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The Provo-based Encircle, a resource and counseling center for LGBTQ youths and their families, opened a new branch on Thursday in Salt Lake City. Part of…

Provo's yearly Fourth of July parade, the Freedom Festival, will feature LGBT groups for the first time this year but the path to get there has not been…

It took a few press conferences, public outrage and a meeting that lasted over two hours, but a compromise was struck between LGBT groups and Freedom…

Updated at 6:20 p.m. Five LGBTQ groups initially barred from participating in Provo's annual Fourth of July Freedom Festival will now be included. Full…

Provo’s popular Freedom Festival held on the Fourth of July each year just became a little more inclusive, at least on paper. A new non-discrimination…

The Utah County Commission voted to again fund the annual Independence Day celebration in Provo this year but added a non-discrimination clause. This…

Encircle, the nonprofit that serves LGBTQ youth in Provo, is opening a new site in Salt Lake City.Stephanie Larson is Encircle’s executive director. She…

Organizers of Provo’s annual Freedom Festival are under fire after disinviting a LGBTQ group from marching in its 4th of July parade — and at least one…