Mission
The mission of the Utah Pride Center is to unite, empower and celebrate Utah’s diverse LGBTQ+ community with safe, accessible, and inclusive programs, events, and services.
Vision
The Utah Pride Center envisions an inclusive world where LGBTQ+ people thrive because they feelsafe, celebrated, valued and affirmed both as individuals and collectively, across social, cultural, and legal landscapes.
What We Do
Youth and Family Programs
Weekly free social groups, special events, and peer-support groups to encourage and promote the physical, emotional, and mental health and wellness of LGBTQ+ individuals and families.
Adult and Senior Programs
Weekly free social groups, special events, and peer-support groups to encourage and promote the physical, emotional, and mental health and wellness of LGBTQ+ individuals and families.
Mental Health
Affirmative and supportive therapy with a strong focus on the LGBTQ+ experience, using an evidence-based and culturally sensitive approach to psychotherapy, available on a sliding fee scale.
Community Health
Providing suicide prevention services, peer to peer support, and community health resources for Utah’s LGBTQ+ community.
Education and Training
Provide educational opportunities for members of the LGBTQ+ and allied communities to promote a greater understanding of topics unique to Utah’s queer community.
Pride Festival
Utah Pride is an annual event organized by the Utah Pride Center, with the mission to unite, empower, and celebrate Utah’s diverse LGBTQ+ community.
Our Values
Unity
The Utah Pride Center intentionally promotes equity and inclusion to strengthen our diverse LGBTQ+ community, which includes people of all races, ethnicities, ages, abilities, faiths, income levels, documentation status, and backgrounds - while offering specific groups of affinity, the Center is a place for all queer identities. Uniting our community is inviting differing perspectives and realities to a place of respect, candid dialogue, and mutual support, revoking polarizing narratives.
Empowerment
The Utah Pride Center proudly advocates for a society in which each LGBTQ+ individual is loved and encouraged to be their authentic self. Empowering queer identities is a continuous effort in advancing our collective health, wellness and success with services driven by the developing needs of Utah’s LGBTQ+ community.
Celebration
The Utah Pride Center unapologetically creates joyful celebratory spaces of LGBTQ+ identities for our community and our community’s allies. Celebrating our queerness is a collective act of resistance and cohesion.
Financials
