Boffo turnout for #UtahPride’s rally at the Capitol #pride #pridemonth #utpol
The event, which gives way to a march to the City and County Bldg., gives a political tinge to this weekend’s Pride 🏳️‍🌈 festivities
.@slcCouncil member @DarinMano, dressed in what he called his “gay clothes,” recalled his first #Pride experience, when he didn’t feel brave enough to get out of his car, and celebrated everyone present #utpol
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Spotted in the procession: Jesus.

“God bless the gays!” they shouted after taking a group’s picture #slcpride #onlyinutah
The sizable crowd, which one State Trooper told me was around 2,500 strong, cheerfully made its way down State St., past City Hall and finally descended upon Library Square, across the way from the festival grounds. Full #SLCPride schedule here utahpridecenter.org/pride-and-cent…

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Jun 3
Following the tragedy in Uvalde, Utah Sen. @derekkitchen announced plans to open a bill aiming to raise firearm-purchasing age to 21. Optics aside, the red state's political system will ensure it doesn't happen #utpol #utleg medium.com/@EnriqueLimon/…
Yes, the time for comprehensive gun reform is now, and it shouldn't take yet another violent event to bring the subject to the table. There are, however, other floor-level factors to consider before considering the headline-grabbing nature of Kitchen’s bill ideation.
Factors like, as @GiffordsCourage points out, include a pressing need for universal background checks, adequate waiting periods before purchasing a firearm (in Utah, it’s none) and the implementation of extreme risk protection orders: giffords.org/lawcenter/gun-…
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Second reproductive rights rally at the Capitol this week. This one organized by local media platform @redhiveco #utpol #utleg
On Tuesday, the same spot played host to more than 1,000 reproductive rights supporters who came out following the #SupremeCourt leaked draft opinion on Roe v. Wade threadreaderapp.com/thread/1521641…
A few hundred are here today, some carrying signs emblazoned with slogans like “Mind your own uterus” and “Keep abortion legal in Utah.” The State is one of a handful with trigger laws set in place should the landmark decision be overturned
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May 4
Protest at the Utah Capitol in response to the leaked draft opinion that suggest the Supreme Court plans to overturn Roe v. Wade #utpol #utleg
Hundreds of people are at the Capitol building, some carrying signs emblazoned with messages like “Mind your own uterus” and “I will not go silently back to the 1970s”
Back in October, the same site played host to a similar rally: independent.co.uk/news/abortion-…
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This was the @UUtah's emblematic Block U sculpture dressed in vibrant Progress Pride colors before it was vandalized 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ The University of Utah’s Block U sculpture is pictured pai
The structure, which had received the temporary wrap in honor of #PrideWeekAtTheU, is back to its usual red hue ahead of schedule after unidentified subjects defaced it with duct tape and tagged the messages “F*** transectionalism” and “Don’t listen to the CCP propaganda." After unidentified vandals targeted it, the University of Ut
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Soon, the anonymous collective of artists behind it had populated surrounding walls with depictions of Bernardo Palacios, Patrick Harmon, Cindreia Europe, Breonna Taylor and more than 20 other victims of police brutality. Two sacks of soil mix as we...
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Mar 31
Trans rights rally underway at the state Capitol #TransDayOfVisibility
The gathering comes in response to HB11, the trans-excluding “Student Eligibility in Interscholastic Activities,” the veto override for which received a majority vote last week #utpol #utleg #TDOV
This is the second gathering of this nature in recent days. Last Thursday, around 600 Utahns descended upon the Capitol for sports equality. My dispatch: threadreaderapp.com/thread/1507150…
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