Hear stories and interviews about the people and issues that shape Utah.
For Pride Month, KRCL has collaborated with the Mildred Berryman Institute to bring you Utah Queer History each Monday and Thursday throughout June. Today we learn about Bare Ass Beach, a long underground nude beach on the shores of Great Salt Lake that hosted what many consider Utah's first Pride celebration.
READ MOREFriday, June 19: RadioACTive Juneteenth Special in collaboration with Black on Mars, with local black artists for Music Noir.
READ MOREThursday, June 18: RadioACTive Workshop launches the America250 Book Club with Threadwork Collective and 1974 Bookstore SLC. Queer History Corner. But we start it all off with more Music Noir from Roo Nostalgia and Dawn.
READ MOREFor Pride Month, KRCL and the Mildred Berryman Institute are collaborating to bring you Utah Queer History each Monday and Thursday throughout June. Long before colonialism, Indigenous tribes of what is now called Utah had tribal members who, today, we would call gender diverse. The term tüvasa (now generically referred to in English as a Two-Spirit person) was used by most tribes. Mildred Berryman Institute Board Chair Connell O’Donovan shares the little-known history of these people and their importance in Indigenous tribes.
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