James Phelps understands the challenges of feeling isolated. He said it comes from his own experience growing up gay in rural Oregon.
That’s why when businesses and organizations across the country began shutting down nonessential services amid the coronavirus pandemic, Phelps was worried.
As the interim executive director of Q Center, a community-based organization providing LGBTQ support and activity groups in Portland, Phelps was concerned about the in-person services many in his community