Over the last five years, I have focused part of my therapy practice on working with trans and gender non-conforming individuals. This is largely thanks to the mentorship of the late Stephanie Mott, LSCSW who was a well-respected trans advocate and spokesperson in Kansas. Having done this work for a while, I have noticed several…
Category: LGBTQ+
Understanding How A Teen's Conflict in Gender Identity Can Come Out Pretty Great
In this segment of Up to Date with Steve Kraske, I’m joined by Peter, a twenty-four-year-old transman who recently underwent top surgery–the removal of breast tissue to to confirm gender. I’ve known Peter for many years and have watched him on his journey from insecure and dysphoric teen to confident and hopeful young adult. As…
Talking LGBTQ With Teens
I recently posted a 2013 Up to Date interview with Matt and Casey discussing life in the LGBTQ community. Two years thereafter, in May 2015 we did an update on this with Julia Poe, who was at the time a senior at Shawnee Mission East High School and the National Teen Journalist of the year.…
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…