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From Human Rights Campaign. Download one (or all!) of our electronic greeting cards and share your notes with friends and loved ones.  Download “Happy Holidays” here Download “Happy Hanukah” here Download “Happy Kwanzaa” here Download “Merry Christmas” here Page source: https://www.hrc.org/resources/human-rights-campaign-e-greeting-cards

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The holiday season can be stressful for many people, especially LGBTQ+ youth. Some may have to hide parts of their identity from family members and experience being deadnamed or misgendered. Some may find it difficult to hear political opinions that deny their humanity, and others may not have a family to spend time with during…

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By Sean P. Means @ The Salt Lake Tribune, Nov. 15th, 2020 When Kyl Myers emailed the birth announcement for the baby she and her husband, Brent Courtney, brought into the world in March 2016, she included the usual information — weight, length, time of birth — for little Zoomer Coyote Courtney-Myers. She also wrote this: “We have…

Continue Reading Utahn Kyl Myers publishes book about her family’s decision not to assign a gender to their child, Zoomer

Bisexual, gay, and lesbian youths are two times more likely as heterosexual youth to consider suicide attempts. The percentages were 31% to 14%.

Continue Reading The Influence of Perceived Discrimination Based On Sexual Orientation

This summer I was able to make a dream come true. I never thought I’d be able to pair my LGBTQ+ and legal identities together to benefit queer youth. As a wee law school student over ten years ago, I had always dreamt of attending the Lavender Law Conference & Career Fair. Just like with PRIDE events or a family reunion, there is a certain spiritual fulfillment that occurs when you are surrounded by people who share some of your same lived experiences. It’s rare enough to be a Black attorney but even far rarer to be a Black LGBTQ+ attorney.

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“Religious belief is protected in our laws and Constitution and it is due respect,” said Mary L. Bonauto, GLAD’s Civil Rights Project Director. “However, the breadth of the exemption being sought by CSS in Fulton would take our nation backwards. It would allow individual religious disapproval to work its way back into lawmaking – a situation that is contrary to the promise of equal protection for all embedded in our Constitution, and one that the American people and two decades of Supreme Court precedent have already rejected.”

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By Leia Larsen  · Published: August 20 Updated: August 20, 2020  When Jamie and Ben Belnap bought a home in Heber City three years ago, their son had just come out as gay. The parents worried about the response he would receive in the conservative mountain valley town. But then in June 2019, the family noticed rainbow-colored pride flags…

Continue Reading Heber City Council approves banner restrictions in response to outcry over LGBTQ pride flags