Type Non-profit 501(c)(3) Mission LGBT rights Motto Equal is right | Slogan Equal is right Founded 2001 | |
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Key people Troy Williams, Executive Director Similar Utah Pride Center, Equal Rights Washington, Equality Ohio, National Center for Lesbian, Basic Rights Oregon Profiles | ||
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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. The organization is a member of the Equality Federation.
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History
It was founded in 2001 as Unity Utah and took its present name in 2004.
In 2008, Equality Utah's Common Ground Initiative brought the group national attention. 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." In response, on November 10, 2008, Equality Utah proposed a number of bills to the Utah State Legislature affording Utah citizens those rights 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.