Creating Safe Spaces: Advocates Say LGBTQ+ Youth in Central PA Need More Than Tolerance—They Need Active Support

Published Jun 13, 2025, 10:00 AM

In Central Pennsylvania, LGBTQ+ youth are navigating increasingly complex and often dangerous environments at home, in school, and in their communities. Advocates Amber Roadcap, Executive Director of the LGBT Center of Central PA, and Hope Dehnert, a local LGBTQ+ youth advocate and researcher, joined The Spark to speak candidly about the challenges these young people face—and what all of us can do to support them.