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Marching against SB1070 in Downtown Phoenix
The controversial Arizona immigration law commonly referred to as SB1070 made its way to the United States Supreme Court yesterday and there is a lot at stake. I had my eye on the news and Twitter all...
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The Campaign Within to be released in June
The first time I met Neil Giuliano was on a Tempe based airline America West flight from Phoenix to Washington DC in January 2001. I had just turned 19, was about to leave on a Mormon mission to Russia...
View ArticleTyler Clementi’s Parents Exclusive Interview To Air Thursday, June 28
The nation learned about 18-year old Tyler Clementi in 2010 after he jumped to his death from the George Washington Bridge. His college roommate, Dharun Ravi, and hallmate, Molly Wei, had secretly used...
View ArticleACTION ALERT: Tell Governor Brewer that you do not support her attack on...
I recieved this email from Equality Arizona. Some emails don’t need to be rewritten, they just need to be shared. Jan Brewer continues to be an embarrassment to Arizona and will be remembered in...
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Will Social Media Choose the Next President?
Social media, when used properly, is a valuable tool. I use both to share information and consume information daily. @jsethanderson and facebook.com/jsethanderson. I’ve used Twitter and Facebook to...
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State of Utah- State of Denial
I learned a new word when I moved to Salt Lake- Inversion. I scoffed and said, “It can’t be THAT bad!” After all, I grew up in Southern California and Phoenix; I know what dirty air is like. Then it...
View ArticleUtah Dems call GOP Bluff- panic ensues.
Cover this in whipped cream and chocolate syrup because this story is delicious! First, some context is necessary to fully appreciate the deliciousness of the story. Utah is a state that will receive...
View ArticleBig Win for LGBT Utahans
After 5 years of trying, Utah made some progress last night. I received this email from Equality Utah: Seth, this is what progess looks like! Thanks to your efforts in the past couple of days reaching...
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The Day I Married my Husband in Utah, Yes, That Utah
For the first time in my life, I can use the word husband to define the nature and status of my relationship with Michael. Michael is my husband. We were legally married in Salt Lake City, Utah on...
View ArticleWhy Marriage Matters to Me
A campaign launched a few weeks ago called Utah Unites for Marriage. From their website: Utah Unites for Marriage is a broad and diverse coalition of state and national organizations, faith, business...
View ArticleAll the Stories: Documenting LGBT Love Stories
My friend D’Arcy Benincosa a photographer and filmmaker in Salt Lake needs your support to help make her film happen. There has never been a feature length movie documenting the story of gay marriage...
View ArticleIn response to “Five Girls and Me”
I rarely respond to blog posts that are written in response to things I’ve written (follow that?) but I had to here. While I wish I had unlimited time to respond to every point in this article which...
View ArticleNew Post on Logo’s New Now Next, and Story in City Weekly
I wrote a post about the day Michael and I married in Salt Lake City for Logo’s New Now Next website. There are some photos and even a never before seen video (I even forgot I had it, and Michael had...
View ArticleFrom Stonewall to Marriage Equality in Utah
The 45th anniversary of the Stonewall Inn Riots is upon us and my how things have changed. Just yesterday, the 10th Circuit Court ruled in a landmark case that the State of Utah does not have the right...
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“It is So Ordered” Marriage Equality Returns to Utah (sort of)
On June 25, 2014, the Tenth Circuit Court ruled that Utah’s Amendment 3, the constitutional ban on marriage equality, violated the Fourteenth Amendment and Due Process of LGBT citizens. This is a...
View ArticleBOOK REVIEW: Moving Politics
In Moving Politics, Deborah B. Gould analyzes the emergence of ACT UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power), the direct action advocacy group that fought for medical research and healthcare for people...
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LGBTQIA Human Rights Devotional in the Kirtland Temple and the Lavender...
This is the talk I gave in the Kirtland Temple on October 16, 2015 as part of the LGBTQIA Human Rights Devotional. I used Hillary Clinton’s speech before the U.N. in December 2011 and a talk by Queer...
View ArticleAnd The World Will Know (near the center of the storm) Part I
According to some “therapists” (i.e. not therapists) in this country, the following dialogue is an appropriate and common exchange between heterosexual males: “Hey bro! Get me another beer!” “No...
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