pride
![Friends, Allies, and Mentors: Creating LGBTQ+ Inclusive Schools](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/426-ED-FAM-Anna-Champman-6-1024x683.webp)
Friends, Allies, and Mentors: Creating LGBTQ+ Inclusive Schools
Friends, Allies, and Mentors’ goal is to create a safe space for our LGBTQ+ youth to thrive as they grow in schools and beyond. … read more
![Mosaics: Provo’s Only Queer Bookstore](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/426-ED-Mosaics-Maralee-Nielson-29-scaled-e1717523080155-1024x667.webp)
Mosaics: Provo’s Only Queer Bookstore
Mosaics Community Bookstore & Venue is a one-stop shopping experience, an event-driven venue and a safe space. … read more
![Inclusivity at Its Core: What’s in Store for SLC Pride](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2024-SLUG-WEB-Pride-Co-Directors-BARKIPLE-72-5788-1024x683.webp)
Inclusivity at Its Core: What’s in Store for SLC Pride
As SLC Pride continues to evolve and expand its reach, it remains steadfast in its commitment to unity, diversity and celebration of all identities. … read more
![Bold & Beautiful: The Matrons of Mayhem](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/426-Ed-Matrons-of-Mayhem-Bonneville-Jones4652-1024x608.webp)
Bold & Beautiful: The Matrons of Mayhem
The primary mission of the Matrons of Mayhem is to service small charities and support local organizations through drag bingo and other events. … read more
![Localized: DoomCupcake](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/20240516_DOOM_CUPCAKE_0429-1024x683.webp)
Localized: DoomCupcake
DoomCupcake is a four-piece, metal-punk band from Salt Lake City that makes “the kind of music you’d want to hear walking into a Hot Topic.” … read more
![SLUG Style: Lou Sant](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/426-Ed-SLUG-Style-Lou-Sant-John-Taylor-6307-1024x683.webp)
SLUG Style: Lou Sant
Inspired by his parents’ love of classic rock, Lou Sant’s eclectic style reflects his outgoing personality and confidence in his LGBTQ+ identity. … read more
![University of Utah EDI Director Breaks Culture of Silence To Advocate For Students](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/SLUG-Harry-Hawkens-May-2024-WEB-1024x658.webp)
University of Utah EDI Director Breaks Culture of Silence To...
Utah EDI Director Harry Hawkins says, “I’m not going to continue to be silenced by people who don’t have the best interests of our students at heart.” … read more
![Pride Outside of Pride](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/SLUG-414-Outside-of-SLC-Pride-Events-Header-1024x658.webp)
Pride Outside of Pride
Want to know what other pride events are happening around the valley this June? Here are a handful of LGBTQ+ events to attend this summer! … read more
![Band Together: Creating Community For Trans People With Genderbands](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/01-Genderbands-1024x683.jpg)
Band Together: Creating Community For Trans People With Genderbands
Genderbands helps transgender individuals pay for transition-related costs, which are often one of the biggest obstacles. … read more
![Pride Festival Recap](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/7837-img23862.jpg)
Pride Festival Recap
Love equals love. That was the theme at this years Pride, and it couldn’t have been more fitting. The theme calls back to the 17 days—from December 20, 2013 to January 6, 2014—when same-sex couples could legally marry here in the state of Utah after Judge Robert J. Shelby struck down Amendment 3 as unconstitutional, and it draws attention to the current legal limbo same-sex couples have been stuck in as the appeals process against Judge Shelby’s ruling slowly grinds forward. But the love equals love theme does even more than that: It also calls to how things should be, how everyone should be treated and how important equality truly is. … read more