Equality Utah Foundation

HB51- Statewide Nondiscrimination Protection Amendments This bill has been asigned to the Government Operations & Political Subdivisions Senate Committee for a hearing TODAY Friday February 3, 2012 This hearing is open to the public and we encourage everyone to show up and attend in support of the bill.

 

Attend the committee meeting TODAY February 3, 2012 at 2pm

State Capitol Building

Room 415 at 2pm

  Bill Summary: Currently in Utah it is legal to be fired or evicted based solely on sexual orientation and gender » Read More

The Human Right's Campaign released a poll as part of the "On the Road to Equality"
"Seventy percent of respondents said they know someone who is gay or lesbian. And 42 percent said their feelings about LGBT people have become more accepting over the last five to 10 years. (Seven percent said they have become less accepting.) Nearly 70 percent of men and 77 percent of women said they could be close friends with a gay or lesbian person. More than half, 55 percent, said » Read More

Equality Utah is poised to launch a new effort to provide statewide non-discrimination protections based on sexual orientation and gender identity in workplace and housing. Getting Down to Business is a comprehensive campaign with three synergistic strategies: fact gathering, dialogue and statewide outreach.

“Equality Utah is committed to securing equal protections for all Utahns,” stated Brandie Balken, Executive Director. “We know that access to equitable employment and housing are the foundation of a fair and just community.  We have successfully built public support for » Read More

The Salt Lake City School District, Board of Education, and Administration are adding medical coverage for domestic partners of district employees! Beginning in September 2011, employees will be able to add qualified domestic partners to their health insurance plans.

"We look forward to offering this benefit for our employees," said McKell Withers, Superintendent of Schools. "We have been able to negotiate with our new medical insurance provider, SelectHealth, to offer this choice without increasing premiums for the district or the employees." Guidelines and instructions » Read More

Equality Utah is a political advocacy group for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender community in Utah.  We educate residents about the political process, advocate to change policy, and work to elect fair-minded candidate to office statewide. 

For information call 801-355-3479 or email info@equalityutah.org.

Find out about all of our Southern Utah activities and available resources. » Read More

The Selection Committee reviewed dozens of qualified applications and is confident in their choices. 2011 Scholarships, which were presented at the Allies Dinner on August 20th were granted to 3 extraordinary students:

Alexius Lengele

According to Sara Nicholson, Kearns High School Math Teacher, Alexius is a natural-born leader. This statement is easily backed by the positions of leadership she has held: President of the Gay-Straight- Alliance and Rising Against Intolerance, Now!, and Vice President of Key Club. She was also a recipient of the Lions Club Leadership » Read More