Salt Lake City Mayor Jackie Biskupski kicked off Pride Week on Tuesday with the reading of a proclamation and the raising of one large rainbow flag.
She was joined by Rob Moolman, executive director of the Utah Pride Center, along with other staff at the Salt Lake City and County Building, where the two day festival will take place starting Saturday. As the skies continued to serve up a steady drizzle, Moolman exclaimed, “after a little bit of rain comes rainbows.”
The mayor then turned the crank, slowly raising the flag to launch the 44th annual Utah Pride festival meant primarily as a fundraising event to keep the doors open at the Utah Pride Center that has focuses on the health and safety of LGBTQ individuals since 1991 and to celebrate civil rights advances.