DESTINATIONS

Europe welcomes the LGBT traveler with open arms.

Choosing a travel destination as a gay, lesbian or transgender individual can be tricky, especially when travelling with your partner. You’ll want to choose a location where you’ll feel comfortable, safe and can enjoy all the activities, sights and attractions, just as anyone else would.

5 THINGS TO KNOW

Connecting LGBT suicides with depression and debt.

September is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. LGBTQ suicide and suicide attempts occur disproportionally more than the general population, and people who die by suicide are eight times more likely to have debt. On this Queer Money, we partner with Melanie Lockert of Dear Debt.

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Phoenix LGBT center to rise from the ashes with a $275,000 donation.

A Phoenix LGBT youth organization received a $275,000 donation to help build a new facility after a July 12 fire destroyed the center’s previous location. The one.n.ten youth center said Tuesday that the Bob and Renee Parsons Foundation made the donation to help complete construction on the new center, which will be located at the Parsons Center for Health and Wellness at Central Avenue and Portland Street.

US NEWS

Hate rears its ugly head in Maine.

Brunswick Town Councilor Kathy Wilson returned to her car from a 9/11 remembrance ceremony Monday morning to discover a flier tucked under her windshield wiper. When she looked more closely at it, she felt threatened.

US NEWS

The worst colleges for LGBT students.

For the second year in a row, Campus Pride has released its national list of the “absolute worst” college campuses for LGBT students. The list includes 139 colleges and universities, an increase from last year’s 102 campuses, that do not foster a safe environment for LGBT students, faculty and staff.

HEROES

Gay fathers become activists for Aussie same-sex marriage.

It was a scene that plays out nearly every day in schoolyards across Australia: A couple, standing among a dozen other parents, waited for the final school bell to ring. On cue, Reid Duggan-Tierney, 7, came bounding out of school last Friday and ran toward Michael and Jarrad Duggan-Tierney — his fathers.