Ben Williams
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My first Pride Day
I think everyone remembers their first Pride Day whether you are 15 or 65. There’s something powerful and magical about…
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Gay & Lesbian Utah Democrats’ tumultuous ’96
A casualty of an uncompromising homophobic state legislature session in 1996 was the demise of the Gay and Lesbian Utah…
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40 years of KRCL
December 3 will mark the 40th anniversary of “Listener Community Radio,” KRCL FM 91, broadcasting over the airwaves of Salt…
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1995 brought major changes to Utah’s LGBT community
In 1995 Utah’s gay and lesbian community lacked the basic civil rights afforded to other citizens. They could be fired…
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Weber State official convicted of kidnapping in ’94 because he was gay
In April 1994, the 42-year-old director of academic advisement at Weber State University, Dr. Phillip O. Austin Ph.D., was charged…
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Lavender marriages
Aren’t there times when you’d give anything to be a fly on the wall? I’d loved to have been in…
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The 1993 March on Washington, and … Logan
On April 25, 1993, there was another March on Washington. This time for “Lesbian, Gay, and Bi Equal Rights and…
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The 1992 Utah hate crime bill
The first attempt in Utah to include sexual orientation as part of a hate crime bill was introduced in the…
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Faeries at the Rainbow Gathering
Over the 4th of July, 1992, several members of the Sacred Faeries decided to join the gathering of the Rainbow…
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Utah’s ‘Army of Israel’ skinheads confronted Utah gays in the 90’s
In 1991 some of the Army of Israel skinheads, followers of 20-year-old Johnny Bangerter, came to Utah to make their…
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