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Governor Spencer Cox has issued a proclamation supporting LGBTQ Pride month.

Still Here and Still Queer: The Gay Restaurant Endures Many have closed in a time of growing inclusion and more fluid sexual identities. But in several places around the country, they remain anchors of safety and community. Laziz Kitchen in Salt Lake City is one of several newer restaurants that cultivate a wide spectrum of L.G.B.T.Q. customers, as symbolized by the redesigned version of the traditional rainbow flag out front.Credit...Kim Raff for The New York Times Scott Frankel’s favorite memories of New York gay restaurants aren’t about food. Universal Grill cranked “Dancing Queen”...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Democrats walked off the House floor Wednesday in protest of a resolution recommending that the state review any curriculum that examines the ways in which race and racism influence American politics, culture and the law. Republican lawmakers say they want to ensure that children aren’t being taught that one […]

Utah Democrats walk out to protest limits on teaching race Sign In SOPHIA EPPOLITO, Associated Press/Report for America May 19, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 9 1of9Monica Wilbur expresses her opposition to critical race theory at the State Capital in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, May 19, 2021. (Trent Nelson/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)Trent Nelson/APShow MoreShow Less 2of9As Michelle Love-Day speaks, Sophia Anderson holds up a sign with the opposite opinion, during a news conference by the Utah Educational Equity Coalition at the State Captiol in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, May 19,...

KSL TV SALT LAKE CITY — Legislators approved two resolutions on Wednesday to urge the Utah State Board of Education to ban what lawmakers consider "harmful" critical race theory concepts. The resolutions were approved despite outcry from community activists and educators, who gathered on the Capitol steps to oppose the resolutions earlier Wednesday morning, and despite Democrats walking out of the House chamber in protest. The controversial resolutions state "some concepts contained in critical race theory degrade important societal values and, if introduced in the classrooms, would harm st...