Park City Council mulls pride in municipal logo, other response to state bill

Report says Utah's flag ban could harm efforts to keep Sundance Film Festival

A bill that would ban gay pride flags in classrooms could hamper efforts to keep the Sundance Film Festival in Utah, according to a Hollywood trade publication.

Drama over Utah’s bid to keep Sundance heats up over LGBTQ+ flag ban bill • Idaho Capital Sun

A Pride flag flies at the Salt Lake City & County Building in Utah on March 13, 2025. (McKenzie Romero/Utah News Dispatch)The ongoing drama over whether the film festival that helped put Utah on the world map will stay in the conservative state — or move elsewhere — is heating up. Even though the Utah Legislature included $3.5 million in its 2025 budget to help entice the Sundance Film Festival to stay, a new wrinkle may be further jeopardizing …

Drama over Utah’s bid to keep Sundance heats up over LGBTQ+ flag ban bill

A pride flag flies at the Salt Lake City & County Building on Thursday, March 13, 2025. (McKenzie Romero/Utah News Dispatch)This story originally appeared in the Utah News Dispatch. The ongoing drama over whether the film festival that helped put Utah on the world map will stay in the conservative state — or move elsewhere — is heating up. Even though the Utah Legislature included $3.5 million in its 2025 budget to help entice the Sundance Film …

Park City Council mulls pride in municipal logo, other response to state bill

Park City leaders on Thursday evening signaled they want to consider some sort of response to a state bill targeting pride flags.Mayor Nann Worel and the Park City Council held an unscheduled discussion about the topic.There was a question about whether the rainbow colors could be incorporated into the municipal logo. There was interest in a discussion later, apparently with the possibility of crafting a response.City Hall staffers indicated the…

Edmonton Public Library tells workers to remove 2SLBGTQ+ pride symbols: Union

A back-and-forth brewing between the Edmonton Public Library (EPL) and the union representing its workers, as the later took to social media to write an open letter, alleging EPL staff have recently been ordered to remove Pride flags displayed within public areas in their workspace. Calling the move a censorship, CSU52 posted on X saying, […]

‘Backwards’: Union decries Pride flag removals from Edmonton public libraries

CSU 52 is calling on the Edmonton Public Library to reverse a directive to remove Pride flags from public library areas.