Why This Mormon Mom Opened An LGBTQ House A Block Away From A Church Temple
Encircle Steph Larsen, founder of Encircle, a nonprofit that serves LGBTQ youth. Stephenie Larsen is a busy mother of six. When she isn’t wheeling across town, dropping her kids off at school or sports, she runs a support network for gay youth. Larsen opened the nonprofit Encircle LGBTQ Family and Youth Resource Center in downtown Provo, Utah, in February. The center aims to be a safe, open environment for LGBTQ people in this deeply religious community, and offers individual therapy and group counseling services, as well as a variety of daily activities. Utah is the home of the Church of […]