Graphic Design

Utah Legislation

Over the past several years, Utah’s legislature considered and passed several harmful bills. For the past few years, I have gone to the state capitol building to speak against several of these bills, though most of the time they get passed anyway. As a therapeutic response, I created the following projects to help me process the anger and fear I felt in response to some of these bills.

This is Legally Not a Pride Flag

In 2025, the Utah legislature voted to criminalize the display of Pride flags on state and local government property, including schools. The original language of the bill also banned the depiction of these flags, so images of them couldn’t be shown. While this was ultimately removed from the bill, I decided to make a series of posters that could be displayed in offices and classrooms.

These posters are legally not flags. Pride flags use stripes, while these use text and gradients. Also, the state defined a flag as fabric, and since paper isn’t woven, there is no way this could be construed as a flag.

If legislators don’t want to see a flag that represents being queer, I figured I would create something that would force them to read the names of the groups they hate in large, bold typography.

I shared these posters on two Reddit threads, where they have been seen by more than 98,000 people and been shared almost 200 times.

To view the Reddit post, click here
Poster that says 'This is legally not a PRIDE flag' with a rainbow color scheme
Poster that says 'This is legally not a TRANSGENDER flag' with a pink, blue, and white color scheme Poster that says 'This is legally not a LESBIAN flag' with an orange and purple color scheme Poster that says 'This is legally not a BISEXUAL flag' with a pink, purple, and blue color scheme Poster that says 'This is legally not a GAY flag' with a green and blue color scheme

BEWARE Posters

In 2024, Utah's Republican and LDS super-majority passed a bill to 'make bathrooms safer,' so I made several printable posters to highlight the actual danger male legislators and clergy pose in public bathrooms. Since Utah’s legislators are so concerned about bathrooms, I'm sure they will be thrilled to see warnings like these in bathrooms across the state.

I shared the poster on Reddit, where it has been seen by more than 55,000 people and been shared more than 250 times.

There are several variations of this poster that can be downloaded for free:

To view the Reddit post, click here
Image of the Utah capitol building with a red overlay. On top, there is text that says 'Beware potential legislators In this bathroom. There have been more male Republican legislators arrested for bathroom misconduct than trans people.' Image of the Utah capitol building with a red overlay. On top, there is text that says 'Beware potential legislators In this bathroom. There have been more male Republican legislators arrested for bathroom misconduct than trans people.'

Play Stupid Games, Win Stupid Prizes

During the 2024 legislative session, Utah Republicans introduced a bill that would compel public K12 schools to display The Ten Commandments on their campuses. If they didn’t have one already, they would be required to display the first one donated.

This bill had no hope of passing given its blatant unconstitutionality, and an alternate version that doesn’t include the display of posters moved forward. To highlight how poorly-written the original bill was, I created several posters that comply with the letter of the law, but not its spirit. The four designs include:

  1. Fonts were not specified or limited by the bill, so this almost-illegible font complies.
  2. Text color was not specified, so this rainbow poster complies.
  3. Arrangement of text was not specified, so this Satanic pentagram complies.
  4. Type sizes were not specified, so this humorous poster complies.
Poster of the Ten Commandments with blocky letters that are difficult to read. White text on a black background. Poster of the Ten Commandments with blocky letters that are difficult to read. Various rainbow colors on a black background. Poster of the Ten Commandments with the text arranged in a pentagram. Red text on a black background. Poster of the Ten Commandments with small and thin text. The words 'holy' and 'adultery' are large. White text on a black background.