Socialist Group Called ‘Armed Queers Salt Lake City’ Speaking at University of Utah

A leftist group called “Armed Queers Salt Lake City” plans to speak on Wednesday night at the University of Utah.

The group describes itself as a “socialist LGBTQ organization dedicated to the self-defense, and self-determination, of people’s movements.”
The promotion ad for the event replaces the “q” in “queer” with the Communist hammer and sickle and says the group will “agitate, educate [and] organize.”

Leftist Hispanic student group Mecha is hosting the event. The group started to fill a void in “anti-fascist organizing” and to combat the campus Young Americans for Freedom chapter.

“I got involved in Mecha because I was tired of not seeing any leftist organizing or anti-fascist organizing on campus,” education chair Gabriel Merida told the student newspaper. “The club puts a large focus on action in order to bring about genuine change, especially following the presence of the Young America’s Foundation on campus,” The Daily Utah Chronicle reported.