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Utah's capital is among the top 10 U.S. metro areas with the largest queer populations, according to Gallup. In fact, Salt Lake City has a higher percentage of people self-identifying as gay than Los Angeles. If you're surprised, it might be that you haven’t spent much time lately in this gay-friendly town, which over the past two decades has become a destination for those who enjoy both a hip urban atmosphere and easy access to the great outdoors.
Known for its epic pride parade held every June, Salt Lake Capital is welcoming to the lgbtq+ community year-round. In , the city elected its first openly gay mayor, and in , 20 city blocks were renamed Harvey Milk Boulevard, in honor of the famous gay rights activist and politician. While it has its share of LGBTQ-owned and operated businesses, Salt Lake City is also known for its bars and restaurants that are
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In a express known for its religious zeal, Salt Lake City serves as a bastion of progressiveness, light-heartedness, and pride. In fact, the city&#x;s been listed by Advocate magazine as one of the Ten Queerest Cities in America. The metropolis holds one of the biggest and best-attended Pride parades and festivals around, with Pride Week festivities attracting tens of thousands of participants who beam up the downtown scene in packed rainbow-hued regalia. (There&#x;s even a Utah Gay Ski Week&#x;real thing, , observe you there.)
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What makes this queerness exciting is that it’s unexpected. After Mormon leader Brigham Young led his band of religious misfits to Ensign Summit and proclaimed the Salt Lake Valley their promised land in , the Mormon population exploded. For a long time after, the conservative values of Mormonism dominated local tradition. In recent years, much of that has changed. The city’s LDS population slipped to 48 percent in , and while the rest of Utah is still overwhelmingly Mormon, the counterculture has finally laid claim to the state’s capital.
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Nowhere is this change more pronounced than in Salt Lake’s flourishing LGBTQ+ community. In , Jackie Biskupski became the city’s first openly queer mayor. She currently serves with three openly homosexual city council members: Amy Fowler, Derek Kitchen, and Chr