Volunteer Appreciation Month may be over, but our love for our volunteers extends year-round. On this episode of Speaking Queerly, Mallory and Lane chat with Jess McCollum (she/her), who has been volunteering for KYC for about a year. They talk about climbing (shoutout to Queer Climbing Columbus!), how theatre helped Jess step outside the script she’d been living, and about all the ways Jess helps support KYC’s Genderscope programming and more.Have a question you want answered or a topic you’d like discussed on Speaking Queerly? Send an email to [email protected].KYC Youth Center is the largest and longest-standing organization in Ohio solely dedicated to serving and supporting queer youth. As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, KYC works to provide safer spaces, programming, and leadership opportunities so that youth can be free to explore who they are and empowered to become their confident, truest self. Learn more at www.kycohio.org, and follow us on TikTok, Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @KYCOhio. If you like what you hear, and want to support the continued development of Speaking Queerly, send us a donation at kycohio.org/donate.