In San Luis Obispo County alone, 51% of LGBTQ+ youth and 58% of Transgender and nonbinary youth have considered suicide, according to a 2019 Mental Health Needs Assessment by SLO County.
A work in progress. That's how a panel of local health service providers on Feb. 25 all described their efforts to better serve the LGBTQ-plus community in San Luis Obispo County. "Every day, it's progress on that journey," said Mark Lisa, CEO of
Tenet Health Central Coast, which operates Sierra Vista and Twin Cities hospitals. "We're not perfect. We're working to change generation after generation of beliefs into something greater so we can all celebrate everybody." Leaders from nearly a dozen health and social service organizations participated in the Feb. 25
LGBTQ+ Mental Health Virtual Town Hall, an event put on by the