T-shirts, new city flags take spotlight as Utah's ban on 'non-official' flags takes effect

Salt Lake City Responds to State Ban on Pride Flags

The capitals of Utah and Idaho have responded to state bans on flying "unofficial" flags like the Pride flag on government property by making Pride flags official. In Salt Lake City, the city council unanimously approved three new official city flags on Tuesday, hours before the flag law kicked in,...

Blue cities adopt Pride flags as official symbols in bid to skirt red-state laws

Salt Lake City joins Boise, Idaho, in its bid to skirt new state laws banning the LGBTQ Pride flag from being flown on government property.

T-shirts, new city flags take spotlight as Utah's ban on 'non-official' flags takes effect

Hours after a law banning "non-official" flags from being displayed in classrooms and government properties went into effect, Salt Lake City's new "official" city flags were flying.

The cities run by Democrats in Salt Lake City and Boise adopted new flags this week showing support for people in the LGBTQ+ community in defiance of Republican-controlled Congresses in their states, which have banned traditional rainbow pride flags in schools and government buildings.