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:Eric Ethington (Author) | November 5, 2012
Utah Representative Wayne Harper, currently running to become Senator Harper, is urging Utah courts to show leniency to his former intern, who has been convicted of sexually abusing a teenage girl. Eric Ray, former intern to Republican Representative Wayne Harper, was convicted in September of sexually abusing a teenage girl at Brigham Young University. Ray [...]
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) | February 24, 2011
Provo, Utah – The community panel discussion tonight put on by a group of BYU students went off without a hitch this evening. Packed into one of the smaller meeting rooms of the Provo Library, the standing-room only crowd of students and community members listened as LGBT & Ally speakers shared their stories. These are [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | February 4, 2011
Provo, UT – What happened to me afterwards aside, the people I found last night on the BYU campus were no less than heroes. 30 students dedicated to ending discrimination and bullying both at BYU and in Provo. Outside of Utah, you may not understand the difference between Salt Lake City and Provo. True they’re [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | February 3, 2011
Update 2/4/11: Just heard back from the BYU police. Apparently there’s no security cameras in the area so there’s nothing they can do. There goes another $300 I didn’t have to spend….sigh. Provo UT – I spent the evening on the BYU campus after I heard that there was a group of students meeting to [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | December 6, 2010
The PRIDEinUtah Podcast is here! Exlusive interview with Brad Carmack, a BYU student and active Mormon who has written a book on homosexuality and Mormon doctrine – his conclusion? Not what you would expect. Also full updates on DADT! Download it for free on iTunes! Or click “Play” below to listen here! CLICK HERE TO [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | July 7, 2010
Provo, UT – Notorious B.Y.U. strikes again. City Weekly writer Eric S. Peterson chronicles the story of gay BYU student John Kovalenko who faced the wrath of an institution because he was “promoting the homosexual lifestyle.” Mr. Kovalenko wanted to bridge gaps, and prove to Utah that you could be openly gay and still attend [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | January 24, 2010
Sunday evening, Utah Senator Chris Buttars was interviewed live at his home in West Jordan by KUTV. During the interview, Buttars was asked about the infamous interview he gave to “8: The Mormon Proposition” director Reed Cowan in which he claimed that gay people are the “biggest threat to America going down.” Buttars told KUTV [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | January 21, 2010
SLC – Last week the University of Utah hosted a debate on LGBT Rights And Family Law. But what started as a healthy conversation quickly set many teeth in the audience grinding as BYU Professor Lynn Wardle attacked Gays, Gay Families and Women in general. The debate was sponsored by the UofU club the “Outlaws,” [...]
"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.