“What’s most rewarding for me is when we see guests connect and uplift each other, and hopefully be able to take that into their life and take that into their future.” This is part of a series of ...

Verizon expands LBGTQ+ community support through partnering with Encircle to build community homes with next-gen technology, including 5G, providing resources and tools to LGBTQ+ youth and their ...

This undated photo shows the art room of the Provo Encircle facility. The group plans to build a facility for LGBTQ youth and their families in Ogden, with work to start in late March. OGDEN — Mindful ...

When Stephenie Larsen and a band of volunteers opened an LGBT support center in Provo across the street from a Mormon temple, she thought it could be picketed, or worse — but the place, called ...

The site of an Encircle facility for LGBTQ youth and young adults, taking shape at 2458 Washington Blvd. Work started in early May 2022. Construction has started on the Encircle home for LGBTQ young ...

Community members enter the new Encircle home in Salt Lake City at the grand opening on Feb. 8. (Lexie Flickinger) Community members gathered Feb. 8 for a celebration of speeches, musical performances ...

Stephenie Larsen has established homes in Provo, Salt Lake City and St. George, with one under construction in Heber City — and more to come in Idaho, Arizona and Nevada Stephenie Larsen, a ...

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Apple is teaming up with Encircle, a nonprofit that provides community resource houses to LGBTQ+ youth and their families. Apple will be donating $1 million and contributing products that “promote ...