Utah’s first gay bar, opened ‘in the shadow of the temple,’ shaped SLC history. Now, a permanent reminder lives downtown.
(Mike Evertsen) The Sun Tavern, a former LGBTQ+ bar in Salt Lake City, in September 1982. Steve Gallegos stands in front of the bar. In the 1970s, this slice of downtown Salt Lake City was, to many, a safe haven. The sprawling building on the northwest corner of South Temple…