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:Eric Ethington (Author) | August 7, 2012
Yesterday, City Weekly reporter Brandon Burt penned an open letter to me, asking why protests against Chick-fil-A in Utah fizzled out, and how the LGBT community of Utah can move forward. Sheesh… talk about pressure. As Brandon mentions in his letter, the past year has been an exciting one for the LGBT community. For the [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | March 17, 2011
Before we begin today’s celebrations, let’s all take a moment to remember one of those who paved the way for us in Utah. Bruce Harmon, long-time activist and founder of the Utah Pride Festival passed away yesterday from a massive heart attack at the age of 60 in Oroville, CA. There are those of us who fight [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | January 28, 2011
Uganda – 300 people attended murdered activist David Kato’s funeral today, but the services turned out to be anything but peaceful. Halfway through, the pastor leading the services broke off into a rant against homosexuals. Fighting broke out and in the end David’s friends had to bury him themselves. The shape of Uganda today. They [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | January 27, 2011
President Obama has just released a statement on the murder of Uganda LGBT activist David Kato. Kato was killed after his picture appeared on the cover of a local magazine under the words “Hang Them.” Always nice to hear the words “LGBT Rights are not special rights, they are Human Rights” from a sitting US [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | January 10, 2011
New York City – Well known LGBT Activist Carlos Castro was found murdered over the weekend, with his body severely mutilated. Male-model Renato Seabra has confessed to the crime, saying that he mutilated and killed Mr. Castro in an attempt to cure him of “homosexual demons.” Carlos Castro was found with his testicles mutilated by [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | January 7, 2011
Salt Lake City, UT – What happened to the Utah activists? Immediately following the passage of Prop 8, Utah came alive with activists in every corner of our large state standing up to finally say, “Enough!” But here we are 2 years later and it seems we’ve all just fallen back in step. What is [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | December 14, 2010
A fantastic article in the Huffington Post yesterday highlights exactly what’s wrong with the national LGBT rights movement right now, we’re relying on national political organizations like the HRC too much. It’s time for the younger generation to take over! Tipped by PRIDEinUtah reader Rachel C I’m not going to go as far as the [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | October 11, 2010
Wow… we’ve been around for 2 years?? PRIDEinUtah has evolved quite a bit since the beginning (remember the original name ethingtoneric.wordpress.com?). What started as a place for me to rant about Prop 8 back in October of 2008 has grown into Utah’s only full-time LGBT news blog. Back in October of 2008, I got the idea [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | September 7, 2010
Alabama- Glenn Shadix, the hilarious interior decorator “Otho” from Tim Burton’s ‘Beetlejuice’ passed away this morning from an injury sustained in a fall. Apart from his acting career, Glenn was a well known activist for LGBT rights in Alabama after he was put into shock-therapy as a teenager. He was particularly involved in fighting the [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | February 1, 2009
Elaine and I spent the 31st knocking on 4 politicians doors in Utah County today. 2 senators answered their doors, Senator Dayton of Orem, and Senator Mark Madsen of Eagle Mountain. I wish I could say we received a warm reception, but such is not the case unfortunately. We took home-made brownies with us this [...]
"Eric, trying to have this (civil rights) conversation with you is ultimately like trying to teach a pig to dance, it just annoys the pig. So Eric, sorry to annoy you."
-Paul Mero, The Sutherland Institute.