Encircle volunteers seek to replace Heber City’s only LGBTQ+ space

Encircle volunteers seek to replace Heber City’s only LGBTQ+ space

When Heber City native Jess Judd heard in 2020 that the Provo-based LGBTQ+ nonprofit Encircle was establishing a youth community center in their hometown, it was like a weight lifted off their shoulders. “I thought, ‘Finally, this pressure that I, a teenager, have been under for years, is finally relieved for a moment, and I can just simply exist in a space where I feel safe without having to constantly fight for it,’” they said. Now a 24-year-o…