Same-Sex Attracted and Gender Nonconforming Teens: What a Difference Five Years Makes

I thought I’d post this blast from that past, from November 2013. While the Up to Date segment with Matt Rood of Lawrence High School and Casey, then a student at KU, is still great information for parents, it’s amazing how far we’ve come since then. To think that this was cutting edge stuff back in the day! Of course, there will always be opposition to same-sex attraction and gender nonconforming teens and adults, and we should be vigilant as allies to support inclusion. Ask any person of color whether our society has gotten past those biases yet. But we’ve made substantial strides for these young people in the last five years, or more correctly, they’ve made strides for us. When young people can live as who they are, then the rest of our culture learns to do the same. Click on the play arrow below listen to this episode. As you do, consider where we’ve been and then look around your world and think about where we’ve yet to go.