Utah Pride Festival
utah pride festival festival held downtown salt lake city june celebrating utah diversity gay lesbian bisexual transgender lgbtq community event program utah pride center includes state secondlargest parade day parade festival includes parade film festival dyke march member bear clan leathermen sister bondage subculture interfaith service utah pride interfaith coalition k charity run related party reception participation festival cut across broad spectrum utahan past speaker celebration ranged salt lake city mayor rocky anderson quoted support sex marriage utah rep jackie biskupski state first openly lesbian legislator later became salt lake city first openly lesbian mayor festival last day sunday begin parade participant included mayor ralph becker county mayor ben mcadams group uniformed boy scout largest group mormon building bridge mormon equality provo pride council westminster college utah weber state university organization sponsor religious group participate large rainbow flag fill street back parade festival began salt lake coalition human right sponsored threeday conference affirmation lgbtq mormon family friend called gay mormon united founded conference june keynote speaker david kopay first nfl player come closet u air force sgt leonard matlovich exmormon first openly gay person appear cover time magazine utah pride inc created project gay lesbian community council utah project renamed pride utah first pride march state held june state capitol building began step capitol went main street ended south temple utah museum contemporary art salt lake art center included procession utah stonewall center opened pride festivity moved salt lake county fairground murray utah march attracted twice many participant along opposition member aryan nation pride day art expo competition created award local artist lesbian gay pride art award mapplethorpe award football fieldlength pride flag made carry parade route produced rev bruce barton metropolitan community church salt lake city ut along dozen helper including bruce harmon jeff freedman carrie gayler lynn sasaki terry gillman garth snyder called tremendous symbol pride unity” completed day parade june foot long flag composed bolt lightweight fabric six color took hour sew marcher would hold side people often threw donation onto flag child would run around underneath first flag bearer member utah gay lesbian youth group others belong community organization took utah state capitol building state street past lds church office building salt lake city county building original flag seen better day new one colonial flag purchased x foot made nylon hand hold every inch also utah pride center gifted moab pride foot flag estimated people attended largest since festival began however first year admission charged attendance festival attributed decline patron wanting pay admission festival festival organizer argued first year accurate method counting attendance employed number reflect drop attendance first local pride festival held moab utah festival included performer frenchie davis prince poppycock pride spread provo utah first pride mayor ralph becker threw private wedding reception couple whose marriage performed first day samesex marriage became legal utah pride reached ogden utah held first pride festival first year panel discussion held festival inside salt lake city public library saw festival postponed till september due covid pandemic ultimately happened october first utah pride road ralley restructured pride week much like early pride festival early due ongoing wake covid pandemic issue ensuring proper health populace vaccinatedunvaccinated people event included walk exhibit online interfaith march starting near utah state capitol building north state st marcher carried foot rainbow flag first balloon arch flag balloon arch marched state street met next balloon arch next balloon arch next joined together create massive balloon arch balloon march reached harvey milk boulevard east liberty park list lgbt event utah pride center gay lesbian community center utah record accession number accn salt lake city special collection archive j willard marriott library university utah also cataloged archive west oca utah pride center