DOVER, Del. (AP) _ With the National School Climate Survey reporting that as many as 64 percent of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youths likely to suffer from depression, suicide attempts and substance abuse, organizations across the state are joining together to implement early-intervention services in schools and the community.

The members of the LGBT community are by no means strangers to isolation. For many the fear of coming out to friends and family is justified: you run the risk of loved ones shunning you for who you love or how you identify yourself.

This week read about Eva making a point that you don't have to wear a dress to be a woman, a former Buzzfeed employee releasing a book discussing mental health, and the queer teacher who was behind Bernie Sanders' iconic mittens.

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has hit a stomach-churning new low. I say that as someone who is extremely proud of my faith, despite the struggle it has taken to remain a Catholic.

Niki Lopez is the founder of “What’s Your Elephant,” a movement that provides a safe space so that people can create art as therapy and have an open discussion.   

"We use these terms like 'I’m so bipolar.' 'I've lost my mind.' 'I forgot to take my meds today,' We think it's funny. It's really not," Lori Lynch mentioned to a group at the Miami Beach LGBT Visitor Center before a talk on Alzheimer's disease began on a rainy evening on Jan. 14.

An intricate design with lots of colors. A simple symbol. A name that only means something to the bearer.

Recently I enjoyed 15 days traveling through much of the American Southwest, a region aptly called the wide-open spaces.

Addiction. Abuse. A feeling of helplessness. Eric Harazi knows these conditions all too well.

Sometimes I find little moments of personal growth with friends, out with the community, in sunlight and nature.

The Mental Health Association of Palm Beach County (MHA) is hosting four Community Conversations as part of the National Dialogue on Mental Health for Creating Community Solutions. Called “Palm Beach County Speaks: Breaking the Connection between Mental Illness and the Legal System,” the organizers are particularly interested in the connection points for youth mental health issues.

Mackenzi Lee, the author of "'The Nobleman’s Guide to Scandal and Shipwrecks," wanted to highlight LGBT people's experience in the 1700s while meaning mentally ill as well. Hence why the book was born.

If you’ve been searching for an LGBT-owned CBD and Delta-8 THC business to shop for, look no further than Kayz Homegrown Blendz.

A life and a love story were tragically cut short. Leo Peralta and Wilton Manors City Commissioner Chris Caputo were in love and it showed.

At the last Zoom City Commission meeting in Wilton Manors, I raised my hand to speak during public comment.

Know the signs. “I have an autographed Mickey Mantle baseball, if I gave that away you should be worried about me,” said Joel Smith, program director for the Florida Initiative for Suicide Prevention.