WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — June 1 marks the beginning of Pride month. People can count on to see parades, festivals, and concert events to have a good time the LGBTQ+ group. As we have a good time Pride Month, we’re introducing to you an area nonprofit which retains combating for the LGBTQ+ group. The group offers individuals the sources to stay drug-free.

Yessinia is a trans girl. She is assured now amongst her friends. But it didn’t begin that manner. Yessinia tells me she was hooked on medicine.

“A lot of it started with the fact there was not a lot of support for me. I’m from Kentucky and so I was alone here in the state and it drove my addiction,” stated Yessinia.

Yessinia stated her dependancy took her on a spiral as much as the purpose she exhausted all of her choices.

“I was homeless and sleeping out of my car. I had no support around me. At the time, I got fed up,” stated Yessinia.

Yessinia was advisable to get help from Transpire Help in West Palm Beach. Donna Weinberger is the founding father of the nonprofit group. Weinberger says oftentimes LGBTQIA-plus individuals sometimes wrestle to be their genuine selves as a child and will kind dangerous methods of coping as they develop up.

“If they do make it to adulthood, they may have chosen the round of drugs and alcohol as a way to not let all the trauma take them down to the point where they don’t make it,” stated Weinberger.

Transpire Help gives social and medical interventions for the LGBTQ+ group, particularly for trans individuals. Resources Weinberger stated are life-saving to a rising want.

“If we can’t provide the lifesaving interventions that we know work. Our LGBTQ people will end up increasing their drug use, increasing self-harm eventually could lead to suicide,” stated Weinberger.

A serious fundraiser for Transpire Help, known as Pride On The Block – will happen this weekend. Adam Sessa would be the MC for the occasion.

“There’s too many of us and not enough resources. So with this, bring everyone together for community, for joy, for pride. It lets everyone come out of their shell and be who they are.

Yessinia has been sober since September of last year, all thanks to the strong support system she has now.

“Being able to have that support has really given me an outlook on life where I am so excited for the opportunities that are going to come. And for the first time I actually feel like I am going to be successful in life,” stated Yessinia.

Pride on the Block is an annual block social gathering and fundraiser on the five hundred block of Clematis Street in downtown West Palm Beach. Begun in March 2020, this occasion attracts crowds from throughout South Florida to have a good time Pride month and lift funds for the native LGBTQ+ nonprofit, Transpire Help.

The block party will happen Saturday, June 4, from 1 p.m. to 12 a.m. at 500 Clematis Street in West Palm Beach. There can be an after-party from 9 p.m. to 4 p.m.