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Senator Stephen Urquhart of Washington County is the champion of our nondiscrimination bill. S.B. 262, Housing and Employment Antidiscrimination Amendments, has been released and has been sent to the Senate Rules Committee. With so much attention around our bill, we’d like to take a moment to explain exactly what the bill does and does not do, who is impacted, and why the bill is needed. While S.B. 262 prevents…
Employment Discrimination against LGBT Utahns Utah does not have a statewide law that prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity in employment. This report gathers together all existing data on the prevalence of discrimination in Utah to examine how frequently lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender Utahns experience employment discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity and assess the likely impact of passing a statewide nondiscrimination law. The…
Each Year Utahns daily lives are directly impacted by bills that are passed during the legislative session. Equality Utah vigilantly combs through almost a 1000 different pieces of legislation each year to oppose bills that could potentially encroach on the basic freedoms that lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender rightfully deserve or to lead the way in proposing or supporting legislation that would secure measures that prohibit discrimination based on sexual…
Gov. Jon Huntsman speaks at Equality Utah’s 11th Annual Allies Dinner.Gov. Jon Huntsman speaks at Equality Utah’s 11th Annual Allies Dinner.Historic moment for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender equality movement in Utah. Salt Lake City UT- Equality Utah, the state's largest LGBT policy and advocacy organization, is thrilled to recognize Equality Award honorees at Equality Utah’s 11th Annual Allies Dinner, Thursday, September 27, 2012, in the grand ballroom of…
Save the Date You are invited to Utah's premier LGBT event - Equality Utah's 12th Annual Allies Dinner. Join Co-Chairs Robyn Martinez & Donna & Michael Weinholtz—and 2,000 friends and allies!—for this historic and entertaining evening. Mark your calendar for Monday, September 16th to celebrate Equality Utah’s monumental accomplishments and to help secure equal rights and protections for LGBT Utahns! Special Guests We've got a special treat for everyone this…
On Friday June 22nd, Presidential Candidate Fred Karger launched a series of ads in the Utah market which villainized and stereotyped LDS families with LGBT children. Karger referenced the work of Dr. Caitlan Ryan, and the Family Acceptance Project. Dr. Ryan's work, intended to be a resource for families with LGBT children, was twisted and misquoted in such a way as to become a weapon against LDS parents. It is…
Come Out Utah, Support Common Ground! The following businesses have Come Out in support of Common Ground. Let’s support them in return! Advertising Blackett Creative 801.910.2796 www.blackettcreative.com Arts & Entertainment NoelleArt Studio Murray, UT 801-915-1314 www.noelleartstudio.blogspot.com Attorneys Candice Pitcher Jones Waldo 170 S. Main St., Ste. 1500 Salt Lake City, UT 801-534-7226 www.joneswaldo.com Lauren R. Barros, P.C. 241 East Broadway, Suite 300 Salt Lake city, Utah 801-746-0670 www.laurenbarroslaw.com T. Christopher…
Going to get your driver's license shouldn't be dehumanizing. Yet, that's exactly how many transgender Utahns feel when they attempt to accomplish this simple, and necessary task. We have talked with the Drivers License Division about the discrimination, and unfair treatment people have experienced and they have told us they need more information: Where discrimination happened, what the situation was, and what the outcome was. Help TEA (Transgender Education…
HB51- Statewide Nondiscrimination Protection Amendments This bill has been asigned to the Government Operations & Political Subdivisions Senate Committee for a hearing This hearing is open to the public and we encourage everyone to show up and attend in support of the bill. Bill Summary: Currently in Utah it is legal to be fired or evicted based solely on sexual orientation and gender identity. All Utahns, regardless of our perceived…
People often say that, in a democracy, decisions are made by the majority of the people. Of course, that is not true. Decisions are made by a majority of those who make themselves heard and who vote –a very different thing. -Walter H Judd Make yourself heard and become a DELEGATE for the 2012 election cycle. We will show you how. Our comprehensive delegate training program will make it…
2012 Non-Discrimination Bill Watch. Please join Respect Utah and the coalition. This is the place to get information on the Non-Discrimination Bill, If passed, it will bring what has been wildly popular in municipalities around the State to a state-wide law. This law will forbid discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity in housing and employment. It will also protect political and religious speech out side of the work…