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Metro

Church handbook updates concern transgender individuals, garments, sealing policies

Emily May
By Emily May
August 22, 2024 02:24 PM
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints updated their General Handbook on August 2024, clarifying policies and adding new sections to guide local leaders in directing Church members.
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Featured

BYU students, community members find volunteer opportunities at Encircle

By Emma Everett
July 26, 2023 12:00 AM
BYU senior Jae Collett leaned against the porch railing of Encircle Provo, where they intern several days a week. A row of pride flags fluttered behind them. The Provo City Center Temple across the street was bathed in a midafternoon haze.
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Books

Harry Potter fans torn over buying video game 'Hogwarts Legacy,' hesitate giving support to J.K. Rowling

By Joel Leighton
February 21, 2023 12:00 AM
'Hogwarts Legacy,' the latest game in the Harry Potter franchise, is dividing the fandom as fans debate whether to support J.K. Rowling over a series of remarks about transgender individuals.
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State

'Former trans kid' speaks out after Utah House committee, addresses transgender legislation

By Derek VanBuskirk
January 26, 2023 12:00 AM
Chloe Cole, a former transgender individual, spoke out about the bills addressed in a Utah House committee on transgender legislation in the Utah State Capital Building on Jan. 24.
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Local

Transgender kids can play girls sports in Utah after ruling

By Associated Press
August 22, 2022 12:00 AM
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Transgender girls in Utah will be given the opportunity to participate in girls’ sports as the school year begins, after a judge on Friday reversed a ban pending legal challenges from parents.
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Featured

Legislators override governor's veto on HB11

By Gabrielle Shiozawa
March 26, 2022 12:00 AM
State legislators in the House and Senate passed a bill prohibiting transgender youth in Utah from competing in middle and high school girls' sports.
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Religion

New church handbook aims to simplify procedures, clarify policies

By Sadey Rose Nevin
February 25, 2020 12:00 AM
A new digital handbook for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints addresses moral issues by clarifying doctrine, changing some wording and adding new official policies.
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State

2019 Legislature: Here's what you need to know

By Katie Harris
March 15, 2019 12:00 AM
Utah's 2019 legislative session ended at around 11 p.m. Thursday night. Lawmakers celebrated passing more bills in this session than in any other session — 573. The previous record was 535.
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Nation

Things you should know today: 4/12/18

By Jillian Argento
April 12, 2018 12:00 AM
Trump: Syria attack 'very soon or not so soon at all!'
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Nation

Judge in Texas temporarily blocks Obama's transgender rules

By Sarah Averett Harris
August 24, 2016 12:00 AM
Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announces Texas' lawsuit to challenge President Obama's transgender bathroom order during a news conference in Austin, Texas in May 2016. A federal judge in Texas is blocking for now the Obama administration's directive to U.S. public schools. (AP Photo)
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Opinion Outpost

Opinion Outpost May 3

May 05, 2016 12:00 AM
Transgender bathroom debate
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Local

SB107 Bill would increase severity of hate crime penalties

By Zoe Woolf Mcginn
February 05, 2016 12:00 AM
Sen. Steve Urquhart, R-St. George, has introduced Senate Bill 107, amending hate crime laws in Utah. (Steve Urquhart)
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Campus News

Helping LGBTQ/SSA churchgoers feel welcome in an LDS environment

By Kristina Smith
February 04, 2015 12:00 AM
If you’re a straight member of the LDS Church, slip off your shoes for a minute and step into someone else’s. Imagine that you identify as same-sex attracted, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer.
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State

Youth homelesness in Utah complicated by LGBT issues

By Dylan Ellsworth
February 18, 2014 12:00 AM
Joseph carried his belongings in a suitcase and a garbage bag. He had hitchhiked 80 miles to Ogden to the OUTreach Resource Center after he said his parents told him to leave, to straighten up and not to return until he had changed. Joseph had just told his parents he was transgender.
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