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Adam Brown's avatar

Interesting article and I agree with 98% of it. I don't necessary agree with some of the more minute concerns. I think the point she was making was that the younger end of the drop-in center clients might be exposed to the more overtly sexual exploration of the older clients. It's just a more conservative "kids should be exposed to sex before puberty" concern in my mind. More that 11 year olds and 22 year olds don't have much in common and should probably be housed in separate spaces. Though I'd imagine with a drop-in centre, you aren't always dealing with best-case scenario. And the following point, about "sexual exploration", I think she would make the same point with a straight-child. For instance, no child-welfare agency would take your child away because you told your daughter she couldn't sleep with her boyfriend. But if you told your daughter she couldn't sleep with her girlfriend, well, that could be spun as homophobic by the child and that could involve child-services. I believe that is what she meant by sexual exploration. Not stopping a child from exploring their sexual identity. Anyway, always a pleasure to read your writing.

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AWow's avatar

I don’t believe she’s homophobic at all and certainly not someone who approves of conversion therapy. Much of her book is a strong and passionate defense of young lesbians.

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