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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's hard to "break in" and make friends if you are not LDS.

I lived in SLC and then St. George for years for work. Even though I was very friendly with my co-workers, who were all Mormon, I was never invited to things outside of work like fellow coworkers were. I lived there for almost 8 years and really only had 1 very close friend and 3 somewhat close friends during my time there.

I will say, I never faced any outward discrimination for being queer. I never had my pride flag stolen nor was I ever harassed or assaulted. The Mormons are very judgmental but overall peaceful people, lol. I've had my pride flag stolen here in VA (Loudoun County) more times than I ever did in UT. I have heard if you "look" queer or have an alternative look to you, you may face more discrimination. I never advertised that I was a lesbian while at work, but I also didn't shy away from saying things like, "my girlfriend and I went to Red Iguana for a dinner date on Saturday night." when discussing what we did over the weekend on Monday morning.

If you're a big alcohol person, you might find UT a bit restrictive. They have one of the strictest DUI laws out there where you can get a DUI at 0.05% BAC, which is only 1 drink for many people. They are an ABC state like VA, but unlike VA their ABC stores are not open on Sunday. Restaurants are also not allowed to offer Happy Hour discounts in UT, and you aren't allowed to just go in a restaurant/bar and order a drink without also ordering food. All alcoholic drinks must be ordered with food. They also have laws on the alcoholic content allowed for their beers served in restaurants. I can't remember fully, but I believe all beers must be under 5% ABV. So it can be harder to get a variety of beers there, especially IPAs.

I love the state of Utah. It's beautiful and a total mecca for anyone who is very outdoorsy, which I am. I loved hiking and exploring the land and would absolutely move back there for work if needed. [/quote]

There are gay LDS members.  I only know that after watching videos on youtube about it, by lds folks.  Only watched those videos with DD because she has some friends who are gay and some who are LDS (but none who are both).

It was an interesting topic to look into!  It also heightened our authentic understanding of who LDS folks really are and what they actually believe (contrary to many of the destructive stereotypes pushed by the mainstream media and others).

Utah is indeed a really beautiful place.[/quote]

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