#HB77
Salt Lake City mayor Erin Mendenhall skirts ban on pride flags HB77
Tribune Editorial: Salt Lake shows clever wit getting around the state’s ban on pride flags
Salt Lake City mayor Erin Mendenhall skirts ban on pride flags HB77
www.sltrib.com
May 10, 2025 at 10:45 PM
This is wonderful level of spite
Salt Lake City adopts 3 new flags to bypass new state flag law
Salt Lake City is considering a drastic approach to bypass HB77, which becomes law on Wednesday.
www.ksl.com
May 7, 2025 at 3:52 AM
"We simply looked at HB77 and discovered there is, indeed, a way for cities to approve additional official flags."

Here's more on SLC's proposed new city flags, which are posed to be adopted later this evening:

www.ksl.com/article/5130...
Salt Lake City poised to adopt 3 new flags to bypass new state flag law
Salt Lake City is considering a drastic approach to bypass HB77, which becomes law on Wednesday.
www.ksl.com
May 7, 2025 at 2:07 AM
“Love Knows No Gender”: The Utah Pride Center organized a protest at the Utah Capitol Friday afternoon over HB77, a bill that bans pride flags from Utah schools and government property.
(Photos by Francisco Kjolseth)
March 7, 2025 at 11:58 PM
BREAKING: SLC Mayor Erin Mendenhall is proposing to approve 3 new city flags, each incorporating designs not allowed to be flown through HB77 into its city flag as a way to bypass the bill #utpol
May 6, 2025 at 11:54 PM
#ProudBlue

What do Sundance Film Festival and Utah HB77 have in common?

HB77 doesn't allow LGBTQIA+ flags and due to this ruling, Sundance moved to Colorado!

Because of their racism, Utah will lose millions of dollars in revenue from Sundance.

utahnewsdispatch.com/2025/03/28/u...
As Sundance leaves, Utah Gov. Cox allows first-in-the-nation flag ban to become law without his pen • Utah News Dispatch
Utah Gov. Cox will allow a bill to ban most flags, including LGBTQ+ flags, from government property to become law without his signature.
utahnewsdispatch.com
March 28, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Update: SLC Council has adopted the flag ordinance, hours before HB77 goes into effect.

"Today is an act of love ... for every member of our community," Councilwoman Sarah Young says before her vote.
May 7, 2025 at 3:08 AM
I'm here at the #SLC City Council meeting, where Mayor Mendenhall is about to address the council on the city's next steps related to HB77, which goes into effect tomorrow

It's going into a closed session first
May 6, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Salt Lake City is considering a drastic approach to bypass HB77, which goes into law on Wednesday.
Salt Lake City proposes 3 new flag designs to sidestep new state flag law
Salt Lake City is considering a drastic approach to bypass HB77, which goes into law on Wednesday.
www.ksl.com
May 7, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Btw, VERY IMPORTANT event happening tomorrow regarding two of those bills!! Please attend if you can, and tell them to VOTE NO!!!

2/13 at 2PM - Senate building, room 120

(via greenwaveutah)
February 12, 2025 at 11:43 PM
A Hollywood trade publication quotes an "insider" who said a discussion of Utah's HB77, which would ban pride flags in schools and government buildings, came up during talks over whether the Sundance Film Festival should stay in Utah.
Could a ban on pride flags derail Utah’s bid for the Sundance Film Festival?
A Hollywood trade publication quotes an "insider" who said a discussion of Utah's HB77, which would ban pride flags in schools and government buildings, came up during talks over whether the Sundance Film Festival should stay in Utah.
www.sltrib.com
March 14, 2025 at 7:01 PM
This is how HB77 works in practice: queer students get treated like suspects, while hate gets a free pass.

As Isabell indicates while they were focused on them, “the real threat was on the opposite side of the courtyard.”👇
September 13, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Pride Resisters
LGBTQ UTAH FLAG PROTEST
Utah legislators pass
HB77 bans Pride Flags State buildings and schools!
#Utah77 #Pride #LGBTQ
#NoPride4Utah #USDemocracy
March 14, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Pride Resisters
LGBTQ UTAH FLAG PROTEST
Utah legislators pass
HB77 bans Pride Flags State buildings and schools!
#Utah77 #Pride #LGBTQ
#NoPride4Utah #USDemocracy
March 14, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Love this malicious compliance.
The US State of Utah banned Pride flags on Government buildings so the Mayor of Salt Lake City introduced new city flags that incorporate them.

www.ksl.com/article/5130...
Salt Lake City adopts 3 new flags to bypass new state flag law
Salt Lake City is considering a drastic approach to bypass HB77, which becomes law on Wednesday.
www.ksl.com
May 7, 2025 at 10:33 AM
🚩🚩 UTAHNS 🚩🚩
3 anti-LGBTQ bills on the Senate floor:

HB77 bans Pride flags in schools.

HB250 forbids schools from requiring teachers to use preferred pronouns/names for queer students.

HB269 bans trans students from living in college dorms.

Contact those Reps! 👇
www.acluutah.org/en/advocacy/...
Protecting Your Rights Means Protecting Everyone’s
When lawmakers target one group, they threaten your family’s freedom, too. Join us in stopping government overreach during this legislative session.
www.acluutah.org
February 12, 2025 at 11:34 PM
HB77. Remember, Robert Redford who started Sundance in 1981, believes in LGBTQIA rights.
March 28, 2025 at 6:18 PM
📣 Utah wave your Pride flags! 🏳️‍🌈

Utah bill HB77 or "Flag Display Amendments," would ban public schools or government entities from flying non-approved flags, including Pride flags, on government buildings & property.

This violates the First Amendment.

#ProudBlue

www.advocate.com/politics/pri...
Protesters unveil giant Pride flag in response to Utah's new bill trying to ban it
Critics called the anti-Pride flag bill "blatantly unconstitutional" and "un-American."
www.advocate.com
March 13, 2025 at 2:35 PM
graphic design is my passion
March 8, 2025 at 10:41 PM
The pride flag isn’t political, but targeting it (and lying about it) is 🙄 . #HB77 #Utah #prideflag #utahpride #lgbtq #rainbow #GilbertBaker
September 11, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Pride Resisters
LGBTQ UTAH FLAG PROTEST
Utah legislators pass
HB77 bans Pride Flags State buildings and schools!
#Utah77 #Pride #LGBTQ
#NoPride4Utah #USDemocracy
March 14, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Just in: Gov. Cox declined to sign HB77, but will not veto it, meaning it will still become law. His reasoning included here: #utpol
March 28, 2025 at 4:35 AM
House Bill 77 takes effect today, banning pride flags from schools and government property in Utah. If you want to support LGBTQ+ programming and events for Utahns and poke some fun at the legislature while you're at it, this shirt supports a great cause!
NOT A FLAG - THIS IS A SHIRT (Unisex V-Neck INCLUSIVE PRIDE T-Shirt) — Project Rainbow
A cheeky nod to Utah’s infamous signage laws—and a bold act of defiance against Utah HB77. Starting May 7, 2025 - public schools and government buildings across Utah will no longer be allowed to dis...
projectrainbowutah.org
May 7, 2025 at 5:53 PM
On top of various groups, SLC and other cities have voiced concerns with HB77. As I wrote last week, SLC has thrown around the idea of flying unapproved flags outside of city hall anyway:

www.ksl.com/article/5127...
An 'aggressor'? Salt Lake City weighs its next move in response to flag-restriction bill
Salt Lake leaders say the city will wait on the governor's decision on HB77 before deciding its next move, which could include flying unapproved flags and facing potential fines.
www.ksl.com
March 28, 2025 at 4:39 AM