The Salt Lake City Council unanimously passed an ordinance establishing versions of LGBT flags as “official” city flags to circumvent Utah‘s new law restricting them in government-sanctioned spaces. On Tuesday,

Salt Lake City adopts official versions of the pride and other flags just hours before a new Utah law banning unofficial flags from schools and government buildings takes effect.

The Democratic controlled cities of Salt Lake City and Boise adopted new city flags this week that show support for LGBTQ+ people in defiance of new laws passed by their states’ Republican-controlled Legislatures that banned the traditional rainbow pride flags at schools and government buildings.