RACHEL RASKIN-ZRIHEN
AMERICAN CANYON â Jade Diwa of American Canyon says she wishes thereâd been something like LGBTQ Connection when she was growing up here. It would have made life easier.
With a branch recently opened in American Canyon, LGBTQ Connection Program Director Ian Stanley Posadas said he knows the feeling and hopes the day is coming when no such organization is needed for LGBTQ-community members to feel included.
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âGrowing up in American Canyon, from my elementary school days to being in the first graduating class at the high school, I know this organization would have been an asset to so many people,â Diwa said. âI donât believe anyoneâs identity or orientation is everyone elseâs business, but I did witness the stigma and ignorance surrounding anything LGBTQ-related. It wa