SlTrib.com – By Rosemary Winters – The Salt Lake Tribune
The Utah Pride Center wants attendees of this week’s pride festival to bring more than rainbow flags and sunblock. Gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender revelers have an assignment: Bring a straight friend.
“Our allies are very important to us,” says Michael Westley, spokesman for the pride center. “Blacks didn’t get equal rights until whites took action. Women didn’t get the vote until men voted to give them the vote. We need our allies now.”