LGBT

OGDEN — Jackson Carter recalled being bullied through elementary school, to the point that he wanted to kill himself.

It started because of his race as a white child on an American Indian reservation near Roosevelt. Then it was because of the weight he put on as he ate to comfort himself after his family moved to Layton. It returned in high school, when he was bullied for his sexual orientation before he had figured it out for himself.

And just last week, second-language teacher Bonnie Flint in Davis County said her district received an email from a gay student who said he was being bullied and called names in the locker room.

OGDEN -- Ogden OUTreach and PFLAG, with co-sponsors SAGE and the Weber State University LGBT Initiatives, will present a screening of "Bullied," a documentary film on bullying, at 7 p.m. Monday in the Weber County Library, 2464 Jefferson Ave.

"Bullied" is a documentary film that chronicles one student's ordeal at the hands of anti-gay bullies. After the 38-minute film, a moderated panel will discuss their own personal experiences of bullying.

OGDEN -- Weber State University's LGBT Initiatives and Gay Straight Alliance will sponsor a Black and White Ball from 9 p.m. to midnight Saturday, in the ballroom of the Shepherd Union Building, WSU, 3848 Harrison Blvd.

Ogden has made great strides, but we're getting skunked by those bums in Salt Lake City in one very critical area.

The Advocate, a national magazine for gay people, just named Salt Lake City the Gayest City in America. The capital of the reddest state in the nation, home of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, flies the biggest rainbow flag in the country.

And where's Ogden? Nowhere on the list.

If the rest of the world did its job half as well as Gary Horenkamp, the federal budget would be balanced, your newspaper would never land in a puddle and all haircuts would be excellent.

Because Gary does his job well, people are alive who would not be. Young people.