Aired Jan 21, 2021
Being Queer & Atheist
Looking for ways to keep the conversation going about LGBTQ+ issues with your ERG, community group, or PFLAG chapter? Welcome to Something to Talk About, a series designed by PFLAG National’s Straight for EqualityTM program to create conversation about LGBTQ+ issues. Each month we’ll offer an article on LGBTQ+ topics and suggest a few questions you can use to lead a discussion.
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Article: Nonreligious LGBTQ youth face more discrimination than their cis, straight peers
Source: Out IN Jersey
Author: Tom Van Denburgh
Questions for Discussion:
- Kevin Bolling, Executive Director of the Secular Student Alliance said, “In working with students across the country, I often hear it was ‘easier to come out as LGBTQ to my parents than it was to come out as an atheist’.” In your personal and professional experience have you found that to be true?
- When reviewing this data about nonreligious youth in the US – was there anything that surprised you? Were there any interesting trends? What should we continue to watch?
- What can we do to create more inclusive spaces for nonreligious people and decrease the higher levels of stigma experienced by nonreligious LGBTQ+ youth?
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