The Prevention Project is a community based project with the goal of breaking down stigma. We work closely with other community based organization to help promote testing, outreach, and educational workshops. The Project provides free HIV testing both on an off site. In addition the Project also hosts Sexpert 101 workshops, Pleasure Palooza, and No Ones Stigma Blog. Look for us at various events throughout the year or check our facebook page. For more info about the project email Myles at
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FREE Testing
Free HIV Testing every Wednesday 5-7pm and 1st Saturday of the month 12:30-3pm in the Middle Meeting Room.
FREE STI Testing every 1st Saturday of the month.
Pleasure Palooza
located at the entrance of Cafe Marmalade. Free condoms, insertive condoms, dental dams, lube and more!
Sexpert 101: Are you a Sexpert?
Monthly workshops on safer sex, relationships, coming out, and more! Want to schedule a workshop for your group? Email Myles at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
No One's Stigma
The No One's Stigma Project is a blog dedicated to serving HIV positive people in the LGBTQ community. Our hope is to address issues like stigma and other social dynamics of living with HIV to encourage confidence and empower HIV+ people to communicate with partners, seek the best information, and advocate for prevention, recognition, and improvement in their own communities. If you would like to contribute to the blog email Myles.
Please join the Utah Pride Center's HIV Prevention Team for the following events to commemorate Worlds AIDS Day on December 1st.
No One's Stigma: A night of Spoken Word
The Utah Pride Center's HIV Prevention Team, Sugarhouse Coffee and Planned Parenthood of Utah Teen Council present a World AIDS Day Open Mic to fight back against stigma and empower our community through creative expression. Are you a bad ass MC? Do you have a story to tell? Are you over HIV/AIDS stigma? We need every voice we can get to speak out against stigma. The work doesn't end at World AIDS Day, but this is a powerful opportunity to engage in a movement that impacts ALL OF US. After we are done ripping the stage, we will come together for a candlelight vigil to honor those we have lost. If you are interested in performing, please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or via Facebook.
When: December 1st from 6:30 - 9:00 PM
Where: Sugarhouse Coffee, 1100 East 2100 South, Salt Lake City
Free HIV Testing!
In addition to the regular weekly HIV Testing, the Prevention Team and the Utah Department of Health will be hosting free HIV testing at Westminster College.
When: November 29th from 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Where: Westminster College, SHAW Building (Cafeteria), 1804 South 1300 East
For the regular HIV Testing days and times, check out our calendar.
Film Screening & Panel Discussion, Longtime Companion
In honor of World AIDS Day, please join the Salt Lake Public Library, Salt Lake Valley Health Department, and the Utah Pride Center for a balloon release to acknowledge those infected with HIV and to make a pledge to protect one's own health. This will be followed by a screening of the film, Longtime Companion, followed by a panel discussion. For more information, check out the Facebook event.
When: Friday, December 2nd from 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM
Where: Salt Lake City Public Library, 200 East 400 South
From IMDB: "Perhaps the first filme to put a human face on the AIDS epidemic, Longtime Companion follows the lives of a small circle of friends from the first mention of the disease in the New York Times in 1981. First referred to as "Gay-Related-Immune-Disorder," we watch the effect of the disease as it devestates the lives of our protagonists. Jumping between Manhattan and Fire Island, vignettes carry us from the it-couldn't-happen-to-me mentality of the early days of the disease to the invasive effect it has had on all of our lives, today. The title of the film comes from the New York Times' refusal to acknowledge same-sex relationships in their obituary section during this period. Instead, survivors were referred to as 'Longtime Companions' of the deceased."
In addition to the events listed above, Utah State University's Center for Women and Gender is hosting numerous events surrounding The AIDS Memorial Quilt by the NAMES Project Foundation. Download the poster for these events here.
August 16, 2011 | 5pm - 7pm | Utah Pride Center, Multipurpose Room
Regional Director Marguerite Salazar will be doing a presentation/answering your questions on the Affordable Care Act and the National HIV Prevention Strategy. This is a great opportunity to learn about health care and what the Affordable Care Act means to you. This is a free event and is open to the community. We are really excited to have the Regional Director here with us to talk about these important issues.
If you have any questions please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it at 801-539-8800 x23.
Take charge of your health! Join the Task Force to stay active, have fun, and create friendships. Combining social events with lively activities we are all about taking care of the mind, body, and soul. Check this page often for tips on staying healthy/info on upcoming events.
The BRA Task Force is for anyone who identifies within the feminine spectrum and we ♥ allies. From pool parties to BBQ's come be a part of the Task Force and make new friends along the way!
For more info contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it at 801-539-8800 x18!
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RISE to the call for action to end HIV in our community! Envision a future where we are empowered together. RISE (formerly known as FAYME Utah) is the newest program of the TINT Youth Activity Center and Utah Pride Center with a commitment to mobilize queer youth and strengthen our community through advocacy, education, outreach, and social events. With the understanding that HIV impacts all of us, we seek to bring awareness to an issue that is more than a virus, but an issue of justice. RISE seeks to develop future leaders invested in social justice movements that eradication oppression in all of its forms. RISE! is open to all queer youth ages 14-20.
RISE! Meets every Saturday from 6-9pm.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – October 4, 2010
Contact Valerie Larabee, Executive Director
801.539.8800 x 10 or cell: 801.403.1038
UTAH PRIDE CENTER SPEAKS OUT ABOUT SUICIDE CRISIS AND THE LDS CHURCH,
AND WORKS TO SAVE LIVES AND FAMILIES
Salt Lake City, UT: In recent months, there have been six high profile stories of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) youth who have taken their lives due to bullying and hostile environments. The Utah Pride Center is working with tireless dedication and with both local and national organizations to deal with this issue head-on here in Utah.
“Saving lives is part of our charter at the Utah Pride Center, “ said Executive Director, Valerie Larabee. “We find these recent events particularly alarming, and we are ramping up our efforts to overcome the messages that leads LGBTQ people to feel hopeless by providing messages of love, acceptance, affirmation, and hope.”
In addition to the string of suicides, the Utah Pride Center is alarmed and heavy-hearted by Mormon Church leader, Boyd K. Packer’s sermon from the Mormon Church’s General Conference on Sunday, October 3, 2010. Packer, the second highest ranking leader in the Mormon Church, referred to being LGBTQ as “impure and unnatural”, and broadcast egregious misinformation about how people can and should change their sexuality.
“We hold the LDS Church accountable for giving Packer the worldwide platform and access to literally millions of families who have LGBTQ loved ones. Their statements are antithetical to current scientific research and to the work of the Utah Pride Center,” Larabee said.
A resolution published by the American Psychological Association (APA) and posted on its website says, “APA is concerned about ongoing efforts to mischaracterize homosexuality and promote the notion that sexual orientation can be changed and about the resurgence of sexual orientation change efforts.”
The seventh point of the APA’s resolutions states, “BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the American Psychological Association advises parents, guardians, young people, and their families to avoid sexual orientation change efforts that portray homosexuality as a mental illness or developmental disorder and to seek psychotherapy, social support and educational services that provide accurate information on sexual orientation and sexuality, increase family and school support, and reduce rejection of sexual minority youth.”
The Utah Pride Center is hosting two upcoming events this weekend to address these very issues. The first is a suicide prevention workshop put on by the Trevor Project, and is being held at the Utah Pride Center from 1-5P. The Trevor Project Lifeguard Workshop Program addresses topics around gender identity, sexuality, the impacts of language and behavior, and what it means for young people to feel different. Through the workshop, people learn to recognize the warning signs of depression and suicide, and thus become “lifeguards” to keep their friends and peers safe.
The second event is the groundbreaking Family Acceptance Regional Conference being held Oct. 8-10 at the Sheraton Salt Lake City Hotel. Dr. Caitlin Ryan, whose research indicates that LGBTQ youth in highly rejecting families are eight times more likely to attempt or complete suicide, will be the conference keynote. Her address will not only speak to the findings of her research, but will also provide solutions to keeping LGBTQ youth safe.
“We will overpower negative messaging and discriminatory attitudes, and I look forward to our events this weekend, especially the Conference which aims to illuminate the risks of rejection to youth’s well-being and to provide strategies for keeping families united,” Larabee said.
For more information on the work of the Utah Pride Center, the Trevor Project workshop, or the Family Acceptance Regional Conference, please visit www.utahpridecenter.org.
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One in five gay men in the United States has HIV, and almost half of those who carry the virus are unaware that they are infected, according to a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study.
The study tested more than 8,000 men in 21 cities in 2008, making it the most comprehensive such research by the CDC. It found that young, sexually active gay men and those in minority groups are least likely to know their health status, even as infection rates are climbing among men who have sex with men, while the rates of other at-risk groups - heterosexuals and intravenous drug users - are falling.
The findings were released Thursday, ahead of National Gay Men's HIV Awareness Day on Monday.
A CDC official called for a sharper focus on testing. "This study's message is clear: HIV exacts a devastating toll on men who have sex with men in America's major cities, and yet far too many of those who are infected don't know it," said Kevin Fenton, director of the agency's National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention.
An interactive and in-depth series of six-week workshops focused on gaining knowledge, building skills, & strengthening relationships. If you’re looking for stimulating conversations, this will be the place!
Held in the Middle Meeting room at the Utah Pride Center, these groups are open to all sexual orientations/gender identities. Cost is $15 for the first or second three-week module. Reduced costs are available on request. Participants are asked to commit to the first three sessions and/or the last three, and join the first or fourth week. These workshops were co-created by Lee Beckstead, PhD, & Jordan Rullo, MS. To register or for more info, contact Josh Bytendorp, MA, at 801-573-1194.
Masculinity, Femininity, And All The Spaces In Between: Understanding Gender And Gender Roles And How It All Affects Your Life. Masculine, Feminine, Sissy, Butch, Femme, Queen, Fairy, Bear. What are the ingredients in this blender of gender? Who decides? What if our gender isn’t congruent with our genitals? We are all affected by the gender we portray and told we are supposed to portray, some of us more than others. This workshop will focus on exploring your gender identity and the ways gender roles help and hurt us and how to love your own and others’ gender expression.
October 24, 31, November 7, 14, 21, 28, 2011 (Mondays 6:30-8:00)
Click here to view the complete list of Empowerment Workshops.
Do you want more info on hormones or changing your name and gender legally? Do you want more info on what being Trans means? Has your child come out as Transgender or are they exploring their gender?
Do you need more information?
Below are links to various resources for anyone that has these questions, and more! Feel free to dip into any of the resources on topics like health, legal issues and media lists.
Youth Resource Packets
Transgender Health Medical Issues
Support Organizations and Media Resources
Transitioning in the Workplace
Other Resource Packets
Read our resource just for the parents of trans and gender questioning youth.
Click here to read information for Clinicians working with transgender or gender questioning youth.
Click here to read resources for Out of Home Care Providers Working with transgender youth.
Resources for Educators Working with Transgender and Gender Questioning Youth
All health care providers on this list describe themselves as knowledgeable and affirming of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer clientele to some degree. The Utah Pride Center does not specifically endorse providers on the list. We encourage you to carefully screen any potential provider by asking very specific questions in advance of making an appointment to determine if they will fit your needs.
We are now providing this information through our online LGBTQ Resource Directory under its own category.
» Search the Online Directory Now.
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