How to Support our LGBTQ+ Kids: A Conversation with Youth Outlook's Carolyn Wahlskog

We celebrate pride month with a conversation with Carolyn Wahlskog, LCSW (she/her), the Director of Operations and Programming at Youth Outlook, a nonprofit working to meet the ever-evolving needs of LGBTQ+ youth, families and communities.  We ask her how to support our LGBTQ+ kids, how we, as parents, can best handle conversations around LGBTQ+ issues, and how best to address the delicate moment when a teen or tween decides to come out.

Find out more about Youth Outlook and Carolyn Wahlskog:
https://youth-outlook.org/
https://www.bestrongfamilies.org/carolyn-wahlskog

And a few more resources discussed in the show:
https://www.lgbtqcenters.org/
https://www.thetrevorproject.org/survey-2022/

https://pflagillinois.org/
http://www.pinwheels.us/

https://familyproject.sfsu.edu/

https://news.gallup.com/poll/389792/lgbt-identification-ticks-up.aspx

Reading:
The ABC's of LGBT+: (Gender Identity Book for Teens, Teen & Young Adult LGBT Issues)