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Salt Lake City adopts LGBTQ and Juneteeth flags, sidestepping Utah's new Pride ban.
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Mayor Erin Mendenhall stands before the now-four official flags of Salt Lake City on Tuesday, May 6, 2025. The Salt Lake City Council voted unanimously on Tuesday to formally adopt three variant designs of the city's flag, acting on a request by Mayor Erin Mendenhall to exploit a loophole in HB77, which otherwise bans the flying of Pride and other pro-diversity banners from government buildings.
Each of the new designs maintains the tri-symmetrical Sego Lily symbol that serves as the traditional city flag's canton, but with the blue-and-white background replaced with the imagery of the…
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