Trevor Lee is an American politician serving as a Republican member of the Utah House of Representatives from the 16th district. He assumed office on January 1, 2023. He is known for his legislation attacking the LGBTQ community and his association with the alt-right "DezNat" movement.
Lee graduated from Davis High School and has a degree from Weber State University.
Lee was a sponsor of HB77, a bill that Lee said "would ban Pride flags from schools" and local government buildings, while allowing Nazi and Confederate flags to be displayed in Utah classrooms for educational purposes. The bill became law without Gov. Spencer Cox's signature and went into effect May 7, 2025. The law places responsibility for enforcement upon the state auditor.
Lee was a co-sponsor on the 2025 HB81 bill that banned fluoride in public water systems. This law will make Utah the first state to ban fluoride in drinking water. The bill was opposed by the American Dental Association. Opponents of the bill noted that research has found that water fluoridation prevents about 25% of tooth decay, and warned that the bill may disproportionately affect low-income residents.
Lee has sponsored HB 183 as of January 2026. The bill would:
Additionally, Lee has sponsored HB 287 as of January 2026. The bill's highlights include:
In 2022, The Salt Lake Tribune reported that Lee was behind a Twitter account that promoted election and coronavirus conspiracy theories and attacked women and LGBTQ individuals. These events occurred after Lee had previously made transphobic comments and used a slur for transgender people on a Utah podcast, for which he had apologized and "erased it from [his] vocabulary."
In June 2025, during Pride Month, the Utah Mammoth NHL hockey team posted a message on X that said "Happy Pride!" with the team logo rendered in the colors of the Pride Flag. Lee replied to the tweet, claiming "Utahns overwhelmingly don't support pride month." He then said to "watch for some significant legislation this next session that pushes back onto these woke groups!" When KSL-TV requested an interview with Lee, Lee declined and would not discuss the legislation, saying "you'll have to wait and see" and that the Utah Legislature "will be putting a stop to entities that will take taxpayer money from pushing political agendas." In a later tweet, he claimed "'Pride' is about promoting the social acceptance of gay sex, transgender child mutilation and various other forms of iniquity. Its premise is that they are not just not sinful, but worthy of celebration."
A 2024 survey by the Public Religion Research Institute found that 86% of Utahns expressed support for LGBTQ nondiscrimination protections.
Trevor Lee lives in Layton, Utah, with his wife Kaitlin and their four children.