Last night, CBST, in collaboration with the JCC Manhattan, Keshet, Ma’yan, PFLAG NYC, ScenariousUSA, and Gender Spectrum, hosted a program at the JCC called, “Getting Reel About Youth and Gender” with about 30 attendees who braved the cold, slushy snow.
Looking starting with definitions of gender identity, gender expression, sex, and sexual orientation, the group walked through importance of understanding the differences that exist among these categories and how they intersect to produce different identities.
We then looked at a series of videos about gender non-conforming youth and their parents. Perhaps most compelling was the story of a 12 year old named ...
