(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Taryn Hiatt, Utah and Nevada chapter director with the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, wipes away tears as members of the House Judiciary Committee opt to modify the conversion therapy bill. Rep. Craig Hall, R-West Valley City, watched his colleagues dismantle his bill to end conversion therapy and replace it with an alternative that he says would do nothing to stop the widely-discredited practice of trying to change the sexual orientation or gender identity of LGBTQ youth during the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday. The committee opted to go with the fourth substitute, which the majority of members said would strike a balance between allowing therapists to speak freely and protecting LGBTQ youth.
Bethany began covering state government at The Tribune right in time for the 2018 election. She's a proud Maryland Terrapin and worked at newspapers in the D.C. area and in Orlando, Florida, before coming to Utah. Her aspiration is to one day keep an orchid alive for more than a month.