Equality Utah
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| Founded | 2001 |
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| Type | Non-profit 501(c)(3) |
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Area served
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Utah |
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Key people
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Troy Williams, Executive Director |
| Slogan | Equal is right |
| Mission | LGBT rights |
| Website | equalityutah.org |
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Formerly called
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Unity Utah (2001–2004) |
Equality Utah is an American non-profit 501(c)(3) organization which is Utah's largest LGBT rights group based in Salt Lake City, Utah.[1] The organization is a member of the Equality Federation.[2][3]
Contents
History
It was founded in 2001 as Unity Utah and took its present name in 2004.[4]
In 2008, Equality Utah's Common Ground Initiative brought the group national attention.[1] During the campaigns for and against California's 2008 Proposition 8, leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) made statements that the LDS Church "does not object to rights for same-sex couples regarding hospitalization and medical care, fair housing and employment rights, or probate rights."[1] In response, on November 10, 2008, Equality Utah proposed a number of bills to the Utah State Legislature affording Utah citizens those rights[5] and asked the LDS Church to "stand by" those statements. On December 23, 2008, Human Rights Campaign representatives delivered twenty-seven-thousand letters asking the LDS Church to support those bills; the LDS Church declined to comment on the matter.[6][7]
See also
References
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