend with a liquor bottle.

In 2019, he got 14 days in jail for sexual battery. In 2018 he was charged with sexual battery for allegedly grabbing an Uber driver’s crotch.

A civil suit against CNN commentator DON LEMON has been dropped. The assault case has been “dismissed with prejudice.” Lemon was sued for a now-recanted 2018 incident at a bar in New York’s Hamptons area on Long Island. The plaintiff said, “The events that occurred on the night in question when I first met … were not what I thought they were when I filed this lawsuit.” Lemon’s attorney said, “Unfortunately, being a gay Black man in the media, he has had to deal with these sorts of attacks for quite some time.”

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Idaho ‘Patriot’ group to go ‘head-to-head’ against Coeur d’Alene Pride Saying, “If they want to have a war, let it begin here,” a Coeur d’Alene, Idaho “patriot” group promises to “go head-tohead” against Pride in the Park, claiming, “They are trying to take your children.”

Ultra-conservative Idaho State Rep. Heather Scott, R-Bonner County, held a forum on Thursday titled “Gameplan to Remove Inappropriate Materials from Our Schools and Libraries” at the Regeneration Calvary Chapel, saying, “There’s a war going on, and the scariest thing about this war is that these tactics that are being waged against society, most people are just unaware it is even happening. It’s good versus evil … I’m not sure how this battle’s gonna end, but I always go back to is ‘all evil needs is for good men to do nothing.’”

Scott then introduced representatives of Panhandle Patriots Riding Club to the stage. They wore their club’s patches with a graphic of skulls using stripes and stars of the U.S. flag and an assault weapon in the front.

“In Coeur d’Alene, on the 10th of June, there is Family Day, where they are promoting family values, activities, and everything. The very following day, they are having Gay Pride Day,” a representative with the name patch “DeadDog” said as a murmur went through the church. “In the very same park, the very next day. And they will be allowed to parade through all of Coeur d’Alene, drag queen dancers, education hour, making all this material available for all the kids, in a park that is designed for kids.

“We are having an event the very same day,” he announced. “That very same day, we intend to go head-to-head with these people. The line must be drawn in the sand. Good people need to stand up. [Scott] was talking earlier about repercussions. We say, ‘Damn the repercussions,’ Stand up, take it to the head. Go to the fight. “ “Our event is called Gun d’Alene because it is the anniversary we stood to protect our community. We are standing again to protect our community. We shifted our date to be available to go headto-head with these people,” he said. “They

are trying to take your children.”

Flyers for their event show the theme as “Gun d’Alene: Protect our Children” and encourage the carrying of firearms and say “If they want to have a war, let it begin here.” According to the flyers, the group will march through downtown Coeur d’Alene and rally in a different park.

Coeur d’Alene City Clerk Renata McLeod told the Coeur d’Alene Press in an email, “I have not received any special event/street closure, nor parade request for that day yet.”

City of Coeur d’Alene city code says “parades, public assembly, block watches and street are required for any event requiring street blockages, or activity occurring whereby traffic/pedestrian travel will be impeded. A 21-day advance application is needed for parades.”

Coeur d’Alene Police Chief Lee White would not comment to the press about the department’s plans to handle the two groups.

“To ensure operational security, CDA PD will not be providing comment on our planning or response to the events scheduled on June 11th,” he told The Press.

According to city code, “It shall be unlawful for any person to have in his possession or to have in any vehicle any weapon while participating in or attending a parade or public assembly.”

PRIDE WILL GO ON Pride in the Park organizers say they won’t be “intimidated or deterred” from gathering with their community.

The annual event is organized by North Idaho Pride Alliance as part of CDA4Pride, a month-long celebration of the LGBTQ+ community. It is a free, family-friendly event this year scheduled from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. June 11 at the Coeur d’Alene City Park and bandshell.

North Idaho Pride Alliance Board President Sam Koester said in a news release that CDA4Pride is about bringing people together for inclusive, fun and educational events during the month of June.

“Our leadership strongly encourages the public NOT to engage with protestors they may encounter outside events or online. We ask that supportive community members and partners focus on promoting events with positivity for a successful Pride Month celebration.

“Our highest priority is to have a fun and safe event. We have confidence that strong early interventions and keeping law enforcement aware will ensure a successful Pride month and safety for all who choose to participate.”

WAR OF PERVERSION Scott kicked off the meeting by comparing the issue of LGBTQ materials in schools and public libraries to 9-11.

“There’s another tragedy I want to talk about tonight,” she said. “it is a war of perversion on our children. It is an orchestrated attack on their minds and their souls.”

“Does anyone else remember when local school boards across the country began promoting having the girls use the boys’ bathrooms and the boys using the girls’ bathrooms and showers? Do you know when ‘Drag Queen Hour’ started and the drag queens were reading to little children? When did school counselors start counseling children to change their sex and then hide it from the parents? I went to Taco Bell the other day, and this boy had the longest fingernails I ever seen, and they were painted, lipstick … when did this happen?” she asked. “And when did we allow a law in this state to say that it was okay for libraries across Idaho to promote pornography?”

“I know what’s comin’. When you see the GLBTQ — plus — you know there’s more comin’,” she said. “You know what Satan wants for the kids, and it’s not good.”

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Utah Sen. Mike Lee demands parental warning for TV shows with LGBTQ characters and themes Utah Sen. Mike Lee was one of five senators to sign on to a letter to the TV Parental Guidelines Monitoring Board demanding they provide a separate rating for television shows that will show “disturbing content,” which they define as including themes or characters of “sexual orientation and gender identity.”

The goal of the rating is to allow parents to block their children from viewing any material that involvedssexual orientation or gender identity.

“Recently, a video emerged showing a prominent executive at children’s entertainment giant Disney saying she supports having “many, many, many LGBTQIA+ characters in our stories,” the letter states. “To the detriment of children, gender dysphoria has become sensationalized in the popular media and television with radical activists and entertainment companies. This radical and sexual sensation not only harms children, but also destabilizes and damages parental rights.”

“In recent years, concerning topics of a sexual nature have become aggressively politicized and promoted in children’s programming, including irreversible and harmful experimental treatments for mental disorders like gender dysphoria. To this end, we strongly urge you to update the TV Parental Guidelines and ensure they are up-to-date on best practices that help inform parents on this disturbing content.

“Sexually-related content not only negatively influences and exploits its young audiences, but also harms child actors,” the letter continues. “Time and again, child actors from major children’s TV channels, including Disney, have revealed trauma from being sexualized at an early age.”

“The motivations of hypersexualized entertainment producers striving to push this content on young audiences are suspect at best and predatory at worst,” the letter states.

SEN.DEREK KITCHEN RESPONDS State Senator Derek Kitchen released a statement in response to Lee’s attempt to label LGBTQ+ representation as “disturbing content:” “As a gay man, as the only openly LGBTQ+ elected official in the Utah Legislature, and as a human being, I’m here to express to Senator Lee that our community is fed up with divisive and dangerous rhetoric. The LGBTQ+ community is not a political punching bag—we are people, and we are sick and tired of these offensive antics. Mike Lee wants to put a warning on love. He wants to put a warning on people freely expressing themselves. We will continue to be full human beings with rights, feelings, and dignity. You cannot edit out our existence. To label a gay character on a television show ‘disturbing content’ is divisive, cruel, and unacceptable.

“His actions have life-and-death consequences for our queer community. Year after year, Utah has one of the highest rates of suicide in the nation and is the leading cause of death for young Utahns aged 10 to 24. A recent survey found that queer youth seriously contemplate suicide at almost three times the rate of heterosexual youth. In Utah, nearly 12% of high school students do not identify as heterosexual. LGBTQ+ people are at an increased risk of death by suicide not due to their gender identity nor sexual orientation in and of itself, but due to low levels of acceptance and belonging in the broader community that Senator Lee emboldens. Queer kids should not be used as pawns in the Senator’s game.

“Being gay has been a reality since the beginning of time, but representation—in media and in countless other spaces—is severely insufficient. What Senator Lee is proposing here is erasure of the LGBTQ+ community. I’m here to say loud and clear: We belong, and you will not erase us. Representation matters. It matters to the homeless youth whose parents kicked them out of their homes simply because they are gay. It matters to the queer kids who

have no support system other than each other. And it matters to all the kids who are too afraid to come out because of politicians like Senator Lee. “As the only open LGBTQ+ member of the Utah Legislature, does Senator Mike Lee want to put a warning label on my Senate floor debates? Does the Senator want to put a warning label in front of my restaurant or my campaign office? As lawmakers, we have a responsibility to sincerely address actual problems that everyday people face, including affordable housing, wages, and climate change.

Culture war posturing is unhelpful, divisive, and an abuse of power. Utahns deserve far better,” Kitchen concluded.

Senators Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, Mike Braun, R-Ind., Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., and Steve Daines, R-Mont. also signed on to the letter.

When asked by The Kansas City Star to provide specific examples of the sexually oriented content, Marshall, the lead author of the letter, named Netflix’s “She-Ra and the Princesses of Power.”

The letter was dated May 4, 2022 and requested a response by May 18. As of press time, no response was given. Q

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Salt Lake students protest law banning trans-female athletes in schools Thousands of students at Salt Lake City schools staged walkouts in May in protest of the Utah Legislature’s law banning transgender girls in high school athletics.

Hundreds of students at West High left class and protested in front of the school on April 5.

Ray Curfew, a 14-year-old who is in 8th grade at West, declared to the crowd, “I am a proud trans man!” and hid his face with emotion after the crowd responded with a roar. Curfew is a figure skater who said that the Legislature’s actions made him feel confused about what level of skating he should participate in.

“I want this to go away,” Curfew said. “I just want people to do what they please.”

Student speakers also mentioned Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill and recent attempts in Utah to remove LGBTQ-related bookd from school and public libraries.

Rain and freezing cold hail didn’t stop students at East High from walking out of class on April 15 in support of trans girl athletes.

Even as they got drenched, they proudly carried Pride flags and gave rousing speeches against HB11.

One held a sign that read “HB 11 is bullshit.” Students and teachers shouted, “Trans rights are human rights” and “Let them play.”

Openly gay Sen. Derek Kitchen, D-Salt Lake City, joined the East High students, asking the crowd to vote when they turn 18 and to support candidates they believe in.

“If you feel like you are not represented in the legislature, you’re right,” Kitchen said. “The way to get over that is to get involved.”

Kitchen also asked the crowd to stand up against those who bully LGTBQ students.

“We can do better. You all have the power to show up for each other,” he said.

In pouring rain, more than 200 Clayton Middle School students walked out on April 22, chanting “Let them play” and “Trans rights are human rights.”

To 13-year-old Caroline Drake, who helped organize the demonstration,

the downpour highlighted how sincerely the students felt about showing solidarity with their transgender peers.

“A lot of people came out and then got soaked and had to go back and try to dry off. But a lot of people stuck with it,” she said, staying outside for over an hour. “I was really proud of all of the people there. I think the rain just shows how important [trans rights] are to us.”

“We could not believe that our legislature just doesn’t support so many kids,”

she said. “The stupid thing is, is that it only affects these four kids in the entire state, because there are only four kids that play on their school sports teams that are trans. And so we were all just kind of dumbfounded by how crazy they must be to have to pass this bill that bans these kids from doing what they love.” Q

Police name suspect in Moab lesbian couple’s murder The Grand County Sheriff’s Office named a suspect in the August, 2021 murders of a lesbian newlywed couple found dead near a campsite in Moab, Utah.

“Grand County Sheriff’s Office has identified Adam Pinkusiewicz as a suspect in the double homicide of Kylen Schulte and Crystal Beck Turner,” the department stated in a release.

“Adam Pinkusiewicz was a former employee at the McDonald’s that Crystal worked at located in Moab, Utah,” the news release continued, noting that Pinkusiewicz was “identified at that time as one of many persons of interest being investigated by the GCSO, and the GCSO made numerous attempts to locate and interview” him.

“Through continued analysis and collection of evidence, the GSCO had learned that the suspect was in the La Sals and Moab at the time of the murders, had left the State of Utah

shortly after the homicides, then later committed suicide,” the release stated.

“GSCO conducted numerous inter-

views and recently received information that prior to committing suicide, Adam Pinkusiewicz told another party that he had killed two women in Utah and provided specific details that were known only to investigators,” police wrote, adding that the investigation is still ongoing and the case is not yet closed.

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Other Topics Include Friday, June 3 - 6:00pm Coming Out Thursday, June 9 - 6:00pm How Allies Support LGBTQ+, Presented by Encircle Saturday, June 11 - 6:00pm RaYnbow Collective Sunday, June 12 - 6:00pm Suicide Prevention Honoring Dr. Kristen Ries and Maggie Snyder Additional inspirational speakers will be posted on our Facebook & Instagram event pages, Colors of Liberty:

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At 4 p.m. at the Honey Locust Terrace, we will have a group photo, which will be printed in the next issue of QSaltLake.

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Official t-shirts will be available at the pavilion for $15 for S–L and $18 for 2X–5X Discount coupons wil be available online as the day gets closer.

Queer Spirit summer retreat Inspirit, a community organization founded by Jerry Buie and Bruce Frazier, is hosting a Queer Men’s retreat to “explore the magic of being Queer in this rapidly changing world” this June in Spring City, Utah.

“Sage, young, trans, gay, bi or any variation to the relationship of Queer is invited to explore the power and birthright of this sacred calling,” organizers wrote in a statement. “Ancient tribes and communities of indigenous societies see being Queer as a unique sacred gift. Throughout various cultures and traditions, Queer folks have been the gatekeepers, medicine folk, and shamans; unique conduits of Spirit and healing to tribe and community.”

They promise this retreat to be a “unique exploration of these sacred gifts.”

“The Eagle Bone Whistle is a unique tool that is carefully crafted by hollowing the bone until it’s absolutely clear. This whistle is used to call upon the spirits to hear our cry. In some sacred ceremonies, you will hear this whistle used to call the spirits and often powerful manifestations of this are evident. Using the metaphor of the hollow bone, we seek to clear the internal self from the challenges of living in a domesticated world that has marginalized our identities and seeks to keep hidden the gifts of being Queer,” the statement continued.

The retreat will be held June 23–26 in Spring City, Utah. Early Bird Registration is $695 through May 20, or $800 per person after. The fee includes tuition, supplies, food, room, and board for double occupancy.

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Equality Utah announces annual Allies Gala The annual fundraiser for Equality Utah, the Allies Gala, will return to the Eccles Theatre on Aug. 27.

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Roe v Wade v Obergefell v Lawrence v Griswold Overturn “would mean that every other decision related to the notion of privacy is thrown into question.”

—The White House

“The Supreme Court was ‘poised to roll back constitutionally protected rights, and don’t think for a second — don’t think for a second — this is where they stop. You think for a second same-sex marriage is safe in the United States?

If privacy is not constitutionally protected, this opens up a panoply of issues.’”

— Calif. Gov. Gavin Newsom

“When the 14th Amendment was written, neither same-sex nor interracial couples could legally marry — and birth control was criminalized. So, the logic is, ‘if that’s how we determine where our constitutional rights begin and end, there’s no reason that would stop with abortion.’”

— Legal historian Mary Ziegler

“Obergefell is different from Roe in that hundreds of thousands of same-sex couples have relied on it to wed and created legal bonds, like shared property, inheritance rights, and ‘settled expectations about the future.’ Courts are usually loath to undo that kind of precedent. It stands in contrast to abortion, which is usually ‘a response to unplanned circumstances.’”

—Teresa Collett, Univ. of St. Thomas School of Law

“To be told by a justice on the Supreme Court that our existence isn’t deeply rooted in history, that our right to exist is somehow less important than everyone else’s — because in his ahistorical view, we have not existed throughout history — it’s devastating.”

— Samuel Garrett-Pate, Equality California

“We emphasize that our decision concerns the constitutional right to abortion and no other right,” the draft states. “Nothing in this opinion should be understood to cast doubt on precedents that do not concern abortion.”

— SCOTUS Justice Samuel J. Alito

“There are many things that are not written in the Constitution, which could lead to an unraveling of many rights, including marriage equality. He [Alito] says that abortion is not deeply rooted in the history of the United States, but you could say that about quite a lot of things. Until 2015, in many states, you could not marry a person of the same sex.”

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Celebrating every part of me

BY CHRISTOPHER KATIS

We often

fly flags from our front porch.

Throughout the year, it’s the red, white, and blue. During college football season, the banner of the mighty University of Utah waves proudly.

On March 25th, it’s the flag of the Hellenic Republic in honor of Greek Independence Day. And for the entire month of June, it’s the rainbow flag.

Flying that multi-colored flag is my way of commemorating the Stonewall Inn riots that ignited the revolution for LGBTQ+ rights, and it is part of my celebration of the progress we’ve made. But not everyone enjoys Pride.

A couple of years ago, AIDS/HIV activist Aundaray Guess wrote a piece for Poz Magazine in which he outlined the reasons he does not celebrate Pride. I have to agree with several of the points he made. Pride has become terribly corporate, and the lack of visibility of seniors – and often people of color – can feel very unwelcoming.

Ironically, Pride Month also creates new visibility – companies wanting to cash in on it are suddenly all about slapping rainbow stickers on their products and running advertisements with a couple of happy lesbians fawning over matching hers/hers throw pillows. You wouldn’t believe the number of pitches from public relations people I find in my email box this time of year. They all want me to include in this column whatever product they’re hawking, from cartoons to matching bracelets that vibrate.

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I’ve also had younger guys tell me that Pride isn’t necessary anymore. They point to the massive progress that has been made to advance LGBTQ+ rights over the past decade or so. It’s unfathomable for them to imagine a time when rainbow flags didn’t fly in the suburbs and two women holding holds in a grocery store wasn’t scandalous.

ect). The fact that our celebration has events geared towards our families speaks volumes. They’ve even developed a way for people to buy one ticket and donate another to someone who otherwise couldn’t afford to attend the festivities.

In spite of all the faults people can find in Pride, I think there remains one powerful reason supporting the need

Some even argue that Pride reinforces stereotypes (especially for gay men) of single-minded partying and an existence defined entirely by sexual orientation.

But I think Pride is still very important.

Is it too corporate? Yup. Is there a lack of diversity? I think so. Do too many companies try to make a quick buck off of the community? Most definitely. It may even reinforce some people’s preconceived ideas of what gay men are and what we do. However, it also serves as a reminder — a celebration of the battles we’ve fought and the victories we’ve won.

I applaud Utah Pride for striving to make the festivities accessible to everyone. The Beehive State leads the country in LGBTQ+ parents (according to the Movement Advancement Proj-

for the celebration: recognition. No, I’m not talking about politicians or companies recognizing that we exist — although that’s certainly important. It’s the recognition you get when you see someone just like you who’s marching or dancing or laughing with friends. It sends a potent message: You Are Not Alone.

I recognized myself among the crowd and in the marchers at my very first Pride, including myself as a future dad. That experience helped me realize that being a gay man is a very important part of who I am. And, it’s only one aspect of what defines me as a person. I’m also a proud graduate of the University of Utah. I’m very proud — obnoxiously so — to be Greek American. Every bit of me — and every bit of you — is worth celebrating. Q

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BY D’ANNE WITKOWSKI

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race to be the most anti-LGBTQ+ state in the union, Alabama is pulling ahead.

Gov. Kay Ivey (who, get this, is a Republican!) signed a law making the provision of gender-affirming care to anyone under age 19 a felony. Once the law goes into effect next month, doctors who provide this vital medical support could wind up spending 10 years in prison.

Finding she did not yet have her fill of hate for the day, Ivey also signed a ban on trans students from using restrooms that align with their gender identity at school and a ban on all discussion of sexual orientation or gender identity in grades K-5.

Last year, Alabama banned trans athletes from playing on sports teams. You know, just in case you thought this anti-LGBTQ+ rampage had come out of nowhere.

Make no mistake, the current wave of anti-LGBTQ+ bills sweeping the nation is coming soon to a government near you, if it hasn’t already. Any locality run by a Republican majority in the United States will find themselves subjected to anti-LGBTQ+ legislation.

In Michigan, where the House and the Senate are both controlled by Republicans, a recent “prayer” by a Republican senator Sen. Lana Theis went as follows: “Dear Lord, across the country we’re seeing in the news that our children are under attack. That there are forces that desire things for them other than what their parents would have them see and hear and know. Dear Lord, I pray for Your guidance in this chamber to protect the most vulnerable among us.”

Several Democrats, including Sen. Rosemary Bayer, Sen. Mallory McMorrow and Sen. Dayna Polehanki got up and walked out in protest.

Of course, Sen. Theis didn’t come right out and SAY that she was talking about LGBTQ+ people and those who dare treat LGBTQ+ people like fellow human

beings worthy of love and respect, but everybody knows that’s what she meant.

Not that Republicans aren’t willing to come right out and make their accusations clear as day. A not insignificant number of Republicans believe that Democrats are pedophiles who drink the blood of babies they kill to stay young.

You might remember that 2016 story about Comet Ping Pong, a pizza parlor in Washington D.C. where conspiracy theorists claimed that Hillary Clinton was trafficking children in the basement to sexual abusers.

Never mind that there was no evidence of this, let alone the fact that the place has no basement.

A man eventually went there on a “rescue” mission armed with an assault rifle, which he fired.

He went to prison.

It’s wild what people will believe.

And it certainly doesn’t help when Fox News provides a megaphone for anti-LGBTQ+ garbage spewers to slander not only LGBTQ+ people, but also essentially all public school teachers as dangerous to children. As if teachers’ jobs aren’t hard enough, now they have to put up with being identified as the most heinous of child abusers.

It’s all part of the backlash against the gains LGBTQ+ people have made.

Vilifying LGBTQ+ people has been politically expedient in the past, and the Republicans aren’t exactly the party of new ideas. So here we are.

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bama’s are passed, anything positive about LGBTQ+ people is essentially silenced. Books from school libraries that depict LGBTQ+ people as human beings are pulled from shelves, teachers become fearful of teaching about any LGBTQ+ historical figures, out LGBTQ+ teachers who have been a beacon of support and hope for so many LGBTQ+ students leave the profession. And the cries of “Pedophiles!” and “Child groomers!” is amplified and goes unchallenged.

“Alabama is now the epicenter of laws targeting LGBTQ+ youth across the country,” as Time magazine puts it. “Conservative state lawmakers have introduced at least 238 anti-LGBTQ

bills in 2022 alone, roughly half of which specifically target trans people.”

That is alarming. No, it’s horrifying.

It should make you feel ill. It should make you pay attention. It should make you vote these creeps out of office.

We already know that LGBTQ+ youth face higher rates of depression and suicide. It’s not because there’s something wrong with THEM, it’s because there’s something wrong with the amount of hatred, fear, and rejection they have to face on the daily. Q If you are an LGBTQ+ youth and you want to talk to someone, visit thetrevorproject.org/get-help.

There you will find links to chat, call, or text someone who will listen without judging you. Don’t be afraid to ask for help. You are loved and valued.

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The history of Utah Pride from the 1970s to 2010

BY BEN WILLIAMS

Celebrating

Pride Day in Utah is part of a directive that originated in 1969 when the Eastern Regional Conference of Homophile Organizations adopted the motion to hold “parallel demonstrations on the last Saturday in June to commemorate the rebellion on Christopher Street.”

The reference to the rebellion, of course, refers to the Stonewall Inn riots in New York City. Utah has celebrated being “gay and proud” for the last 36 years and perhaps for some people even longer.

Pride in the 1970s A “Beer Bust Kegger,” sponsored in 1974 by Sun Tavern owner Joe Redburn, was the first attempt to bring people together to celebrate the emergence of an openly gay community in Utah.

More than 200 gay men and women celebrated “Gay Pride” along the shores of the Great Salt Lake at what was once known as “Bare Bum Beach.”

The first official community-sponsored pride celebration was called “Gay Freedom Day” and was held June 1, 1975. Sponsored by the Gay Community Service Center, it was held in City Creek Canyon where festivities included free beer, food, soft drinks, volleyball, an all-day “do your own thing” talent revue and sing-a-long, games for prizes, and a white elephant auction.

A shuttle service from local gay bars provided additional transportation.

Over the next three years, Gay Freedom Days was promoted mainly by the Gay Service Committee and the Salt Lake Coalition of Human Rights. The most ambitious promotion was a festival and conference held in 1977 which featured Sgt. Leonard Matlovich as keynote speaker. Matlovich was an ex-Air Force sergeant and recipient of the Bronze Star and Purple Heart, and also a gay Mormon.

As the heady “Gay Power Days” of the 1970s began to wane, a fragmented community ravaged by the onslaught

of a conservative backlash tried to hold scaled-down celebrations. Without widespread support, the spirit of Gay Pride was kept going by individual groups such as the Tavern Guild, Affirmation, and the University of Utah Gay Student Union.

Pride in the 1980s In 1983, members of the Royal Court of the Golden Spike Empire met to revitalize the true concept of a pride day. Tim Leming, Marshall Brunner, Larry Pacheco, and Mel Rohland, among others, formed a committee and put together an event billed as a “Basket Social” held in Fairmont Park.

This Pride Day Committee sponsored

the event over the next three years and was the first to adopt a national Pride theme. The chairs were Marshall Brunner, Nikki Boyer, and Beau Chaine.

Chaine was the last chairman during these years and held Gay and Lesbian Pride Day in Pioneer Park in 1986.

In 1987, the newly formed Gay and Lesbian Community Council of Utah took over the responsibilities of Utah’s annual event. Donnie Eastepp, Emperor XII of the RCGSE, was elected chair of

the Pride Day Committee. He created a community service award, which was presented to Dr. Kristen Ries for her efforts treating AIDS patients when no other doctors in Utah were willing to do so. The award was established to recognize outstanding service to the gay and lesbian community. Eastepp also moved the location of Pride Day to Sunnyside Park where it remained until 1989.

Floyd Gamble, Steven Lloyd, Julie Pollock, Curtis Jensen, Kevin Hillman, Deborah Rosenberg, Antonia Dela Guerra, Kyle Kennedy, Kathy Matthews, and Julie Hale were the chairs and co-chairs

of GLCCU’s Pride Day Committee over these seven years. They provided Utah’s gay community a consistently successful event celebrating Utah’s sexual minorities.

The Kristen Ries Community Service recipients were Rev. Bruce Barton, KUTV Channel 2, Chuck Whyte, Nikki Boyer, Becky Moss, Ben Williams, the College of Monarchs of the RCGSE, Craig Miller, Ben Barr, Val Mansfield, Kathy Worthington, and Kim Russo.

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Pride in the 1990s In 1990, on the 21st anniversary of the Stonewall Rebellion, the Salt Lake City queer community held its first Gay and Lesbian Pride March. Nearly 200 people gathered on the steps of the Utah State Capitol and heard speeches from Connell “Rocky” O’Donovan, Becky Moorman, Angela Nutt, and Robert Austin. The Pride festival was held at the Northwest Community Center.

Under the direction of Kevin Hillman and his co-chairs, Pride Day expanded, and in 1991 moved to the Salt Lake County Fairgrounds in Murray. The 1991 Pride Committee added to the festival a pride guide, an art show and contest sponsored by Angela Nutt and David Thometz, and a Utah Gay and Lesbian Film Festival created by Marlin Criddle.

They also brought in a nationally syndicated columnist, Dell Richards, as keynote speaker. For entertainment, Lynn Lavner, a nationally known lesbian singer performed, with interruption by a contingency of neo-Nazi skinheads who marched into the celebration and were met by Anti-Violence Project founder Michael Aaron. While no violence occurred, it was a tense situation. Dozens of festivalgoers surrounded the skinheads and turned their backs on them, making them invisible to the crowd and, thus, negating the reason they were there.

They left after less than 10 minutes.

O’Donovan’s second pride march was also disrupted by neo-Nazis who stood on the east steps of the Salt Lake City and County Building, taunting the marchers rallying at Washington Square.

The tradition of an annual pride march and rally ended when O’Donovan left Salt Lake City in 1992. No one came forward to organize a third, and it would be two years before Bruce Harmon and Rev. Bruce Barton, along with then-Pride chair Jeff Freedman, stepped forward to reinvent the march and rally, transforming it into some-

thing even greater: the Pride Parade.

Pride Days under the directions of the GLCCU transformed the celebration from simply a day in the park to a major annual event that Salt Lake City’s politicians began to attend, and the quality of entertainers and speakers increased.

With the election of Freedman as chair of the GLCCU’s Gay Pride Day Committee, the organization began its transition from being simply a committee to being GLCCU’s sole entity when the organization collapsed in 1995. Freedman and co-chair Julie Hale were the last formally elected chairs of the Gay Pride Day committee under the direction of GLCCU. Freedman, a former emperor of the Royal Court, served longer than any other Gay Pride Day volunteer in Utah at that point. His vision of Pride Day encompassed the entire spectrum of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and straight allies communities. The Pride Day events of the latter half of the 1990s were thus stamped indelibly with Freedman’s concept that Pride Day was a community party. He brought professionalism to the job as he endeavored to ensure gender parity. Freedman’s co-chairs were Hale, Carrie Gaylor, and Kim Russo.

The Kristen Ries Award recipients during Freedman’s era were Bruce Harmon, Clariss (Doug Tollstrup) Cartier, Charlene Orchard, Barb Barnhart, Rev. Kelly Byrnes, Jeff Freedman, Maggie Snyder, LaDonna Moore, and Dr. Patty Reagan.

In 1994, the first parade was organized as the kick-off event to Pride Day. Emperor XV, Bruce Harmon, assisted by his partner Rev. Bruce Barton, established the annual parade that continues to this day. Bruce Barton nearly single-handedly, on his own sewing machine, created a 100-foot rainbow flag that was carried annually in the parade.

In 1996, Freedman, Gaylor, and Harmon invited Chaz Bono, who had not yet transitioned to male and was a spokesper-

son of the Human Rights Campaign’s National Coming Out Project, to be the first grand marshal of Utah’s Gay Pride Parade.

Over the next few years, Freedman and his committees also invited Candace Gingrich, Deb Burington, Charlene Orchard, and actor Dan Butler to serve as grand marshals.

Freedman was instrumental in getting corporate sponsorships for Pride Day and moving it to downtown Salt Lake City — first to the Gallivan Center and later to Washington Square.

Freedman’s last act of the period was organizing Pride Day, Inc. as a separate entity from the defunct GLCCU.

Pride in the 2000s With the new millennium came controversy as Pride Day began to expand exponentially. Kim Russo became director of the new corporation for two years, assisted by cochairs Adam Frost and Billy Lewis.

During the Russo years, Utah State Rep. Jackie Biskupski and Mayor Rocky Anderson served as parade grand marshals, and Marlin Criddle, Brenda Voisard, Laura Milliken Gray, and Brook Heart-Song were honored with the Kristen Ries Award.

Unfortunately, without the community’s oversight, fiduciary problems surfaced in 2001.

Pride Day 2002 was run by a committee headed by Sherry Booth, with Chad Keller as chair of the parade. Steve Kmetko, host of E! News Live, was grand marshal, and the tradition of a grand marshal reception was started.

Also in 2002, the Community Volunteer, Organization of the Year, and the Pete Suazo Political Action Awards were created to recognize contributions to the community. The first Utah Pride Interfaith Service was also that year.

The 2002 committee tried to rebuild the image of Pride Day, but because Pride Day, Inc. had found itself in serious debt,

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the committee elected to be absorbed by the Gay and Lesbian Community Center of Utah, a move that generated much controversy in the community because of the secrecy surrounding the move.

The Utah Pride Center has provided direction for the event since 2002 and even changed its name to reflect this. Under the auspices of the former Gay and Lesbian Community Center, the volunteer position of director of Pride Day, Inc. became salaried for the first time in 2003. That

performers at the celebration.

In 2009, parade grand marshal Cleve Jones, during a rally at the Utah Pride Festival, called for a March on Washington to coincide with National Coming Out Day and kick off a grassroots campaign for equality in each of the nation’s 435 congressional districts to launch a new chapter in the gay-rights movement.

The grand marshals chosen under the direction of the Center were Kate Kendall,

same year, a Dyke March was added to the annual Pride Day Parade. Donald Steward was the parade coordinator for three of those years.

In 2004 the Salt Lake City Film Center was asked to curate a series of films during Pride Week that reflected the best in gay cinema. The Damn These Heels film celebration was held annually thereafter.

2005 saw Pride Day organizers charging a first-time admission fee of $5 for the events on Library Square and Washington Square. This move generated considerable discontent but eventually provided for higher-quality

Bruce Bastian, Utah State Senator Scott McCoy, J. Boyer Jarvis, former Utah Jazz player John Amaechi, Mayor Ralph Becker, Cleve Jones, Sister Dottie S. Dixon, and Roseanne Barr.

The Kristen Ries Award recipients were Doug Wortham, Lucia Malin, Jane and Tami Marquardt, Utah State Rep. Jackie Biskupski, Doug Fadel, Stan Penfold, Walter Larabee, Mark Swonson, and Michael Aaron.

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Community service award winner: Arlyn Bradshaw

A long-time adoption advocate who was the first — and for many years the only — provider who would work with LGBTQ couples or individuals is a recipient of the 2022 Kristen Ries Community Service Award. Suzanne Stott will be awarded at the Utah Pride Festival on Sunday morning, June 5.

Stott started the adoption agency Families for Children in Salt Lake City in 1985 and was a pioneer in guiding gay and lesbian individuals and couples through the process of adopting a child.

“Gay and lesbian couples in the 1990s and into the 2000s, prior to marriage equality in 2014, had to utilize second-parent adoptions to achieve equal legal status as parents,” wrote nominators Jackie Biskupski and Laura Milliken Gray. “This was necessary for inheritance, insurance, and to secure rights as an unmarried, non-biological parent. Suzanne was the first, and for a long time

Salt Lake County Councilmember Arlyn Bradshaw will receive the Kristen Ries Community Service Award at the Utah Pride Festival this year in honor of over 20 years of service to Utah’s LGBTQ community.

Bradshaw began his service to the LGBTQ community in 2001 while a student at the University of Utah and co-chair of the Lesbian and Gay Student Union. While at LGBU, Bradshaw began working with the ASUU Diversity Board to create the UofU LGBT Resource Center, hosting a dinner to raise the initial funds.

Bradshaw served as president of the UofU College Democrats and was the first openly gay executive director of the Utah Democratic Party. He served as staff member and aide to several Democratic leaders.

As an advisor, Bradshaw was integral in Salt Lake County Councilmember Joe Hatch’s efforts to pass an LGBTQ-inclusive non-discrimination ordinance in 2010 and expand county benefits to cover partners of LGBTQ employees.

In 2010, Bradshaw was the first openly gay person to be elected to a seat on the Salt Lake County Council, which

the only, agency willing to do these evaluations for gay and lesbian couples.”

As an attorney, Gray worked with Stott on numerous same-sex adoption cases and credits Suzanne for protecting dozens of her clients’ children.

Biskupski received a home study from Stott while in the process of adopting her son, Archie, in 2009. She called her caring, courteous, and very helpful.

Stott stood solid with her efforts even when those around her disagreed.

“Why would I turn someone down because of a label regarding their sexual orientation?” Stott asked.

“My first successful couple I helped were two men. They had a very positive parenting experience, and their children are now adults and have their own successful lives.”

Stott was a Stake Relief Society President for six years while assisting these couples.

She used this position to try to open hearts and minds.

It came to her naturally to be an ambassador and ally for the gay community, Biskupski and Gray said.

It is estimated Stott facilitated close to 100 adoptions on behalf of the LGBTQ community in Utah. Q

he has held for 12 years. As council member, he sponsored an ordinance creating the mutual commitment registry in the county before samesex marriage was legalized. He was successful in his work to expand benefits for county employees and their families to include transgender-inclusive and gender-affirming insurance coverage. He lobbied the Utah State Legislature for statewide non-discrimination protections, the prohibition of “conversion therapy,” and the repeal of Utah’s “Don’t Say Gay” policies.

He also championed the creation of the PrEP clinic at the Salt Lake County Dept. of Health and fought for funding through the council. He serves on the Visit Salt Lake board and its LGBTQ outreach committee and their efforts to bid for the Gay Games and other national LGBTQ events coming to the county. Q

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UTAH PRIDE UTAH

PRIDE WEEK returns in-person May 29– June 5 with plans for 60,000+ attendees.

Pride Week will begin Sunday, May 29 and culminate with the two-day festival on Saturday June 4 and Sunday June 5 on Washington Square — the Salt Lake City and County Building.

Organizers say they expanded the Festival area by 20 percent to accommodate more crowd and more vendors.

“Our co-CEOs, along with the board, have agreed it’s time to return to normal and put on the biggest Pride Festival and Parade Utah has ever seen,” leaders said in

a statement. “We will, of course, be keeping an eye on COVID case numbers and taking recommendations from the Utah Department of Health as we move forward. But as of now, the plan is to host the event as we’ve done pre-pandemic with a few changes and additions this year.”

This includes more space with food trucks on 500 South and a Volunteer Village on Library Square. They promise more drink stations, more entrance gates and more exhibitor booths.

Per capita, the Utah Pride Festival is the largest PRIDE celebration in the Western United States.

PRIDE THEME

PRIDE WEEK EVENT SCHEDULE

The PRIDE Week Steering Committee voted unanimously for this year’s theme among nearly 100 submissions from the community:

I AM UTAH PRIDE. John Johnson, who has organized the logistics of 11 Utah Pride festivals, was named operations director. He feels this theme will allow everyone to determine what PRIDE Week means to them.

“PRIDE means something different for all of us, and that’s the beauty of PRIDE. We want everyone to celebrate PRIDE Week with us and to be able to show their own PRIDE in a way that is authentic to their experience” Johnson said. “Our community is very diverse and we want to allow space for a variety of identities, orientations, faiths, races, ethnicities, and cultures. PRIDE Week is a time to appreciate our differences, and for each of us to celebrate own space in this community.”

Organizers encourage people to share their own stories of pride and use the hashtag #iamutahpride on social media posts so they can be collected a large number that express pride in as many different ways as possible.

TICKETS

Tickets are on sale at UtahPrideCenter.org and include free UTA rides.

Online through May 31: • Youth Day Pass: $8 (Friday Youth Pride $10) • Adult Day Pass: $12 or $25 for a weekend pass • Family4-Pack, includes drink tickets: $50 for 2 adults, 2 youth • Friends 4-Pack, includes drink tickets: $60 for 4 adults • Flex Party Pass, includes drink tickets: 10 people for $150, 20 for $300 • Rainbow Passes, access to Rainbow Garden, drink tickets, more: 8 days for $125, 3 days for $75 • VIP Passes, access to VIP Lounge, drink tickets, more: 8 days for $250, 3 days for $200

Sunday, May 29 — Drag Queen Brunch, Retro Sun-Day Dance Party.

Monday, May 30 — 5K Family Run Run (free), Memorial Day Pride Picnic (free) Tuesday, May 31 — LGBTQ+ Film Premier (free) Wednesday, June 1 — Pride Month Flag Raising at City Hall (free), Pride Story Garden Exhibit Opening (free).

Thursday, June 2 — Pride Interfaith Service (free).

Friday, June 3 — Youth Pride, Pride March (free), Rainbow Glow March (free), Rainbow Glow March Rooftop After Party.

Saturday, June 4 — Utah Pride Festival Day 1 from 1–11 p.m.

Sunday, June 5 — Utah Pride Parade (free), Utah Pride Festival Day 2 from 11 a.m.–7 p.m.

VOLUNTEERS

The annual Utah Pride Week celebration requires up to 1,000 volunteers to make everything possible. Volunteers get free admission, access to the Volunteer Lounge, a free meal, a free t-shirt, and more swag. Those interested can go to U ­ tahPrideCenter.org and click on the “Volunteer” box. to sign up.

GETTING THERE

If you have purchased tickets in advance, your ticket includes a free UTA ride. The closest TRAX stations are the Library Station on the Red Line and the Courthouse Station on the Red and Blue lines. The closest large parking lot is at 400 South and Main St. City Creek Center parking for 5000 cars is free for 2 hours, $1 an hour after. Free on Sunday. Street parking is free for two hours Saturday, all day Sunday.

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SUNDAYMAY29 Drag Queen Brunch

Drag brunch means glitter, grace, and sky-high bouffants! Enjoy a delicious, full menu from Twist Bistro, including a Bloody Mary cash bar and a variety of mimosas while entertained by Utah’s greatest Queens. This is THE event to start off your Pride Week right, with a little pizzazz to go along with your eggs and mimosas. Patio will be open! 21+ (Brunch Menu Included / Cash Bar).

11am at Twist Bistro, 32 Exchange Pl / $30 Limited seating, UtahPrideCenter.org,

Retro Sun-Day Dance Party A night of decades of retro sounds, spun at the infamous Sun Club, with classics from the 70s disco duds, androgenous 80s, and neon 90s fashion.

8pm at The Exchange, 32 Exchange Pl / $10 at the door

MONDAYMAY30 5K Family Fun Run

Celebrate Pride and show your support for the LGBTQIA+ community by joining us for our Family Fun Run 5K down the gorgeous Jordan River Parkway Trail! Full rainbow attire is highly encouraged.

8am at Jordan Park, 1060 s 900 w / Free, or $5 Pride Fun Run Packet with Runners Bib & Utah Pride Center Goodies, or $20 DELUXE Fun Run Packet w/Runners Bib, T-Shirt, & Utah Pride Center Goodies. UtahPrideCenter.org,

Memorial Day Family Picnic A family-friendly picnic in the park after the 5k, featuring lawn games and party music. Bring your own picnic to share with your family and friends or enjoy a delicious burger or dog fresh off the grill for a small donation!

Noon at Jordan Park, 1060 s 900 w / Free, or $5 for a burger or hot dog and chips and soda or water

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LGBTQ+ Film Screening Changing the Game, by Emmy award-winning filmmaker Michael Barnett and supported through the Utah Film Center, is a documentary that illuminates what many have called the civil rights issue of our time: transgender inclusion in sports.

7pm at Salt Lake Main Library, 210 E 400 S / Free

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Pride Month Flag Raising

Raise the Pride Flag for the month of June at the Salt Lake City & County Building.

Including this flag on the mast in front of Washington Square highlights that our city is a leader in the fight for equal rights, and will continue to protect and expand the rights of everyone. A Pride Month Proclamation will also accompany this flag raising.

Noon at Salt Lake City-County Bldg, 451 S State St / Free

Pride Story Garden Exhibit If you missed the Pride Story Garden in 2021, don’t miss it this time with a mini garden on display within the Salt Lake City Main Library Atrium for a return with a limited 17-day showing (June 1–17). Learn about Our History, Our Stories, Our Communities. Ribbon cutting and punch reception planned.

6pm at Salt Lake City Main Library, 210 E 400 S / Free

THURSDAYJUNE3 Pride Interfaith

Representatives from various GLBT-affirming faith traditions show they are united to provide a voice and a presence for those who identify as people of faith who are Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex or Queer, or questioning. They affirm the sacredness of all the children of Deity, and welcome an opportunity to introduce our community to welcoming and affirming congregations of various faith traditions.

7pm at First Baptist Church, 777 S 1300 E / Free,

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FRIDAYJUNE3 Youth Pride Dance

An outdoor dance party on the Pride Festival Grounds open to ages 13–20. It is a kick-off for Pride. This year the event is themed, “Youth Pride: We Are The Future.”

The headliner for this year’s event is indie rock band, Glass Beach. There will also be local drag artists, musicians, and lots of dancing to the beats of Skittish & Bus. 6pm at Washington Square, 451 S State St. / $10

Rainbow Rally & Glow March Queer/trans/non-binary glass beach glass beach is a punky post-emo band from Los Angeles made up of several queer/trans/non-binary members. “Trans front person, trans bassist, trans drummer, trans artist for album and artwork, trans photographer ... we’re here and it’s possible,” singer and multi-instrumentalist J. McClendon wrote on the band’s Twitter.

They are the headline act of Utah Pride Festival’s Youth Pride on Friday.

They released their debut album, “the first glass beach album,” in 2019 which explores themes such as abuse, devotion and queer identity while sampling an impressive variety of musical styles.

Stereogum put the band on its list of the 40 best new bands of 2019.

Last year for Pride Month, they released a celebratory cover of My Chemical Romance’s classic “Welcome to the Black Parade,” signifying MCR’s importance to the LGBTQIA+ community as well as to glass beach’s soul as a group.

Two Steps Forward — No Steps Back! Our community has a lot to fight for and against this year. Join your friends at the State Capitol building where speakers will help galvanize our community and focus our voices before we step off and march for recognition and equal rights for our youth, our trans community, and the right to say gay in the 21st century.

Rally: 8:30pm at the Utah State Capitol Bldg, 350 N State St / Free Glow March: 9:30pm at the Utah State Capitol Bldg, 350 N State St / Free End Location: Salt Lake City Library Plaza – 250 E 450 S

Rainbow Glow After Party

Join the Pride Marchers after the Rainbow Rally and Glow March for a 21+ Afterparty at the Midtown Pride Block Party by Pergatory and Club VERSE. The brighter the neon color you wear, the greater the chance that it will GLOW. Show your Pride and dance the night away to kick off the start to Pride Festival the following day.

Rally: 9pm at 700 S, State St / $10 cover, cash bar

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Gates are open, vendors are eager to meet you, food is cooking, and the entertainment is bangin!

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JUSTIN UTLEY

Born and raised in Utah, Justin Utley’s singing career launched after being a featured performer at the 2002 Winter Olympics.

After coming out and moving to New York City in 2006, Utley became a sought-after talent and LGBTQ+ community advocate.

In June 2010, he released “Stand for Something,” a single written to inspire and motivate action toward securing marriage equality in the United States. The single was nominated by the LGBT Academy Of Recording Arts for four OutMusic Awards, winning Best Country/Folk Song of the Year.

Utley toured internationally for over a decade at Pride and Equality Festivals worldwide and sang the US National Anthem at NBA and other sporting events.

He is a two-time recipient of the New Jersey FBI’s Pride award, was named Artist of the Year by SiriusXM OutQ, and was recently recognized with the 2021 Impact Award

by Equality Utah for his work in helping ban conversion therapy for minors in Utah.

Shaed is an indie-pop trio made up of lead vocalist Chelsea Lee, her husband Spencer Ernst, and his gay twin brother Max. The twins are multi-instrumentalists and vocalists.

Their song, “Trampoline,” hit number one in the U.S. Alt-Pop Billboard chart and reached 3x platinum and platinum awards in 2018. The official music video has over 68 million views on YouTube.

The twin brothers grew up in Maryland and formed a rock band called Upslide while in middle school, and a pop duo called Trust Fall while in high school.

The brothers met Chelsea Lee in 2007 while they were performing at a club in Washington DC. Two years later, Lee signed as a solo artist with Atlantic Records.

In 2009, Max, at 19 years old, told his brother and Lee that he is gay. He and his brother grew up with “really liberal” parents, but something about being raised in a “conservative” Catholic community meant that, for a long time, Max felt a mental block about opening up to the world about his sexuality.

“It was a very different time then,” Max told PinkNews. “I felt very pressured to kind of stay in the closet because of my career. It was really, really tough to come out.”

Max realized, though, that he could never be truly authentic in his songwriting until he came out.

The group started Shaed shortly after and released a project around their song Colorful” is a powerful anthem about the joy of being queer.

DJ GSP

DJ GSP, aka Georgios Spiliopoulos, is a native of Athens, Greece, who has been a professional DJ for more than 15 years. He DJ’d in Greece for many years in the most important events and major clubs, until 2010 when he started exporting his talent to Europe. Now he is known worldwide.

He is also a music producer, event organizer and promoter, graphic designer, and record label owner. He has lived in London, Rio De Janeiro, Los Angeles, and now makes his home in Salt Lake City.

His style is mostly Tech and Progressive House with a touch of Tribal Percussions and lots of vocals. He is considered to be one of the Best European Circuit DJs, having already played several times in cities like London, Paris, Vienna, Barcelona, Madrid, Athens, Dubai, Mykonos, Rome, Milan, Nicosia, Pafos, Larnaka, Agia Napa, Cologne, Beirut, Amsterdam, New York, Florianopolis, and Los Angeles.

His sound is very significant, known all over from his gigs and his podcasts, which remain in the top 50 and many times #1 internationally. They are broadcasted regularly by many international web radios.

GUSMEN Magazine wrote, “The majority of the party people, with whatever preference of music they have, will always find themselves in his DJ-sets. He can transform any popular or classic timeless commercial tracks into amazing ass-shaking club hits. From deep house to progressive house, he can adapt his sound to the crowd, keeping everybody satisfied.”

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SUNDAYJUNE5 Pride Parade

A longer parade route with more space for seating and tree-lined streets for your viewing pleasure. We are growing up and growing out to provide social distancing opportunities and space so that everyone has a great view of the parade. Strategically the route was chosen to partially wrap around the Utah Pride Festival grounds by equal distances, just two blocks away for shorter lines to enter into the expanded number of entrances.

This year’s grand marshals are community service award winners Suzanne Stott and Arlyn Bradsaw.

11am to 7pm at the Festival Grounds $12 online at utahpridecenter.org , more at the gates

Pride Festival

Gates are open, vendors are eager to meet you, food is cooking, and the entertainment is bangin!

11am to 7pm at the Festival Grounds $12 online at utahpridecenter.org , more at the gates

Sunday Headliner

SALIVA SISTERS

The Saliva Sisters have been performing at Utah Pride since before there was a Utah Pride.

They are an unnatural act. Who would have supposed a girl group singing parody songs about fiber, bidets, and bras would have survived, let alone flourished in Utah?

Well, they have. In fact, they’ve become an institution. In 20-something years of melody, mirth and mucous, they have performed for groups as varied as the Western Republican Governors and the Utah Gay Rodeo. As their performance list attests, they also get around.

They’ve been breathlessly described as the best act in their price range.

Sunday Headliner

MILA JAM

Trans singer Mila Jam released her own version of disco classic “It’s Raining Men,” calling it “It’s Raining Them.”

“There’s just this pushback that keeps putting us in this box of not important not being discussed or seen, but there’s a revolution happening,” Mila said.

Mila fills every room with talent, personality, and undeniable style. A legendary YouTube sensation turned Original Pop Artist, Mila is known around the world for her unforgettable stage performances and one-of-a-kind music videos.

GLAM Nightlife Awards Best Video and Dance Artist and Odyssey Nightlife Awards Breakthrough Artist in 2015.

Sunday Headliner

DEV

Singer, songwriter, rapper, model, and radio host Dev returns for a second Utah Pride.

Dev is known as a dance-floor mainstay, with her first hit, the minimalist, bassheavy, club-thumper “Booty Bounce” in 2010. She then told the world, “I ain’t yo average bitch,” though many dismissed her as a ­pseudo-edgy, white girl rapper.

“Booty Bounce” racked up 19 million views on YouTube, many of them from the gay men’s community. Dev says she owes her early success to the LGBT scene in the San Francisco Bay Area. “It’s been pretty much amazing having that support since day one.

She is touring the indie rock circuit and promises new songs in 2022.

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7pm

DRAG QUEEN

PRIDE STAGE 2pm

A sweet, bubbly Latinx drag queen from a small conservative Utah town inspired

by Disney fairytales, Selena, and their beautiful mother. “Be yourself, love yourself, and let your sweetness rule the world.”

Equinox Variety Group VARIETY

Utah’s most salacious variety show, Equinox creates live shows showcasing Salt Lake City’s most robust talent, with drag, song, comedy, pole, sketch, dance, prizes and more.

3pm

Citrus Pastel

7:05pm Justin Utley AMERICAN ROCK

From being a featured performer at the 2002 Winter Olympics, leaving the LDS Church in 2005, winning Best Country/Folk Song of the Year in 2010 to testifying against “conversion therapy” at the Utah Legislature, Utley is making a mark on the world.

Vehnu Moon & Bobby B Mac INDIE POP

Rose Park indie artist Vehnu Moon and his brother, rapper Bobby B Mac aren’t what you usually hear Polynesian artists do, but are not to be afraid to do something different.

4pm

Devoncé

9pm

DJ DANCE

George Spiliopoulos is considered to be one the best European Circuit DJs consistently in the top 50 and often #1 internationally. He can transform popular or classic timeless commercial tracks into amazing ass-shaking club hits.

DANCE GROUP

Trained in jazz, hiphop, jazz funk, dancehall, and heels, Devoncé works to inspire other artists, dancers, and performers and to bring professional training and performing environment to SLC.

STONEWALL STAGE 2pm

Isaac Parker DANCE POP

Born and raised in Utah, Isaac Parker combines elements from the contrasting genres of country, pop-rock, and electrodance pop to create an entirely new sound.

7:30pm Inaya Day CLUB DANCE

4:30pm Lady Infinity

House music fans are sure to have heard the iconic vocals of Inaya Day circulating on dance-floors since the mid-90s with “Keep Pushin” and now a deep cut “Feelin’ Feelin’.” Day is best known for her vocal work on house music tracks “Horny ’98” “Nasty Girl.”

R&B, SOUL, HIP HOP

With the influence of R&B and Soul intertwined with a disheveled past, a powerful voice best heard through artistry, was created. Addiction, devastation, love, and pain created a knowledge that we can and will get through dark situations.

5pm

DJ GSP

Marrlo Suzzanne & the Galaxy Band LIVE DRAG BAND

This magical drag queen rock band travels across space and time to take you back to the most fabulous moments of 70s & 80s rock ‘n’ roll. Stevie Nicks, Queen, Journey, Aerosmith, Elton John, Joan Jett, and more.

3pm

KarlySue Mariachi MARIACHI

Karlysue y Trio Los Charros continues mariachi traditions, incorporating other Latin America beats.

4pm

Sienna Liggins POP

Detroit-raised, Atlanta-based artist Siena Liggins doesn’t want to be friends, which her bold visual album, “Ms. Out Tonight” makes clear. Liggins brings femme needs and desires to the forefront of her music.

5pm

Esera POP R&B

Esera works full-time and is a full-time student at UVU, but his greatest passion is music. As a songwriter, he tells the stories of LGBTQ+ folx, and as a singer, shares them in his R&B-smooth style.

6pm

Bitch POP

6pm

OneUpDuo TRACK BAND

Detroit-based pop/soul husbands Adam and Jerome Bell-Bastien who were the first same-sex duo featured on “The Voice,” securing a spot on Team Kelly. They now headline various Pride Festivals, were lead singers for NBC’s “The Disco Nights.”

8pm

SHAED ELECTRO-POP

Soulful, crystalline vocals of one-time solo artist Chelsea Lee, with her husband Spencer Ernst and his gay brother Max Erst. In 2016, “Thunder” landed on the viral streaming charts, “Trampoline” was a Hot 100 Top 20 single, and their second EP, “Melt,” hit the Billboard 200 in 2019. Their first album, “High Dive,” was just released.

Bitch makes witchy poet pop. She does it with violins and synthesizers, and the songs she writes are spectral, heartbreaking, political, and beautiful.

The longstanding queer music icon has been performing for over 20 years.

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HIP HOP DANCE

Utah singer/songwriter Esther Reina has a unique sound that combines classical choral training with her love for R&B soul to create a versatile range of music. She will release an EP called “Blue Rose.”

Salt Lake non-binary musician has long been a performer and part of the queer community for years. This is their first pride performance and attendance.

5:30pm HXLII

COUNTRY POP

DANCE

McAleny’s love of music began as a young girl Liverpool, England. Now in Salt Lake, she recorded her first international #1 song “Between Texas and Tennesee” in 2020.

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HVXLII (pronounced “Huxley”) has a unique mix of House, Rock, Electronic, and Pop influences and sports a modern, sleek and fetish-based aesthetic with massive amounts of creativity, and a hands-on/DIY attitude.

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Spencer Hohl

COUNTRY POP

ACOUSTIC GUITAR

Indie-folk rock musician and spoken word artist Amanda Barrick’s live performances are emotive, intimate and powerful. They lend their voice to expressing truths in an evocative story-telling style.

Busy actor, stage combat choreographer, and acoustic guitar genius, Hohl’s second home is the stage. His acoustic music will leave you tapping your foot and your jaw on the floor.

Mandy Lynn Danzig

6:30pm DJ Sheade

FOLK INDIE

HIP HOP DANCE LATIN

Love, light, and laughter are at the heart of Mandy Lynn Danzig’s music. She plays almost anything with strings, and her performances run through genres as a bee in a field of wildflowers.

DJ Sheade is a new up and coming open format DJ in Salt Lake City.

7:30pm MoonChiild DANCE

Part of Priss Collective, Utah’s premier all female DJ crew, MoonChiild has opened for Breathe Caroline, Occult Cats and Blaqvoid.

Siale POP R&B

Polynesian vocal powerhouse Siale grew up singing in church and musical theatre and mastered an amazing vocal range, inspired by empowered female vocalists, his sexuality and the LGBTQ+ culture.

8:30pm Agusteen INDIE RETRO

Agusteen just released their song, “Summer 16.”

9:30pm Reginald Spino III JAZZ BLUES ROCK

A time traveling pianist and vinyl enthusiast who collects audio samples from different time periods and reimagines them into modern beats.

DANCE STAGE 2:30pm Simigishi ALTERNATIVE HYPERPOP

Simigishi is part of a local artist collective Mixxed Emotions which hosts local music-based events.

3:30pm Skittish & Bus DANCE

Bi Salt Lake duo plays events, clubs, and festivals throughout the west, but being part of Utah Pride is extra special for them.

They have an addiction to a good, positive dance floor.

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DJ Kevan KARAOKE

An 18-year karaoke DJ veteran, Kevan has hosted karaoke at Utah Pride for 12 years.

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“Nothin’ fancy, just a whole lot of soul to blow your hair back.” The music of this four-piece original alt/rock

Opening Ceremony Flag ceremony, Kristen Ries Community Service Award announcement, America the Beautiful ceremony

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Salt Lake Men’s Choir BROADWAY SHOWTUNES

The Salt Lake Men’s Choir has been an integral part of the Utah LGBTQ+ Community for 39 years. Performing at many community functions including Pride Festival, Interfaith service, Pride Parade.

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DANCE POP

Award-winning Black transgender singer, songwriter, dancer, actress, and LGBTQ activist. Her most recent music video release is “God and Guns.”

Suit Up, Soldier ALTERNATIVE ROCK

A queer-fronted alternative and pop rock trio, hailing from Utah with a heaping cup of rock, a spoonful of sultry ballads, and a pinch of pop. The band released their debut LP last year, “Curse The Day I Act My Age,” which has over 1.5 million streams.

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Mila Jam band out of Salt Lake City is defined by sultry, smoky and powerful vocals delivered by lead singer, Chandra Marie, driving rhythms and nuanced guitar compositions with elements of blues, pop, soul and psychedelic rock.

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Scenic Byway HIP HOP POP

Experimental hip hop electronic group form Utah. Bringing a dance party to hip hop.

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The Saliva Sisters

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CAMP

The Queen’s Collective DANCE GROUP

An unnatural act. Who would have supposed a girl group singing parody songs about fiber, bidets, and bras would have survived, let alone flourished in Utah?

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The Queens Collective started because they wanted to create a safe space to heal through co-regulation and celebration of being human. Sometimes self play and discovery is a complicated process, but we always deserve support and acceptance through it.

Dev DANCE POP

Dev is known as a dance-floor mainstay, with her first hit, the minimalist, bass-heavy, club-thumper “Booty Bounce” in 2010.

She then told the world, “I ain’t yo average bitch.” This is her second Utah Pride.

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12:30pm After Dark DANCE GROUP

Salt Lake-based Korean pop dance group that shares their dance covers over Youtube and Instagram. They enjoy dancing as a team, and being able to provide an uplifting environment to their audiences.

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A gender-neutral alternative pop artist from Brigham City, Utah, with a burning passion for literature and telling stories through their music.

A voice to watch from Portland, Ore. MYKAH has had her fair share of obstacles in life, but music has always been her escape and platform for connection. Her raw lyricism and cool-edged soul music tell stories that everyone can identify with.

Spent PUNK

A Salt Lake City hardcore band with lyrics reflecting their stance on issues with our society and pushing for progress.

4pm

An alternative-indie pop-rock group from Las Vegas with a diverse sound.

Their goal is to break into the music industry as one of the first mainstream, trans-male fronted bands.

POP

A diversified performer with an exotic and persuasive stage presence and brilliant vocal ability who has been in the public eye since 2009, both as a singer/performer and as an actor/producer and director.

DANCE STAGE

Arrlo ALTERNATIVE INDIE

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MYKAH

ALTERNATIVE POP

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INDIE RETRO

Agusteen just released their song, “Summer 16.”

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Leonardo Martinez DANCE POP R&B

A Jersey native who saw Beyonce perform and knew the career he really wanted to pursue. After graduating, he made multiple music videos, launching him into the live performance world.

KARAOKE STAGE 12pm

5:30pm Kory Edgewood DRAG KING

Local Utah Drag King and a headbanging rocker who loves the classic hair bands of the 80s and 90s.

OUR D E D I C AT I O N TO IN C LU S I V I T Y University of Utah Health earns LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality Leader designation.

New City Movement Takeover A forward-thinking collective, centered around dance music, art, and culture in the Intermountain West. They help promote a brighter future in Salt Lake through their shared desire for quality electronic music, events, and experiences.

4:30pm Stage Fright A Salt Lake youth band in the Musicology program at Spy Hop. They are six teenagers learning how to be in a band for the first time, writing original music and performing through out the valley. Their songs are heartfelt, dreamy and will catch anyone’s ear.

Agusteen

We’re proud to announce University of Utah Hospital, Craig H. Neilsen Rehabilitation Hospital, University Orthopaedic Center, Huntsman Cancer Institute, and Huntsman Mental Health Institute received the designation of LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality Leader by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation.

We believe every person deserves access to care, respect, and to feel safe in our hospitals and clinics.

And we live it, every day.

DJ Kevan KARAOKE

An 18-year karaoke DJ veteran, Kevan has hosted karaoke at Utah Pride for 12 years.

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STUTTGART GAY PRIDE, Germany: July 30–31

One of the strongest political prides in Germany, but also a colorful affair, combining the messages with a festive atmosphere.

KEY WEST PRIDE, Florida: June 1–5

One of Canada’s premier arts and cultural festivals and one of the largest parades of its kind in North America.

VIENNA GAY PRIDE, Austria: June 1–12

Raleigh Pride is now in its 12th year and has changed its name to Out Raleigh Pride.

SAN FRANCISCO PRIDE, California: June 25–26

With a spectacular Pride parade on the canals of the city.

PITTSBURGH PRIDE, Pennsylvania: June 2–5

This year’s theme, “Love Will Keep Us Together,” is meant to celebrate a sense of return and shared presence.

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TULSA PRIDE, Oklahoma: June 25–26

ONE MAGICAL WEEKEND, Orlando, Fla.: June 2–6

The longest-running LGBT Pride festival in Oklahomacelebrating 40 years with a whole weekend of pride, with a parade, celebration, and picnic in the park.

One of Stockholm’s largest annual festivals, as well as the largest Pride celebration in Scandinavia.

Pride on a tropical island that is legendary for its laidback style and its open and accepting atmosphere.

A Pride Village at City Hall Square with culture, shows, food, and more. Rainbow Parade on Saturday.

The first Pride thrown in collaboration between LGBTQ+ organizations across Western Pennsylvania.

The 30th year–LGBTQIA travelers from around the world will descend on Walt Disney World Resorts.

PROVINCETOWN PRIDE, Mass.: June 3–5

The third annual Pride celebration.

CIRCUIT ASIA WEEKEND, Pattaya, Thailand: June 3–5

Premiere in June 2018, the world’s biggest international gay event will return featuring top international DJs, sexy go-go dancers, and the hottest men in Asia.

ANNAPOLIS PRIDE PARADE & FESTIVAL, Md.: June 4

Now in its second year, embracing diversity while bringing together locals and business communities.

PARIS TOURNAMENT, Paris, France: June 4–6

Promoting a respectful and humanistic practice of sport, this event is open to all and brings together more than 2,300 athletes from all over the world each year.

MIDDLETOWN PRIDE, Connecticut: June 4

Two socially distant showcases will feature drag queens, show choirs, dancers, and other special guests.

LA PRIDE, Los Angeles, California: June 10–12 LA Pride Festival and Parade, in West Hollywood.

BINGHAMTON PRIDE, New York: June 12

The city’s biggest event is Pride Palooza.

WEST PRIDE GOTHENBURG, Sweden: June 13–19

An art and culture festival that creates safe spaces for LGBTQI people.

SÃO PAULO GAY PRIDE, Brazil: June 15–19

Listed by Guinness World Records as the biggest pride parade in the world in 2006 with 2.5 million people, they broke the record in 2009 with 4 million attendees.

TRI-STATE BLACK PRIDE, Memphis, Tenn.: June 16–19

Promoting equality, human rights, education, outreach, arts, and culture of the Memphis and Mid-South.

ZÜRICH PRIDE FESTIVAL, Switzerland: June 17–18

The festival site on the Sechseläutenplatz and next to Bürkliplatz is transformed into a party hotspot.

IOWA CITY PRIDE, Iowa: June 18

RALEIGH PRIDE, North Carolina: June 25

NASHVILLE PRIDE, Tennessee: June 25–26

The largest LGBTQ event in Tennessee. Now at Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park in downtown Nashville.

OKLAHOMA CITY PRIDE, Oklahoma: June 25–27

Thousands make their way to Oklahoma City for an annual celebration of OKC’s LGBTQ+ community.

MADRID GAY PRIDE, Spain: June 25–July 3

The biggest gay pride in Spain and one of the biggest in Europe, attracting over 2 million people over the five days.

BUDAPEST GAY PRIDE, Hungary: June 24–July 24

Pride march on Saturday, 24 July, following the monthlong Budapest Pride Festival.

DENVER PRIDEFEST, Colorado: June 25–26

The largest Pride event in the Rocky Mountain Region, drawing more than 450,000 attendees over two days.

SEATTLE GAY PRIDE, Washington: June 25–26

One of the oldest of its kind in the country, coloring the city streets each summer since 1974.

TWIN CITIES PRIDE, Minneapolis, Minn.: June 25–26

Brings the greater LGBT community together to educate and create awareness of issues and to celebrate.

BRISTOL PRIDE, United Kingdom: June 25–July 10

Pride Parade, then a massive outdoor multi-stage festival with music and performances, community and family areas, silent disco, bars, food, and markets.

HELSINKI GAY PRIDE, Finland: June 27–July 3

The largest LGBTQ and human rights event in Finland.

JULY 2022 LONDON GAY PRIDE, England: July 2

Attracts one of the most diverse crowds in Europe.

MUNICH GAY PRIDE, Germany: July 2–17

The largest event of the LGBT community in southern Germany, with more than 60 events.

LONG BEACH PRIDE, California: July 8–10

CHICAGO PRIDE FEST, Illinois: June 18–19

The third-largest Pride festival and parade in California.

It is a non-profit three-day festival focuses on inclusion and diversity.

OSLO PRIDE, Norway: June 18–27

Hillcrest Block Party and the Pride Festival, leading up to a colorful main pride parade.

Pride Parade, vendors in the Ped Mall, a fun-filled day of entertainment on the Linn Street Stage, and more.

An iconic Halsted Street festival with music, drag shows, games, parade, and more. It is a celebration of diversity.

Norway’s largest LGBTIQ festival offering concerts, art exhibits, shows, film screenings, parties, political debates.

SAN DIEGO PRIDE, California: July 9–17

PRIDE LONDON, Ontario, Canada: July 14–24

COLOGNE GAY PRIDE, Germany: June 18–July 3

A variety of events over 11 days, including an art show, comedy night, 3-day outdoor festival, awards night & annual London Pride Parade.

BARCELONA GAY PRIDE, Spain: June 19–26

A fun weekend and a colorful parade. The main stage and gay village is in Old Town Square for 3 days.

One of Europe’s largest LGBTQ demonstration in Germany and. CSD Street Festival and Pride Parade.

An event for everyone, a space where the LGBT community can be collectively heard and become visible, and a place to celebrate and make a stand.

LISBON GAY PRIDE, Portugal: June 20–28

One of the largest LGBT events in Portugal at Jardim do Principe Real. Lisbon Pride 2022 is expected to attract over 70,000 people.

FRANKFURT PRIDE, Germany: July 15–17

CROYDON PRIDE, England: July 16–17

London’s second-largest and free Pride festival is back for its fifth year.

BERLIN PRIDE, Germany: July 23

One of the largest and most eclectic pride celebrations in Europe, with hundreds of thousands participants.

AMSTERDAM GAY PRIDE, the Netherlands: July 30–August 7

STOCKHOLM GAY PRIDE, Sweden: August 1–7

LAZY BEAR WEEK, Guerneville, Calif.: August 1–8

The marquee event organized by The Lazy Bear Fund, an all-volunteer nonprofit organization.

MAD BEAR BEACH PARTY WEEKEND, Torremolinos, Spain: August 5–16

The highlight of the event will be the Mr. Mad Bear competition at Eden Beach.

BRIGHTON & HOVE PRIDE, England: August 6–7

Brighton Pride 2022 is one of Brighton’s most popular weekends, attracting thousands of visitors.

PRAGUE GAY PRIDE, Czech Republic: Aug. 8–14

One of the biggest cultural events in the Czech Republic.

MONTREAL PRIDE, Canada: August 8–14

Takes over the streets of the gay village for 10 days in a series of concerts, parades, exhibitions, and demonstrations. Events centered mostly in Parc Emilie-Gamelin.

ANTWERP GAY PRIDE, Belgium: August 10–14

Parade on Saturday, followed by the free, open-air WAVE street festival, dance parties, and more.

GAY PRIDE COPENHAGEN, Denmark: Aug. 15–21

Denmark’s largest human rights and LGBTQ festival.

Huge pride parade on the last Saturday, finishing off with a big show and party at night.

MANCHESTER GAY PRIDE, England: Aug. 27–30

A four-day celebration culminating in a weekend of campaigning, celebrating, and fundraising.

SEPTEMBER 2022 MALTA PRIDE, Valetta, Malta: September 2–11

Street parties, LGBT floats, parades, concerts, an after-Pride dance party.

RIVERSIDE PRIDE, California: September 4 The first Pride festival and parade in downtown Riverside.

BIRMINGHAM GAY PRIDE, England: Sept. 24–25

One of the friendliest street parties in the UK attracting around 75,000 people.

OCTOBER 2022 BANFF PRIDE, Alberta, Canada: October 2–9

Mix your mountain adventures with the Drag Brunches, Queer-lesque performances, parties, and concerts.

LAS VEGAS PRIDE, Nevada: October 8–9

Parade and Pride Festival in downtown Las Vegas.

PHOENIX PRIDE, Arizona: October 15–16

A two-day celebration designed to bring our diverse communities together for a weekend of camaraderie.

NOVEMBER 2022 GREATER PALM SPRINGS PRIDE, Calif.: Nov. 4–6

A big parade, music stages, DJs, food vendors, and plenty of other entertainment options catering to all tastes.

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LGBTQ-Affirmative Psycho-therapists Guild of Utah  lgbtqtherapists.com * jim@lgbtqtherapists.com Utah LGBTQ+ Chamber of Commerce  utahlgbtqchamber.com * info@utahgaychamber.com LGBT & Allied Lawyers of Utah  lgbtutahlawyers.com * lgbtutahlawyers@gmail.com Utah Independent Business Coalition  utahindependentbusiness.org 801-879-4928 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

National Domestic Violence Hotline 1-800-799-7233 YWCA of Salt Lake  ywca.org/saltlakecity 322 E 300 S 801-537-8600 HEALTH & HIV

Peer Support for Mental Illness — PSMI Thurs 7pm, Utah Pride Ctr Planned Parenthood  bit.ly/ppauslchiv 654 S 900 E 801-322-5571 Salt Lake County Health Dept HIV/STD Clinic 660 S 200 E, 4th Floor Walk-ins M–F 10a–4p Appts 385-468-4242

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Utah AIDS Foundation  utahaids.org * mail@utahaids.org 1408 S 1100 E 801-487-2323 Weber-Morgan Health Mon., Weds 1-4:30p 477 23rd St, Ogden Appt 801-399-7250 HOMELESS SVCS

VOA Homeless Youth Resource Ctr, ages 15–21 880 S 400 W 801-364-0744 Transition Homes: Young Men’s 801-433-1713 Young Women’s 801-359-5545 LEGAL

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1 to 5 Club (bisexual)  fb.me/1to5ClubUtah  1to5club@

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Hello, Molly! A Memoir

BY MOLLY SHANNON, C.2022, ECCO, $27, 304 PAGES

The audience roars.

That’s music to a performer: the best you can ask from a group of people expecting to be entertained is approval for your efforts. Laughter, for a comedy. Gasps for a drama. Tears for a tragedy and tapping toes for a musical, that’s what you want. But remember: as in “Hello, Molly,” the new memoir by Molly Shannon, not all of life’s a stage.

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ARIES March 20–April 19

A failure in communication with a friend can cause some problems. Remember that we are all human, and the failings of others are mistakes, not assaults. More likely than not, a friend’s carefree attitude is simply their way of dealing with their problems. Take a moment to do the same and simply chill out for a bit.

TAURUS Apr 20–May 20

Constant nagging from someone is getting on your nerves. While it may not actually be so bad, the constant pressure is getting you down. Take some time to simply get away and find a sense of normal again. Rest in a place where the mind can reset. Your personal matters and career can wait. Work on yourself now.

GEMINI May 21–June 20

The beauty of nature will be a great inspirational source during this time period. With weather that is ever-changing and a hot-andcold dynamic occurring, much of your duality is represented by the world itself. This could be a good time to

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ter with a big role but few lines. She was killed in a car accident when Shannon was just four, as if she made a cameo appearance and then was off the script.

But not entirely. With the help of family and friends, Shannon’s father, Jim, raised Shannon and her sister, Mary, to remember their mother and to seize life in every way possible, encouraging his girls to be bold and “wild.” Once, when Shannon was thirteen and her best friend was eleven years old, Shannon’s father planted the idea in her head to hop a plane. The girls ended up stowing away in plain sight on a flight from Cleveland (near their home town) to New York City. He paid for their trip back home.

And yet, being Jim Shannon’s daughter wasn’t all fun and games. He was an alcoholic, as was his father and his father-in-law; when he was sober, Shannon recalls parties, be involved with the creative process and share what you see with others.

CANCER June 21–July 22

Feeling that things could be going better right now? Likely this feeling comes from boredom rather than failure. There is always a higher conquest and a goal to accomplish, but only because you want more than you have. Look for some new adventures but don’t lose sight of how good things are right now either.

LEO July 23–August 22

There’s nothing totally wrong with switching up the orders of operations. The more tasks that are piling up, the more boredom tends to set in. Keep things interesting by having dessert first, play before work, and taking different positions than normal.

It’s a good time to break the norms and alter perceptions for the better.

VIRGO August 23–Sep. 2

The need to flex the muscle of authority could be a turn-off to others. Don’t be so impressed by your accomplishments that it undermines your efforts to gain respect. A friend or lover is finding an obsession rather weary, but don’t let this get you down.

Find satisfaction through casual fun and lay off the need to prove yourself.

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spontaneous trips, loving encouragement, and permission to skip school. When he was drunk, she says that she and her sister were always watchful for his mercurial moods and his propensity for a different kind of “wild” behavior.

She couldn’t wait to leave home.

And yet, through college, a fledgling career, and a popular spot on “Saturday Night Live,” her father was always there, always a touchpoint for her past but also an irritation; enormously proud of her, but with a short wall between them.

It wasn’t until she was well into her adulthood that Shannon realized he harbored a secret, and then everything made sense...

You don’t expect a terrible, gasp-worthy accident to be the foundation for a funny story, but there it is, the opening number in “Hello, Molly.”

Quickly-quickly, though,

LIBRA Sept 23–October 22

Follow through on tasks that have fallen behind. The saying, “better late than never,” can be applied in many ways, whether it be in business or the bedroom. Communication has fallen by the wayside, and there is a lot of confusion surrounding your recent actions.

Rest assured others will listen, so explain.

SCORPIO Oct. 23–Nov. 21

It’s getting warmer and so is your temperature, Scorpio! It may seem like a prime time to get out there and look for adventure. Stay out of danger by keeping close to those you know, and don’t travel far from home. The ability to control emotional responses may be compromised, especially regarding personal interactions.

SAGITTARIUS

Nov. 22–December 20.

No one is going to desert you at this time, despite a few moments of despair. Stay focused on working on yourself and become your own pleaser.

Fate has a way of bringing tragedy in threes, and you’ve already received two in a row. While this may not be quite obvious to some of you, rest assured some letdown is possible.

author Molly Shannon pulls readers in — somewhat awkwardly, at first, but in the same excited way that your fourth-grade BFF did when there was something important or interesting that you simply had to see. That, in fact, is the feel you’ll get in the first part of this book: like you’ve been taken by the hand and pulled toward something that was going to make this the best day ever.

As you read on, that’s not much hyperbole. If you like Shannon’s work, you’re going to adore this memoir, which appears a lot like her skits: hectic, heartfelt, hold-your-sides hilarious, honest, and always, always arms-wide charming. Bring your sense of humor here — but bring tissues, too.

So, take a look, fellas.

Here’s what you want in a book, fellas. “Hello, Molly!” is gonna make you roar. Q

CAPRICORN

Dec 21–Jan 19 A fellowship of friends and lovers is going to lead to nice times.

Enjoy what you can and do your best to stay safe. There could be drama, but that is to be expected. No one is trying to bring you down, despite some suggestions. Allow good feelings to be channeled into the work you are doing. It never hurts to feel inspired.

AQUARIUS Jan. 20–Feb. 18

Whatever is troubling you is likely to affect others if not kept in check. The worst thing you can do is spread negativity, which has a tendency to bounce back. The best course of action is to take a submissive role and allow others to show what it really means to be happy. Realize that sometimes the best action is no action.

PISCES Feb 19–Mar 19

During what is turning out to be a lull period, spend time gaining focus. Get involved with projects and meet with people you’ve been putting off for a while. Someone may challenge your opinions in a seemingly offensive manner but don’t take it too hard. It has more to do with a competitive need than discrediting your ideas. Q

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Based on a true story – ish

BY MELISSA LEILANI LARSON

I’ve come

to realize audiences enjoy finding out that the play they’ve just seen is based on a true story. I don’t think I can count the number of times people have come up to me after one of my plays and asked, “Is this play about you?” I always reply with a firm “No.” When it comes to my new piece Mestiza, or Mixed, premiering at Plan-B Theatre, people will ask the same question. So pardon me while I modify my answer slightly: AUDIENCE: Is this play about you?

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When I first started writing plays, I made a conscious choice to not write about myself. I didn’t think I was interesting enough. I didn’t trust myself to write contemporary dialogue. And to be completely honest, I didn’t think I could find an actor who could be me.

I identify as a mixed-race Filipina American. My mother came to the U.S. in the 1970s. I was born in Hawai’i, and Each Sudoku puzzle has a unique solution which can be my family lived reached logically without guessing. Enter digits 1 through there until the 9 into the blank spaces. Every row must contain one of each digit, as must each column and each 3x3 square. Qdoku summer before I is actually five separate, but connected, Sudoku puzzles. turned thirteen.

I was a skinny, 8 9 6 2 4 awkward girl 6 5 4 3 9 with straight, 1 thick hair and 2 5 1 a dark brown complexion. In 4 3 5 6 1 Hawai’i, I was 2 7 5 just one brown 6 2 7 kid in a crowd 7 1 5 8 2 of Asians and 9 5 1 Pacific Islanders.

9 6 3 2 I was just one of many kids 4 1 2 whose heritage 8 7 5 4 was mixed. It 1 9 was never a 2 4 7 9 8 2 1 subject of con1 1 7 9 4 tention or even 6 of discussion.

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together, and I belonged to them. My mom is still our family’s reigning Scrabble champ, switching effortlessly between Tagalog and English. One night’s dinner would be spaghetti; the next night, tortang talong (an eggplant and ground pork omelet). My maternal grandmother taught me to make perfect rice without a measuring cup; my paternal grandmother taught me to make grilled cheese sandwiches. All of this was normal and beautiful. It was home.

Moving to Utah was a serious culture shock: Brown-ness was no longer the majority, and eighth grade was like getting dropped into the deep end of awkwardness and loneliness. I listened to different music. I wore weird clothes.

Did I belong here? Did I have a choice?

Sometime in middle school is when I became completely obsessed with movies and the idea of someday making movies. I watched so many movies that I started to notice things about them that I didn’t love. I didn’t see people like me on screen; I didn’t see families that looked like mine. When I did see Asian families on screen, they were rarely Filipino or mixed. Never both.

This play is the first ever produced in this state with roles written for and filled by a majority Filipinx cast. It is purposefully about a mixed-race family. Here I am, a meh playwright and screenwriter in her 40s who has finally figured out how to see myself on stage. I have to swallow my fear and put myself in the nooks and crannies, slipping like seawater in the spaces between words.

This play is about a queer woman embracing her identity in the wake of her father’s unexpected departure. It’s running during Pride Month; it overlaps with Philippine Independence Day and Juneteenth; it closes on Father’s Day. We did not go into the project with any of that planned. Is it coincidental? Possibly.

But it’s also poetic and appropriate.

Mestiza, or Mixed tells the story of a mixed-race Filipina filmmaker struggling to see herself in the world.

Well, when you say it like that— OK, then. Maybe this play is about me. Q Melissa Leilani Larson’s plays THE POST OFFICE, THE EDIBLE COMPLEX, and PILOT PROGRAM previously premiered at Plan-B Theatre. Her latest, MESTIZA, OR MIXED, premieres in-person June 9–19 (streaming June 15–19).

Tickets, details, and COVID-19 protocols at planbtheatre.org

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“‘Mom, I’m Gay.’ With those three words from my 16-year-old son, my life took on new meaning and direction.

We instantly embraced and cried together. I began to see the world with new eyes and feel with a new heart. This was my very first experience with someone gay,” she wrote.

“After this extraordinary moment, I yearned to understand my son and the LGBTQ+ community. I began to educate myself through reading and speaking with gay people. I took an Osher class at the University of Utah taught by an outstanding lesbian teacher. Lyn Christian observed how LGBTQ+ people face challenges and barriers most of us do not.

“I became especially energized about painting LGBTQ+ works and using its bright colors. I spent a week in San Francisco’s Castro District, a vibrant LGBTQ+ community.

I visited Harvey Milk Plaza, honoring “Castro’s” most famous resident who was murdered for promoting civil rights for gay people. I saw the Plaza’s iconic flag pole with an oversized rainbow flag. I toured the GLBT Historical Society Museum and walked The Rainbow Honor Walk.”

Art exhibit shows mom’s love for her gay son and the LGBTQ community 50 Pride-related paintings, including one massive one, will be on display and for sale at Trolley Square — all painted by a mom through the pandemic as she shows her love for her gay son and his community.

Judith Blair Peterson tells QSaltLake the story of her journey after he came out 24 years ago and how it led to this art exhibit and sale benefitting LGBTQ organizations.

As the pandemic forced so many to stay home, Peterson took brush to canvas, creating 50 paintings celebrating the love of the LGBTQ community.

She also began a massive, 12-foot-tall painting of the Statue of Liberty she calls “The Colors of Liberty.”

All of these will be on display and up for sale at prices greatly reduced from what she normally charges. Half of the money raised will go to one of several Utah-based LGBTQ nonprofit organizations.

A grand opening reception will happen at Trolley Square on Tuesday, May 31, starting at 6 p.m. The show runs through June 26.

Peterson has invited speakers from the LGBTQ community throughout the month as well: Friday, June 3, 6 p.m. — Coming out Stories.

Thursday, June 9, 6 p.m. — How Allies support LGBTQ+, Presented by Encircle.

Sunday, June 11, 6 p.m. — RaYnbow Collective Sunday, June 12, 6 p.m. — Suicide Prevention Honoring Dr. Kristen Ries and Maggie Snyder.

Additional inspirational speakers will be posted on Judith’s Facebook and Instagram event pages, Colors of Liberty, and at ­facebook.com/Judith20222 Peterson will also have postcards and a video tour of the historic sites of the Castro District.

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More than Moana Auli’i Cravalho on her new bisexual role, her first Pride and coming out on TikTok

BY CHRIS AZZOPARDI

It’s still

open to interpretation whether Moana is on the queer spectrum, but Auli’i Cravalho, who voiced the Disney princess, can assure you of one thing — she’s a proud bisexual. The 21-year-old actress portrays her first openly LGBTQ+ character in “Crush,” a Hulu Original Film with lesbian love at its center. Cravalho, as track-team runner AJ, plays an instrumental part — saying anything else would give too much away — in the teen rom-com about the unexpected twists and turns in high school romance.

Donning a plaid Coach coat, which she was wearing “proudly for the rest of the day on this couch” since it wasn’t hers, Cravalho talked on video about inspiring LGBTQ+ youth to be themselves, her message to major corporations like Disney when it comes to queer issues, and what about her first Pride event she’s most looking forward to.

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As somebody older than you, I can say how proud it makes me to see people in the queer community be part of these movies.

These movies did not exist when I was a teenager, so I can only imagine what it means to queer youth when they see not only themselves in these characters but people who are queer playing them. Thank you. It felt really important to me, as well.

I remember reading the script, and I was, for one, honored because I haven’t really played a queer role before. I do identify as bisexual, so it felt important, also, that my character was written in that way. It was really nice to have a rom-com that focused on teens that was positive and sex-positive. And also, not being focused on a coming out story, because we are so much more than just sexuality. It felt really refreshing. I was very happy to play AJ. You’ve answered my next question, which was: What appealed to you most about this movie when you got the script? I was

just happy that it was a good script, first and foremost. But also, then I learned that the writers, Kirsten King and Casey Rackham, are also queer. And then, to top it off, our director, Sammi Cohen, is also queer. It felt so good, and after reading the script, it made sense. I was, like, “Oh, see, this is why the jokes land. And this is why the Gen Z humor is so on the nose, because we’re making fun of ourselves, and it’s funny!”

Working with so many people from the LGBTQ+ community, did you feel at home?

Yeah. It’s really fun. I mean, just to know that we are making something that I’ve learned affects how people are treated in real life. So, to show films that are more diverse, inclusive, sex-positive — it broadens our audience’s minds, and I think we all knew that.

But then, also, we’re all young. It’s a young cast, and we all got to, somewhat, [hang out] during a pandemic, because

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this is a pandemic film. I was skateboarding with some people because that’s what my character does, and I fell down a lot.

It was just fun to be included in a cast that knew the importance of the film.

AJ is into girls, but do we know how she identifies? Yes, we do. AJ is a proud bisexual just like me.

How do you relate to her? I, for this role, practiced running, which is strange to say, but I did have to practice how to run.

[Laughs.] I also took a few skateboarding lessons and drove myself to the skate park, and I fell down a lot. Like, truthfully, that really bruised my pride. It was important for me to do that, because that connected me more so to AJ, as someone who is a perfectionist. She wants to be on her A-game, always, in school, as far as grades are concerned, as well as with the track team. She is co-head of the track team.

Then what we come to find out is she has this really strong inclination to art, and she draws. To be a perfectionist in your art is so common, but also so damaging because, at least for myself, when I make art, I’m like, “It’s not ready yet.

It’s not ready to be seen.” Sometimes I wonder if it will ever be ready to be seen.

These were traits that, suddenly, I understood, because I am also a perfectionist.

In 2020, you came out on TikTok as bisexual. Did you expect that news to make the splash that it did? It was crazy! It was in the beginning of the pandemic, when no one had anything else to talk about. And I was like, “I’m gonna lip sync this Eminem song on TikTok at 3 a.m. with my mom literally snoring in the background.” It blew up. So, that was strange [laughs].

But I never felt the need to come out.

Like, you don’t have to make a really big announcement to know who you are.

And, for me, that’s how it was. I’ve always known that I like girls. Girls smell good, and they are soft, and I know how to talk to girls; that’s just something that comes naturally to me. So, if anyone relates to that, that’s your coming out story to yourself. When you have that conversation with yourself, that’s all it has to be.

Do your queer fans still come up to you or reach out to you on Twitter and talk

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about it, and what do they say? Yeah!

They said they’re impacted that I did that. I didn’t realize the impact, but now I do. Because it’s representation, and that’s what it comes down to. It’s seeing yourself on screen and more than it was important for myself, it was important for others to know that it was OK. Sometimes we’re just in our bubbles. For me, I’m surrounded by queer people all the time. But we have to keep in mind that some 12-year-old boy in small-town Kansas City might not have any queer friends, so the only people he has is someone like you. Yeah, well said. And it truly is that, and I forget. I forget I’m 21, you know what I mean? To have an impact like that, it makes my heart swell. I’m truly so grateful.

What did you make of the “Moana is bisexual” headlines after you came out? I also find that amusing. What is written and how it is portrayed, and then how the public takes it or how one person interprets it, is entirely their own. That’s what’s super special about it. A lot of movies are queer coded. A lot of characters are camp.

Representation has changed so much in the last few years, and what I love about “Crush” is that it is just casually queer. Are those the sort of queer characters that appeal to you? I think this ties back into: I am bisexual. I identify as queer.

And every character that I play, moving forward, is an extension of me. And so my vibrancy and my experiences shape how I play a certain character. So, in the future, I absolutely want to play characters that are outwardly queer. But, even if they aren’t, I think the way that I interpret scripts will always be my own. And all my characters are gonna be a little bit like this, because I’m a little bit like this.

I don’t know how to say it in words.

That all your roles get filtered through a queer lens? Yes! I think filtered through a queer lens is such a better way of putting it. Beautiful words.

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take on that as somebody who has worked for Disney? I think it’s really important to stand on the right side of history, now.

It’s important to support people, regardless of sexuality. And support people for their sexuality, as well. And, in times such as these, when corporations are tied so directly to bills and laws, I think it is imperative that people speak up. And I applaud individuals for standing up for what is right — for walking out, for striking when it’s necessary. Because it is. Because, sometimes, we need to take matters into our own hands in order to be listened to.

So, I believe representation is very important, but also the work on the ground is just as important, and staying up-to-date and staying informed. This is the world that we live in now. And if we’re fighting for our diverse and inclusive future, then be inclusive. Put your money where your mouth is.

We’re nearing Pride, and I don’t know if you’ve ever gone to a Pride event, but, this year, how do you plan on celebrating? I’m so excited. I’ve never been to a Pride event.

But I lived in Hell’s Kitchen for a while.

Always Pride there. Always Pride!

[Laughs.] I suppose my first Pride event… I live in Los Angeles, so I’ll be there. I’ll be taking to the streets. I will find someone to give a little gay flag. One of the great things about wearing a mask is nobody knows who you are. So, I’ll be there. I don’t know if you’ll see me, but I will be there.

It’s so joyful to walk around and to scream Lady Gaga at the top of your lungs and to know that your community is surrounding you. And to watch “RuPaul’s Drag Race” on a TV in West Hollywood because it’s Pride. Like, everyone’s just playing things that are gay.

How fun to exist in that world for a period of time. And then to take that energy and throw it everywhere that you can, for the rest of the year. I feel like that’s Pride. Q Chris Azzopardi is the editorial director of Pride Source Media Group and Q Syndicate. He has interviewed a multitude of superstars, including Cher, Meryl Streep, Mariah Carey and Beyoncé. His work has also appeared in The New York Times, Vanity Fair, GQ and Billboard. Reach him via Twitter @chrisazzopardi.

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the perils of petunia pap smear

The tale of a potted petunia

BY PETUNIA PAP SMEAR

The road

to the Utah Pride Festival is fraught with danger and excitement.

“June is bustin’ out all over,” and with it comes the Utah Pride Festival and Parade. In previous years, I used to participate in the parade every year. I’m sure most of you have never noticed me because I try and be inconspicuous and blend into the crowd. I would count walking the parade route as my entire annual quota of aerobic exercise. It is not such an easy feat for a Gravity Enhanced Buffet Queen to walk the whole Pride Parade distance.

The very first time I marched in the parade, I had just obtained a brand new pair of 5-inch Platform Ruby Slippers which I thought I needed to wear. They looked incredible but made my walk as unstable and gangly as a newborn giraffe.

So as always, it came down to a choice of style versus function, and of course, style won out. I was sure that my twirly whirly breasticles would have enough of a gyroscopic effect so as to help stabilize me.

About halfway through the parade route, there arose an oncoming breeze, sufficient enough to cause the breasticles to begin spinning rapidly before my eyes, slightly hypnotizing me and making me dizzy. I felt my ankle give way as my left heal twisted out from under me, and so began a horrible, terrible, no good, very bad, great, and torturous fall from grace. I stumbled and, to my amazement, caught myself before I went all the way down.

Just as I was breathing a great sigh of relief, I stumbled again. To add insult to the continuing injury, the heal of my right foot got caught up in the hem of my hoop skirt. At this point, the scene on the street held a very close resemblance to the Hindenburg disaster, although much less graceful. Bystanders were running for their lives to avoid being crushed. Resigning myself of all hope for remaining upright was lost, I screamed what witnesses later described as a “Death Squeal” as I

made my way down toward the pavement.

God does indeed watch out for little children, fools, and apparently drag queens with un-sensible shoes, because just before my lipstick met the road, I felt someone throw their arms tightly around me from behind and return me to the land of standing upright. Amazed that someone was strong enough to pick up my Bodus Rotundus, and grateful at being saved from becoming roadkill, I slowly turned around in order to thank my savior. I was delighted to discover that I was being held in the arms of an Adonis, wearing only a dazzlingly white smile, a perfect suntan stretched over a rock-hard six-pack, and a very well-packed Speedo.

I’m sure he probably was also wearing shoes, but who in the world would ever notice? Surely, he had just come from the set of filming a Falcon Video. I nearly swooned. He seemed to think that I was still stumbling, so he kept holding on to me. Who was I to correct this beautiful “Boy Scout” as he performed his good deed for the day? He kept his big, strong arm around my waist and walked with me for the rest of the parade route until I safely reached the festival grounds.

The most dangerous and fraught thing about Pride is the fact that, with my beehive hair, twirling breasticles, and cape, I cannot fit inside a port-a-potty without removing my hair and cape. Just as cast members in Disney Land must never remove their heads in view of the public lest they destroy the magic, any drag queen worth her tiara must never remove her hair in the public’s eye either.

Every year when I’m planning my Pride Day wardrobe, I come up against the most important of all eternal queries: ‘To pee or not to pee, that is the question!” Because of the difficulty relieving number one, I try not to drink much because what goes in must come out.

A few years ago, I had a budding case of heatstroke from lack of hydration. So, if on Pride Day you should find me lying in a ditch somewhere and I don’t respond to your jingling of shiny objects and promises of glitter, please pour a bottle of water over me, and when I regain consciousness, shove a pizza in my mouth.

Side note to God: Please, please, please don’t let me have a fatal heart attack while I’m wearing my Pride Day rainbow sequined dress with the twirling breasticles. It may look fabulous with a capital “F” and would send all the other angels into fashion hell, but it chafes, and I don’t want to spend eternity chafing.

Besides, it is next to impossible to sit demurely on a cloud while wearing a hoop skirt without giving a very indiscreet showing of the family jewels.

Like always, these events leave us with several eternal questions: 1. When a breasticle pops off during a parade, is the proper distress call “Boob Down?”

2. What kind of street cleaner would be required to remove lipstick from asphalt?

3. Should I attach a generator to my pinwheel breasticles, so I can become a mobile wind turbine and recharge cell phones at the Pride Festival?

4. When I am inside a port-a-potty does that make me a “potted petunia?”

5. If I consumed a 420 edible, would that make me a “potted petunia” as well?

6. Should I begin attending Pride with a mobile crane equipped with a plastic blue tarp of secrecy (stolen from covering a haystack) to do the heavy lifting when I need to pee?

These and other important questions to be answered in future chapters of: The Perils of Petunia Pap-Smear. Q

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