She had grown uncomfortable with the image of their church as anti-gay. “They are fostering a level of acceptance that hasn’t traditionally been there,” he said.Įrika Munson, 52, a devout Mormon and mother of five, founded the group Mormons Building Bridges and led it in the annual Utah Pride Parade in support of the gay community. Black, who is gay and was raised Mormon, was the parade’s grand marshal. I think that’s going to be a surprise,” said Dustin Lance Black, the Academy Award-winning screenwriter of the 2008 movie “Milk” about slain San Francisco gay activist Harvey Milk. I don't want to know anything about gay pride right now' But that's Ian. “When people hear that Mormons are marching with gay and lesbian people in Salt Lake City. No magical staffs, no wizard hats, no rings. Getty Images During Pride month there are usually colourful parades. Over 300 active Mormons and more than 5,000 members of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community with their supporters marched in the parade as part of the Utah Pride Festival. An American lady called Brenda Howard is known as 'The Mother of Pride' after organising the first ever gay pride march.
Participants march with rainbow-colored dragons in a gay pride parade in Salt Lake City, Utah, June 3, 2012.
