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Marginalized groups can go through their day on high alert, leading to physical and mental health problems, says researcher Lisa Diamond of the University of Utah.
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Past remarks on LGBTQ issues and same-sex marriage made by Jeffrey R. Holland, an elder with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, have some students upset about the university's choice.
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Lawmakers passed a record 575 bills this session. Democrats, however, felt like the session was historic for the wrong reasons.
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Lawmakers have only 45 days to write, debate and pass laws each year in Utah. The last couple of days of the session are always a mad rush of legislation.
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The Human Rights Campaign says at least 150 bills targeting transgender people have been introduced this year — including gender-affirming care bans for minors that have been enacted in South Dakota and Utah.
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The Utah State Board of Education asked lawmakers to put a pause on new “sensitive materials” legislation since last year’s law is still so fresh.
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The experience of Utah teenagers is in line with new national data from the CDC, though Utah’s lawmakers are focusing on social media as a root cause.
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Lawmakers front-loaded some of the most controversial legislation at the beginning of the session.
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While their motivations are different, the political polar opposites were able to both agree to support a bill that codifies a ban on conversion talk therapy.
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The Republican state senator believes parental rights trump a student’s right to privacy.
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Utah lawmakers moved swiftly this session to ban gender-affirming care for minors — and the governor signed it the next day.
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Gov. Spencer Cox, who had not taken a public position on the transgender care measure, signed it a day after the Legislature sent it to his desk.