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UPDATED STORY: Police end University of Utah student pro-Palestine rally with riot gear and 17 arrests With photos from @bethanybakerpix and @samuelsski27 .

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STORY: LGBTQ students at BYU light up the ‘Y’ in rainbow colors

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Days before Lauren McCluskey was killed, the officer assigned to her case showed off the explicit photos of her — evidence in her extortion case — to a male co-worker and bragged about getting to look at them whenever he wanted.

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Statue of Brigham Young covered in paint at BYU with the word ‘racist’ sprayed at the base

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BIG: BYU is under federal investigation for how it disciplines LGBTQ students

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Students at BYU are now protesting after the school said it will continue to prohibit LGBTQ relationships

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They allege that campus police could have prevented their daughter’s murder — and that the school’s president was irresponsible in insisting otherwise.

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BREAKING: Lauren McCluskey’s parents are suing the University of Utah for $56 million. Here’s what their lawsuit says.

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Here's my obit on the incomparable @krisis86 : Kris Irvin, a tweeting transgender Latter-day Saint who pushed for equality, dies at 35

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BIG NEWS: Report concludes that University of Utah officer showed multiple co-workers intimate evidence photos of Lauren McCluskey

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The angels stood quietly while protesters yelled “pedophile” and “groomer” and pushed signs quoting the Book of Mormon toward their faces. “You’re going against God,” one man spat. Another told them to “stop protecting the homos” at BYU.

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In packed meeting, Utah County residents protest requiring students to wear masks — saying it’s ‘against freedom'

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LGTBQ students and allies at BYU have lit up the “Y” on the Provo mountainside with rainbow lights tonight.

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NEW: BYU students of color say there is racism on campus — regardless of what you think about the volleyball incident

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NEW: Utah cookie company fined nearly $58k for violating child labor laws at franchises

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UPDATED: A Utah student with Down syndrome was left out of a photo of her school’s cheerleading squad “Morgyn is very intelligent,” the girl's sister told @sltrib . “She knew what happened. She was sad, and she was hurt.”

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The lawsuit continues by saying police rushed Lauren McCluskey to fill out a statement ...

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BIG: University of Utah and Utah State will require students to get the COVID-19 vaccine

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The line to get into Anita Hill’s speech at the University of Utah is huge. Background:

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I have determined the definitively best mascot for an SLC MLB team... The Cutthroats. It sounds scary to opponents. And it's a great nod to native Utah trout! Plus, think of how cool the uniforms would be. You w/ me @BrettPrettyman , @Ut_Wildlife ? How do we make this happen?

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Gordon Monson has a lot of ideas for potential MLB team names, should Salt Lake City get a baseball team. How does Salt Lake Stallions grab you?

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The angel costumes worn by allies at an LGBTQ event for BYU students Saturday had the same type of wings that blocked anti-gay protesters during the 1999 trial for Matthew Shepard’s killers in Wyoming. (left, the angels at BYU; right, the angels in 1999)

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BIG: University of Utah health care workers have unionized. This is what they’re asking for.

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I find it deeply troubling that a Utah lawmaker said he "would love to label The Salt Lake Tribune as a vexatious requester" for asking for PUBLIC records. Regardless of whether someone finds records requests annoying, they are necessary to hold public officials accountable.

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ICYMI — Bill aims to target 'vexatious' GRAMA requests, but critics worry about 'chilling effect' #utpol #utleg @KUTV2News

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BREAKING: The fan who was banned by BYU does not appear to have yelled slurs at volleyball match, campus police say Story from me + @Kevinreynolds30 :

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NEW: Utah school board member Natalie Cline could face censure for social media post about LGBTQ seminary students

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Them: Wow, you work in journalism. What's that like? Me:

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From the top of the Capitol, looking back at the crowd size

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A lot of people have been asking about @UUtah using the Utes name for sports teams. Here's a new piece from Luke Duncan, chairman of the tribe's business committee. He says the school has "our full support" to continue using the name respectfully.

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My editor has decided to take this story out from behind the paywall! We want students to be able to read this & feel it's a public service piece! So give this a click: Their Utah Co. school removed all pride flags. These LGBTQ+ kids are fighting back.

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NEW: ‘Serious and widespread racial harassment’ in Utah school district condemned by Justice Department

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BREAKING: The police chief at Utah State University has resigned in the face of intense scrutiny for comments he made about sexual assault to the football team that became public this week.

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Sen. Kamala Harris has arrived in Utah, where she’ll take a quick tour of the state and then spend the next few days preparing to square off in the vice presidential debate here. I covered her visit to This is the Place Heritage Park today.

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BREAKING: @Logancitypolice has fired Officer Miguel Deras, who showed off explicit photos of Lauren McCluskey

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Sen. Orrin Hatch’s voicemail box was full, so this voter tried a pizza box

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NEW: Utah’s governor posted about Black History Month days after signing anti-DEI bill. The backlash was swift.

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Police have said 1,000 didn't make the cut to come inside; they're outside chanting "investigate Trump"

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UPDATED: 3 schools now ... University of Utah, Utah State and Weber State will require students to get the COVID-19 vaccine

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This is Franchesca Lopez. She’s a sophomore. She said she was raped off-campus as a student. “I haven’t felt safe to report since I’ve been here.”

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The library @BYU is named for a man who wouldn't allow his granddaughter to be “engaged to a colored boy" The law school is for a man who wanted blood from Black donors segregated The chem bldg is for a man who called Black rights “communist deception"

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These 3 former BYU and BYU-Idaho students are suing over LGBTQ discrimination. This is what they experienced on campus.

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Rep. Kera Birkeland, the state lawmaker who wrote Utah's anti-trans athlete bill, appears to have violated the provisions of her measure. On Wednesday, she revealed protected info about the decisions made in trans girls' cases before state commission.

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In case you were wondering what @UTStateCapitol thinks of reporters ... ... this is where they push the snow plow piles. 🙃 Photos from the Trib's Rick Egan.

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As soon as Chaffetz says "Trump," the auditorium erupts in boos

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The Ute Tribe’s kids have been failed by the public school system more so than any other students in Utah. Read that again. Today — after a year of work — @sltrib has published my work looking at these massive inequities. It's called "Failing the Utes."

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NEW: Book of Mormon now challenged in Utah school district that banned the Bible

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NEW: A group of ‘angels’ blocked protesters at an LGBTQ event for BYU students

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Here’s the crowd’s reaction when Commissioner Tanner Ainge declared he wouldn’t support so many people in the boardroom not social distancing. He made a motion to adjourn and hear the proposal another day. “This is the exact opposite of what we need to be doing,” Ainge said.

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THREAD: For months, I’ve been reporting for this article —requesting records, interviewing former staff + talking to students kind enough to trust me w/ their stories. What came from that is this dive into @UUtah ’s police dept. showing a sexist culture.

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IMPORTANT: Utah’s anti-DEI bill could jeopardize Native American tuition waivers — and the Ute Tribe’s agreement with the University of Utah

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NEW: Utah’s only Black lawmaker speaks out against colleagues’ efforts to undermine diversity efforts

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BYU professor calls gay student a Book of Mormon term associated with anti-Christ

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BYU has fenced off the iconic “Y” on the mountain above the school and added signs warning that demonstrations there are now prohibited.

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She’s 13, transgender and stopped swimming because of Utah’s law against athletes like her. Grateful this young athlete was willing to share her story with me. And take a look at @Tenhogs 's stunning photos.

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ANOTHER BREAKING STORY (save me): Brigham Young University will require masks

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How the @BlackMenaces are using TikTok to address racism and inequality at @BYU

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BREAKING: Transgender girls in Utah can compete again after judge grants injunction blocking state’s sports ban

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He adds: “We had hoped to have an adult conversation with the University of Utah … regrettably, the administration has chosen a path of defensiveness, denial and no accountability."

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Utah school board member Natalie Cline questioned a high school athlete’s gender. The girl's school district is now providing extra security for her because of the firestorm that has followed.

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Oh good, it's snowing in #Utah again. I almost forgot for 30 seconds what that looked like.

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Gov. Cox said he didn’t see evidence DEI programs work. Here’s the data Utah colleges say they’ve given him.

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Salt Lake City school board member who called teachers ‘lazy’ loses seat

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NEW: Moab officer was ‘biased’ against Gabby Petito because of his past, her parents claim in new lawsuit

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NEW: Paiute Tribe confirms bodies of 12 children buried at former boarding school site in southern Utah

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Students singing the hymn “Love One Another”

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Responding to frequent COVID-19 outbreaks, some Utah high schools ended up closing and reopening and closing so many times that students were out of the classroom and learning online for more than 40% of fall semester.

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They were fired from campus jobs and sent to underground straight clubs. Now 3 former BYU and BYU-Idaho students are suing over LGBTQ discrimination.

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A student at UVU was evicted from her apartment for having "vocalized suicidal tendencies." Now, she's suing the Utah County landlord.

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The teacher told students they weren't body-shamed @ homecoming — and compared it to him telling his wife what outfits look bad on her. “If saying that a dress doesn’t look right on someone is body-shaming, then I’ve been body-shaming my wife for years."

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How much is spent on DEI administration at Utah’s public colleges and universities? I broke down the numbers. The big takeaway: It's less than half of a percent of the operating budget at any public institution of higher education in the state.

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“Now the state is saying I’m not girl enough to compete,” she says. “And that really hurts. Because I am. I am girl enough.”

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The news conference ends. Here's one last statement from Jill McCluskey on the police rushing her daughter to fill out a statement and ignoring her concerns about harassment and possible domestic violence ... “They were minimizing her and trying to get her to go away."

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A member of BYU’s @BlackMenaces was threatened by an employee and followed by a student. Then it got even stranger.

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A Utah substitute told 5th graders that ‘homosexuality is wrong.' She was escorted out of school after 3 students spoke up. Father @LouisVanAmstel applauded kids for stepping up, but “it’s absolutely ridiculous and horrible" what the sub said to his son.

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ICYMI: After BYU blocked off the "Y," a group of community members held their own rainbow lighting on land below it owned by the federal government.

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Community mourns Utah 10-year-old who died by suicide after her mom says she was bullied for being Black and autistic

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@sltrib This one broke my heart. I wrote an obituary of Kris Irvin, one of the coolest people I've ever had the opportunity to know. Kris was a quirky queer Latter-day Saint who challenged the faith to be more accepting of transgender members.

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Ciera Galbraith, a BYU senior who is bisexual, said she came out last week because she thought it was safe. “Now people are scared. People are really sacred.”

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Chanting: “Let gay students date!”

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Noor Ul-Hasan asks “If you want to continue to look into Hillary Clinton, I don’t care. But why aren’t you checking out your own president?”

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fwiw, here's @sltrib 's ORIGINAL and LOCAL reporting on this controversy that's now drawn national coverage:

Utah parents complained after kids were read a story about a transgender boy. Now other diverse...

After a teacher read a book about a transgender child to a class of third graders, Murray School District is reviewing all books in its equity in literature program.

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It is not *the book* that prompted the Utah school district to suspend reading program. It’s the transphobic reaction to it.

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This is Zach Ibarra, a senior who identifies as gay. “We were given something and then it was taken away. There’s a lot of sadness now.”

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UPDATED: Utah schools reject Gov. Cox’s claim that they require employees to sign ‘diversity statements’ @SchottHappens and I dug into examples that Cox's office provided (and searched college websites). But they don't align with what the guv first said.

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A Black Utah student was called the N-word during a football game. Then he got punished.

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Two Black men were once lynched in Salt Lake City: Thomas Coleman in 1866 and William "Sam Joe" Harvey in 1883. This is what we know about their stories. 🧵 (TW: Thread includes details of racist violence.)

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BIG NEWS HERE: A southern Utah school district will be the only one in the state to start the year with a mask mandate for K-6 students.

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Gov. Spencer Cox signed Utah's anti-DEI bill. Many of the prohibitions in it are things the governor has previously heralded while in office ... -diversity trainings for staff -signing statements on inclusion -scholarships for students of color

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IMPORTANT: Most Native students will be able to attend @UUtah for free under new scholarship program

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Utah doctors and nurses say they were not prepared for what they saw when they walked into New York hospitals last week. “It’s awful. It’s just awful," said Dixie Harris, an Intermountain physician. She paused: “I didn’t know it was this awful.”

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Lemiley Lane, one of the few Native American students at Bountiful High, was so happy that she cried when she found out she’d no longer be graduating as a “Brave.” “I just got so emotional,” she said. “We got our voice heard. They finally understood us.”

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Students are doing a “die-in” now where they’re lying on the ground in silence. One student started reading “The Family Proclamation” in the quiet. And the group immediately drowned him out with shouts of “gay rights!”

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Tiauna Lomax, on the left, said she came out as bisexual last week. Now, she added, she feels “traumatic whiplash.” “I thought BYU cared about me.”

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BREAKING: Lauren McCluskey’s parents are suing the University of Utah for $56 million. Here’s what their lawsuit says.

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Utah principals say teachers are crying, having panic attacks under COVID-19 workload

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FULL STORY: Two of Utah’s largest universities — the University of Utah and Utah State — will require students who attend classes in person to get vaccinated against COVID-19.

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UPDATED: UVU becomes 4th public college in Utah to require students get the COVID-19 vaccine. It's the largest university in the state with 41,000 students.

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University of Utah investigating reports of KKK group on campus, feces smeared on Black student’s door

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NEW: Feds chastise Utah school district for failing to seriously investigate 100 student reports of sex assault and harassment

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BREAKING: Dixie State name change bill passes Utah Senate (passed Utah House earlier today). It's a done deal now.

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Here are some of the signs. A lot of them also include church scriptures. And the group is using BYU’s slogan, but changing it to say: “Rise and shout — the queers are out!”

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Rainbow Day at BYU draws hundreds of students, as many say they can finally be openly LGBTQ

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I've spent years reporting on Utah's trans sports law, including on the commission formed, athletes impacted. During this legislative session, Utah's House speaker mischaracterized my work + accused me of writing something I did not. I'm glad @laurengustus is speaking up.

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Tribune Executive Editor @LaurenGustus : Even as it’s increasingly difficult for us to report on how Utah lawmakers are serving the people who elected them, I would put this year’s coverage up against any in recent memory. 1/5

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Even after 6 years, it’s still exciting to have a story on the front page of @sltrib . I worked so hard on this piece about the 1st football team in Hildale — once a stronghold of the polygamous FLDS. And it has incredible photos from @trenthead . Check it out online tomorrow!

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