Utah Pride Festival - Definition and Overview

The Utah Pride Festival is a three-day festival held in downtown Salt Lake City in June, celebrating Utah's diversity and gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered populations. It is the state’s second-largest parade. In 2004 an estimated 50,000 people attended, the largest since the festival began in 1983.

Participation in the Festival cuts across a broad spectrum of Salt Lakers. Past speakers during the celebration have ranged from Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson who was quoted in support of same sex marriage to Rep. Jackie Biskupski the state’s first openly gay state legislator.

External links

• Deseret News Account Of 2004 Festival (http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0%2C1249%2C595070182%2C00.html)
• Utah Pride (http://www.utahpride.org/)
• Salt Lake Metro -Utah's Gay Newspaper (http://www.slmetro.com/index.shtml)