BY VANESSA FALCON URBAN HEALTH MEDIA PROJECT WASHINGTON, D.C. — Heidi Ellis, 36, was taught to love reading, to love her culture, and to love herself. Ellis, who identifies as lesbian and came out at the age of 19, knows she was lucky — lucky to be loved for who she is. Still, as...
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New Fund Launched to Improve Mental Health Services for Adolescents of Color and LGBTQ+
By Madeleine Voth, Urban Health Media Project participant and a student at Duke Ellington School of the Arts “What happens when reality is so painful, that hiding away is the only option?” asked Amora Campbell, 16, of Washington, D.C. Campbell, a senior at Richard Wright Public Charter School for Journalism and Media Arts, spoke...