Blog Post 10 due 3/27

I listed to the Marilyn episode of the Coming Out Stories podcast. It was about a mother of two children who came out the same day. She talked about her experience. She knew the signs were there but did not acknowledge the possibility of it. My town is very religious so anything other than male, female, or straight is not well accepted. The mother in my podcast I think felt more shame than anything else. Shame meaning she felt bad she didn't acknowledge it. Marilyn seemed very okay with both her kids not being straight, but I am sure it was overwhelming to get told on the same day by both of the kids. I was hoping to speak to the LGBTQ+ panel this week in class because I do think it would have been interesting to hear their opinions on different issues. For example, I was very curious as to what they thought about Leah the swimmer. Biologically a boy, but now a female. Do they think it is okay to compete in that race even though biologically they are different? What do they think about her winning? Questions like that I think would've been interesting to ask since no one shows/speaks their side. We also did not get to go through the PowerPoint for this week in class, but looking through them they seem interesting. Having the definitions of all the different types of identities and definitions is helpful in understanding what the words even mean. Sometimes I hear words like genderqueer, genderfluid, etc., and have no clue what it means. You can't accept or at least understand if you do not know what it means or what someone is talking about. The religion I grew up in does not condone homosexual relationships. Personally, if it is not affecting me then I do not care. I think that people can make their own decisions whatever that may be even if it is not the choice I would make. 




Reference List

Atkin, N.D. (2021). HDFS 280: Defining Family & Family Diversity 

[Lecture notes 19]. Retrieved from http://mycourses.purdue.edu

Sensoy, O. & DiAngelo, R. (2017). Is everyone really equal?

An introduction to key concepts in social justice education (2nd ed.). Teachers College Press.

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