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Demonstrators at the Utah State Capitol in Salt Lake City before the hearing of H.B. 132 and S.B. 16 in the House Health and Human Services Committee on Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2023. Both H.B. 132 and S.B. 16 restrict gender-affirming care for minors in Utah.

Utah’s Gender-Affirming Care Ban is Harmful to Transgender Youth, Professors and Trans Student Say

By Stevie Shaughnessey, Home Stretch Producer, Host February 17, 2023

  Last year, Gov. Spencer Cox vetoed a bill that would’ve prohibited transgender athletes from competing in women’s sports. Now he has signed a law that effectively bans gender-affirming care...

Local Mormon church near Foothill Drive on Sunday, July 11, 2021.

Cushman: Stop Child Abuse by Making Clergy Mandatory Reporters

By KC Ellen Cushman, Opinion Writer February 16, 2023

  In August 2022, AP News released a story detailing how a bishop in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints knew about child sexual abuse and didn’t report it to authorities. The child...

An exhibit about Utah Indigenous history at the Natural History Museum in Salt Lake City on Feb. 6, 2023.

Lien: Keep Native Families Together

By Kayla Lien, Opinion Writer February 15, 2023

  H.B. 40, the Indian Child Welfare Amendments, offers protections for Native American children during adoption and foster care processes and allows for tribes to express their sovereignty. Yet,...

(Courtesy Sen. Lincoln Fillmore)

Lien: Stop Policing Utah Teachers

By Kayla Lien, Opinion Writer February 6, 2023

  A bill introduced in the 2023 Utah Legislative Session will continue to censor curriculum. S.B. 55 will require that all teaching materials are posted online, reviewed by parents and voted on...

(Graphic by Brenda Payan-Medina | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

Cushman: H.B. 18 Isn’t Enough to Make Online Dating Safer

By KC Ellen Cushman, Opinion Writer February 2, 2023

  Journalist and author Nancy Jo Sales has long criticized dating apps for making people feel worse through gamification of relationships. Sales argued that dating apps make users feel disposable,...

A view of the Utah State Capitol Building in Salt Lake City on Aug. 21, 2021.

The 2023 Utah Legislative Session: The Issues That Will be Addressed

By Stevie Shaughnessey, Home Stretch Producer, Host January 20, 2023

  The Utah Legislative Session began on Jan. 17 of this year, and lawmakers have already begun addressing their main priorities for this 45-day period. Creating water and housing affordability,...

Protestors hold hearts towards transgender youth sitting on the steps of the Utah State Capitol on March 24, 2022.

Expanding Access to Gender-Affirming Care in Utah

By Kayleigh Silverstein, Special Projects Managing Editor, News Writer November 16, 2022

  In the 2023 Utah Legislative Session, lawmakers will hear a bill proposing to ban gender-affirming surgeries on minors. Similar legislation did not reach a committee vote in the 2022 session. Erika...

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