Kristin Russo: LGBTQ Sex Ed, A-Camp, Reclaiming Bisexuality

LGBTQ&A

Jeffrey Masters

Society & Culture

4.7 • 703 Ratings

🗓️ 9 August 2017

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Kristin Russo (author of This is Book for Parents of Gay Kids) talks about Autostraddle’s A-Camp (where she is the co-director), the special importance of sex ed in LGBTQ communities, and social pressures she faced to identify as a lesbian instead of bisexual. She also talks about her efforts to make LGBTQ youth feel seen with her website, Everyone Is Gay, why “queer” is such a special word, and explains her religious beliefs, saying that when she and her wife are going through a difficult time, they pray together. LGBTQ&A is hosted by Jeffrey Masters. @jeffmasters1 You can recommend a guest or let us know what you think about the show on Twitter or by emailing [email protected] More information: www.LGBTQpodcast.com

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0:00.0	Hey, welcome back.
0:01.0	I'm Jeffrey Masters and this is LGBTQ&A, where we get to know different members of the
0:05.9	LGBTQ community.
0:07.7	Today I'm talking to Kristen Russo.
0:09.4	Kristen is a co-author of the book.
0:11.4	This is a book for parents of gay kids.
0:13.6	She also runs a website Everyone is Gay.com.
0:16.0	Stay tuned. Hey, Kristen.
0:29.1	Hello.
0:29.6	Thank you so much.
0:31.5	Thanks for having me.
0:32.1	Yeah, of course.
0:32.7	I'm excited to talk.
0:33.4	Before we get to it, though, we just want to say very briefly to those people at home.
0:37.2	Please rate us and subscribe on iTunes.
0:39.4	That is the best way for people to find us.
0:41.4	Also, Insider Secret, the comments don't have to be that long on iTunes.
0:45.2	They just need to be there and exist.
0:47.1	So thank you for that.
0:48.1	Okay, Kristen.
0:49.0	Yes.
0:49.7	I want to first talk about ACAMP, if that's okay.
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