Since President Donald Trump’s inauguration in January, the LGBTQ community and its organizations have faced many setbacks, including funding cuts and program withdrawals; however, many are still fighting to move forward.

“We need to build community and galvanize together,” Phillip Alexander Downie, CEO of Live In Your Truth in Montgomery County, said. “That’s extremely important right now. Our federal government isn’t providing … the necessary protections, resources, free, warnings, and funding that’s needed.”

Downie said the abrupt halt of funding with partner organizations, like the Department of Health and Human Services, limits community members from receiving Live In Your Truth’s full services. Downie provided an example of their free on-site STI testing funded by incentives and co

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