I just watched a very poignant clip of Ellen interviewing Oprah about the 1997 coming out episode (The Puppy) on the Ellen Show. That episode aired in April 1997 and I started work at Youth Outlook in October 1998. I found it difficult not to tear up while Ellen and Oprah talked about both the […]
Posts Tagged ‘#coming out’
Twenty Years After a Comic, An Airport, and a Hot Mic
Posted: 26th December 2017 by admin in BlogTags: #coming out, #LGBT youth, community, Ellen coming out episode, friends, LGBT history
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When Ya Gotta Go, Ya Gotta Go!
Posted: 25th April 2015 by admin in BlogTags: #coming out, #LGBT youth, #transgender, binary, gender neutral restrooms
A couple of months ago, it was major news that a bill was proposed in Florida to prohibit transgender people from using public, single-sex restrooms that do not match the sex they were born as. I saw arguments for and against, and eventually the story disappeared into the cyber dust that gets stirred up as […]
Come Out, Come Out Wherever You Are!
Posted: 12th October 2013 by admin in BlogTags: #coming out, #LGBT youth, homeless youth, National Coming Out Day
National Coming Out Day is always a great day for reflection, given that I run an agency for LGBT kids for my job. This week found me wandering memory lane, taking a moment for my own coming out, which (if you’ve caught my previous comments) is always a big question for people who start to […]
Being enough
Posted: 25th August 2013 by admin in BlogTags: #coming out, #LGBT youth, binary, gender identity, stereotypes
Newer national research informs us that the average coming out age for LGBT kids has dropped to 13 years old across the country, down from 19 less than a decade ago. With this change, we are also seeing a shift in how old kids are when they start to wrestle with their own awareness of […]