Tag: Utah

Utah ranks second in the nation in its citizens’ support for LGBTQ non-discrimination protections, according to a poll by the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI). The PRRI poll found that 77 percent of Utah residents either favor or strongly favor “laws that would protect (LGBT) people against discrimination in jobs, public accommodations and housing.” The state tied with Vermont and was beaten only by New Hampshire whose residents support such protections by 81 percent. This may seem especially surprising considering Utah’s largely...

This is NOT a picture of the accused teen, by the way.Two football playing students from Utah’s Kearns High School have been suspended for sharing a video of them giggling and burning a rainbow flag while saying “All gays die!” Police are also investigating. The video was first posted on Snapchat by a 15-year-old incoming freshman and it was shared by another current student. Granite School District spokesman Ben Horsley told ABC News, “We want to make sure every student who...

County Commissioner Nathan Ivie comes out as gay (screen capture)A Republican county commissioner in Utah came out as gay to his constituents via social media video on Wednesday. “There’s no easy way to say this, I might as well just jump up and say it — I’m gay,” said Nathan Ivie in the video. “That’s my reality, and that’s what I need to talk to you about today.” Ivie, a 40-year-old horse trainer,...

A county commissioner in Utah came out as gay in a video for his constituents. Nathan Ivie (R) is a commissioner in Utah County, just south of Salt Lake City. He’s married to a woman and has two kids, and yesterday he posted a video to Facebook announcing that he’s gay. “There’s no easy way to say this, I might as well just jump up and say it — I’m gay,” he said in the video. “That’s my reality and that’s...

“You can be gay and a Republican ... you need to trust that people will love you for who you really are,” Utah County Commissioner Nathan Ivie said. By The Associated Press Republican lawmaker Nathan Ivie says it took him more than 20 years to come to terms with his identity. But on Wednesday morning the 40-year-old Utah County commissioner sat in front of his computer and publicly shared the secret that has caused him pain and confusion since he was 9...

Utah County has been called  “the most Republican county in the most Republican state in the United States.” It is 88 percent Mormon and has consistently voted for Republican presidents since 1992. That’s why it’s remarkable that the county’s 40-year-old Utah County Commissioner, Nathan Ivie, just came out on Facebook as gay. In the video, the soft-spoken politician (wearing a cowboy hat) says, “I’m sharing my story with you here today because I know I need to be honest with my...

A Utah café worker is being applauded for defending a gay couple who were being harassed by a large group of men. While participating in Utah’s Pride Festival on Saturday, a gay couple was walking around downtown Salt Lake City. Around 10 p.m. that night, the two men found themselves being harassed by a group of 10 to 15 white men. The men yelled out homophobic slurs at the couple and followed them as they fled. The gay men then came across...

We recently told you about a Utah gay couple who were in Las Vegas during the deadliest mass shooting in American history. Yesterday, Anderson Cooper spoke to Bobby Eardley, who lost his partner Cameron Robinson in the horrific incident. Speaking of Robinson, Eardley said: “I just can not say enough amazing things about that man. He’s such an example to everyone he came into contact with in his life.” Eardley also described his final moments with his partner: “I just wanted to make sure...

As the days and hours go by after the tragic shooting in Las Vegas, victims and families of victims are trying to find out if those at the shooting escaped, are wounded, or worse. As names have started to arise, two gay people (and a couple to boot) have been added to the list of victims. Cameron Robinson and Bobby Eardley were a gay couple from Utah. More specifically, Robinson was from Cedar City. Robinson would reportedly drive the two and...

Marriage equality has been the law of the land for almost two years, but not everyone is ready to accept settled law. One man, Chris Sevier, has been trying to defeat same-sex marriage with an ongoing campaign to try to marry his laptop. In the latest development, the Utah Attorney General’s Office was forced to state in a new court ruling that there is no constitutional right to marry a laptop, KSTU-TV reports. Lawyers for the state asked a federal judge...