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Housing can be a difficult issue for many, but especially for those in marginalized communities. A group in Morgantown is working to create Project Rainbow, a shelter and housing aid organization specifically for LGBTQ community members.

May is Mental Health Awareness Month and a recent nationwide survey of the LGBTQ community revealed concerning numbers. 

With the recent wave of anti-trans legislation in Utah and across the country, visibility is a complicated experience for many trans people. But at USU’s Trans Day of Visibility event on Friday, visibility meant community, not scrutiny.

“It’s really difficult to navigate the housing system in general. But we’ve noticed that people that identify as part of that community face different barriers, like threats and violence based on their gender identity or sexuality,” Thompson explained.

It happens every year, when rainbow flags are put out across the state for Pride month. "We see about 10% of our flags go missing or get vandalized every year."

Community members mourned not only the 323 transgender people lost in the past year, but the five people killed in a shooting at an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado on Saturday.

For some Utahns, the news of a mass shooting in Colorado comes on an already emotional day of paying tribute to transgender people who lost their lives to violence.

The Club Q shooting in Colorado weighed heavy on the minds of those who attended a LGBTQ vigil in Salt Lake City, Utah to honor Transgender Day of Remembrance for those who died by suicide or murder in the past year.

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox and other elected officials are calling the shooting at a Colorado Springs gay nightclub that killed five and injured 18 late Saturday a senseless tragedy.

Sweet Streets SLC on UDOT’s plan to expand Interstate 15 from SLC to Farmington, and how you can add your voice. Plus, Project Rainbow's Transgender Day of Remembrance Memorial, Yoga Forward's gratitude festival, and another episod...