Blog Posts by Laurel Shugart
How to Advocate for LGBTQ+ Youth and Young Adults in Rural Communities
I have learned firsthand how difficult it is to be authentically yourself living in an area that simply does not support that. I was born and raised in a typical rural Alabama town. A population of 14,000 created that “everyone knows everyone” atmosphere where anything outside the social norm was hard to hide and typically…
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