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coming out

Stories from LGBTQ Teens

April 7, 2014 by ssradmin

This episode of Safe Space Radio features multiple stories from young people about how they came out to themselves and others.

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Filed Under: Mental Health, Sexuality Tagged With: allies, coming out, education, gay straight alliance, GSA, LGBTQ, queer, School, teacher, teenagers, Teens

Poetry and Coming Out (Part 1) with Richard Blanco

March 24, 2014 by ssradmin

In Part 1 of his conversation with Safe Space Radio, poet Richard Blanco talks about the challenge of knowing he was gay in an unsupportive family.  

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Filed Under: Family and Lifecycle, Mental Health Tagged With: art, coming out, Family, gay men, Homophobia, LGBTQ, poetry, queer, Sexuality, writing

Parents and Teachers as Allies with Sue and Abby

March 17, 2014 by ssradmin

Sue, a mother of a transgender teen, and Abby, a teacher who advises her school’s Gay-Straight-Trans Alliance, talk about what they’ve learned about supporting the young LGBTQ people in their lives.

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Filed Under: Mental Health, Sexuality Tagged With: coming out, conversation, education, Gay, gay straight alliance, GSA, High School, LGBTQ, LGBTQ Issues, Parenting, queer, Sexuality, teacher, teenagers, Teens, transgender rights, transitioning

On Being Outed with Samantha

February 17, 2014 by ssradmin

This episode of Safe Space Radio features Samantha, who was outed as a lesbian to her parents by a teacher at her school. She remembers the turmoil this has created in her life, being rejected by some important people after they learned she was gay, and how that experience has inspired her to be a …read more »

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Filed Under: Family and Lifecycle, Mental Health, Sexuality Tagged With: advocacy, allies, coming out, High School, LGBTQ, Parenting, Parents, queer, rejection, School, teacher, teenagers, Teens

Transition and Sexual Reassignment Surgery with Jean Vermette

April 27, 2011 by ssradmin

Jean Vermette talks about recognizing that she was female, and taking the risk to share it with the people she loved. She ultimately chose to undergo sexual reassignment surgery and wrote a book, Je Me Souviens (“I Will Remember”) about her experience of MTF genital surgery. Jean describes the process as an example of the …read more »

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Filed Under: Mental Health, Sexuality Tagged With: bottom surgery, coming out, community, female, Gender, identity, LGBTQ, male, male to female, memoir, mtf, sexual reassignment, trans, Transgender, transition, writing

Male to Female Transition with Lisa Bunker

March 2, 2011 by ssradmin

This episode of Safe Space Radio features radio program director Lisa Bunker talking about her experience of becoming aware that she identified as a woman. Lisa describes feeling like a failure at trying to be a man, and the deep relief of embracing her female identity. She remembers experiences of telling her friends, her workplace …read more »

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Filed Under: Mental Health, Sexuality Tagged With: coming out, family dynamics, femininity, Gender, identity, LGBTQ, male to female transition, masculinity, mtf, trans, Transgender, transition, woman, workplace

Suicide Among Gay Youth with Charles Robbins

May 5, 2010 by ssradmin

Charles Robbins is CEO of the Trevor Project, an organization dedicated to preventing suicide among gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and queer youth. Charles describes the vulnerable time in a young person’s life after they realize they are queer, but before they have found accepting others to share it with. Charles describes his own story of …read more »

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Filed Under: Emotions, Mental Health, Sexuality Tagged With: coming out, death and dying, difficult conversations, family dynamics, gay teens, LGBTQ, LGBTQ teens, queer teens, queer youth, Shame, Suicide, teenagers, Teens, trevor project, vulnerability

Coming Out, Homophobia, and Psychiatry with Marshall Forstein

June 10, 2009 by ssradmin

Psychiatrist Dr. Marshall Forstein talks about his own coming out, the impact of homophobic jokes, and the experience of legal marriage in Massachusetts.

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Filed Under: Sexuality, Social Justice Tagged With: coming out, culture, gay men, Homophobia, LGBTQ, marriage equality, Psychiatry, same sex marriage

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