A support system for LGBT youth

Zen Parenting Radio

Todd and Cathy Adams

Education, Philosophy, Parenting, Self-improvement, Kids & Family, Society & Culture

4.8 • 636 Ratings

🗓️ 29 November 2013

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

We talk with Nancy Mullen, social worker, author, pastry chef, and advocate for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) youth. Nancy worked for several years in the HIV/AIDS field and shifted to her work with LGBT youth in 1998 as the executive director of a small, grassroots agency. She is a sought after public speaker on topics such as LGBT Youth and Adolescent Development and Current Trends in Working with LGBT Youth. She is a blogger and author of Urban Tidepool, a memoir that Nancy describes as “Reminiscent of Lemony Snicket’s “A Series of Unfortunate Events” with a gay twist, a helping of The Glass Castle and a hint of Erma Bombeck.” Cathy’s virtual Holiday Retreat begins on December 9th. Click the link for more info. We have arranged for a screening of the documentary “Girl Rising” in Lombard. Click here to purchase your tickets as there going quickly. Todd’s men retreat is March 7th thru March 9th. Please email @ [email protected] for details. We would love to hear any comments from the show by sending us an email @ [email protected] You can be sure to hear more by liking our facebook page @ https://www.facebook.com/ZenParenting Thank you for listening!!!

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0:00.0	Okay, here we go. My name is Todd Adams.
0:08.7	This is Kathy Adams.
0:09.6	Welcome back to Zen Parenting Radio. We got a special show today. It's not the traditional
0:14.5	you and I just gabbing back and forth, is it?
0:16.6	No, this is our guest show.
0:17.9	This is our guest show. So we are going to be talking to a woman named Nancy Mullen, and I'm going to let you, sweetie, introduce her.
0:26.1	Okay.
0:26.7	Well, Nancy Mullen is here with us today, sitting across from me, and she is a writer and a blogger,
0:32.7	and she is an advocate for the LGBT community, specifically youth, right?
0:37.1	Yes.
0:37.3	Okay. I just wanted to read a few things about her background youth, right? Yes. Nancy.
0:37.7	Okay.
0:41.0	I just wanted to read a few things about her background that I found really interesting.
0:42.8	So Nancy is also a social worker.
0:44.2	She received her master's degree.
0:46.2	So what year was that?
0:46.7	Tell me again.
0:47.2	91?
0:47.9	91.
0:52.2	So she and I were just talking before the show that when she was in school, there wasn't even really classes geared toward working with LGBT.
0:57.1	Correct.
0:57.6	Correct.
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