Since lockdown measures were put in place, Manchester’s LGBT Foundation has reported a huge spike in calls to its crisis line.
From fears about being trapped with abusive families to concerns about not being able to attend sexual health appointments due to self-isolating, the organisation said it received the highest amount of calls this year over just one five-day period last month.
Self-isolation, albeit under completely different circumstances, is something that many members of the LGBT community have experienced only far too often.
To combat this, LGBT Foundation is today launching a Rainbow Brew Buddies service to help support vulnerable members of the LGBT community through the pandemic. “We can all agree that a chat over a brew is