Letters

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Jade Thornton, 5, helps put up a line of transgender flags in front of the Utah Pride Center in Salt Lake City on Saturday, March 18, 2023.

Letter: Ending trans suicide begins with you. Please, support the trans people in your life.

By Isabella Erwin | The Public Forum | March 26, 2023, 12:00 p.m.

(The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
Apostle Jeffrey R. Holland speaks at General Conference on Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022.

Letter: Holland’s anti-gay speech echoes Brigham Young’s anti-Black speech. SUU students’ protests are praiseworthy.

By Blair Bateman | The Public Forum | Blair Bateman | The Public Forum | March 26, 2023, 12:00 p.m.

Letter: Social Media Regulations bill jeopardizes our privacy and starts us down a slippery slope

By Luanne Hudson | The Public Forum | March 26, 2023, 12:00 p.m.

(Michael Stack | Special to The Tribune) A view of the Old City of Jerusalem from The Orson Hyde Memorial Gardens, April 8, 2022.

Letter: Stifling the freedom to choose what we read is un-American and must not be tolerated

By Mark E. Hurst | The Public Forum | March 26, 2023, 12:00 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' Administration Building in Salt Lake City on Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021.

Letter: Gordon Monson’s noxious rhetoric toward LDS Church doesn’t belong outside op-ed section

By Scott Kenney | The Public Forum | March 26, 2023, 12:00 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) The temple of the LDS Church in Salt Lake City on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2019.

Letter: I was groomed. Now, who wants to have a serious chat about grooming?

By Scott Perry | The Public Forum | March 26, 2023, 12:00 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Baled alfalfa at Bailey Farms in Ephraim on Thursday, March 2, 2023.

Letter: Growing alfalfa is undoubtedly good for the farmers, but what happens when the lake dries up?

By Richard Middleton | The Public Forum | March 23, 2023, 12:00 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Utah Treasurer Marlo Oaks at the Utah Republican Party election night party at the Hyatt Regency in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022.

Letter: ESG investing meets “war in heaven.” Call for respect of religion meets irony.

By Richard Sandberg | The Public Forum | March 23, 2023, 12:00 p.m.

Letter: From keeping appropriation of funding from public view to displacing folks from their homes: What to make of the Legislature?

By Diane Hernandez | The Public Forum | March 22, 2023, 12:00 p.m.

(Rachel Rydalch | The Salt Lake Tribune) Rep. Clare Collard, D-Magna, is shown at the State Capitol in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2022.

Letter: Here’s hoping the Utah Democratic Party supports actual Democratic candidates in the future

By Christine B. Helfrich | The Public Forum | March 22, 2023, 12:00 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) The NBA All-Star Game in Salt Lake City on Sunday, Feb. 19, 2023.

Letter: Events like the All-Star weekend make owning a small business a little easier

By Brent Uberty | The Public Forum | March 22, 2023, 12:00 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune)

Letter: Do we need a better regulated and informed democracy to point us toward a brighter future?

By John Kennington | The Public Forum | March 21, 2023, 12:00 p.m.

(Rick Bowmer | AP) Delta Air Lines planes are shown at their gates Monday, June 13, 2022, at Salt Lake City International Airport, in Salt Lake City.

Letter: Nothing in article about Delta embracing “sustainable aviation fuel” reflected a major change

By Gary Stewart | The Public Forum | March 21, 2023, 12:00 p.m.

FILE - This July 16, 2004, file photo, shows a gray wolf at the Wildlife Science Center in Forest Lake, Minn. (AP Photo/Dawn Villella, File)

Letter: Utah’s legislative session has surpassed all others in its hideousness

By Rachel Taylor | The Public Forum | March 21, 2023, 12:00 p.m.

House Speaker Brad Wilson, R-Kaysville, adjourns the Utah Legislature from the House chambers at the Utah State Capitol, late Friday, March 3, 2023, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Letter: “Thank you,” Utah Legislature, for sending our state several steps backward

By Marion Lennberg | The Public Forum | March 19, 2023, 12:00 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Concertgoers enjoy a show at the USANA Amphitheater, Saturday, June 29, 2019.

Letter: In reality, West Valley City is pretty glamorous — no plastic surgery required

By Jewel Morgan | The Public Forum | March 19, 2023, 12:00 p.m.

(Nick Grace | University of Utah) The University of Utah Utes ski team celebrates winning the NCAA Skiing Championships at Soldier Hollow in Heber on Saturday, March 12, 2022.

Letter: Unprecedented achievement of the Utes ski team deserves recognition

By Michael K. Wolfe | The Public Forum | March 19, 2023, 12:00 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune)
One of Modal Living's “small but smart” guest houses or Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) at City Creek Center in Salt Lake City on Monday June 24, 2019.

Letter: If ADUs are permitted in Salt Lake City’s west side neighborhoods, strict regulations are a must

By Angela Morgan | The Public Forum | March 19, 2023, 12:00 p.m.

(Alex Brandon | AP) Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., is shown at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Friday, Jan. 6, 2023.

Letter: Second wave of McCarthyism is hurting more people than the first

By Janelle Heck | The Public Forum | March 19, 2023, 12:00 p.m.

(Damon Winter/The New York Times)

A large cross in Groom, Texas, April, 11, 2022.

Letter: Christians should be restrained from expanding their already favored governmental standing

By Raymond A. Hult | The Public Forum | March 19, 2023, 12:00 p.m.