Voices: I’ve attended Utah’s Pride Festival for 17 years. It’s become a feedback loop of mediocrity.

It’s time to admit that the current stewards of pride have lost the plot.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Pride flags at the Pride Parade, on Sunday, June 8, 2025.

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