Youth In Control

Was coming out important to you? Why should queer people have to come out and not straight people? What would you say to another young person who was thinking about coming out?

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Are you a young queer person about to graduate high school? The world is your oyster!

Hear what Sam, Leon, Will and Erin have to say about life after coming out and leaving school.

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Via SBS Pride: “The company behind Barbie and Ken has released a new range of gender-neutral dolls, “designed to keep labels out and invite everyone in”. According to Time magazine, Mattel says the dolls are based on research spanning 250 different families, in which 15 children identified either trans or non-binary.

Will it make a genuine difference in the lives of young people? OR, is it just cashing in on queer youth?

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Via Pink News: “The Trevor Project’s National Survey on LGBTQ Youth Mental Health 2019 had more than 34,000 respondents, all between the ages of 13 and 24. It showed that while 45 percent of LGBT+ youth identify as gay or lesbian, and 33 percent identify as bisexual, 22 percent said they were “’something else’”.

Erin, Sam and Leon chat about labels and how they use them in their everyday lives.

Language is always changing and evolving to describe the queer community – How can you keep up?

What if you can’t find the label that fits you yet? Hear what we have to say!

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Ahead of VidCon 2019, the team chat with Megan Dijkman and AJ Clementine about queer representation in the YouTube community.

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Sam and Erin chat about queer-friendly TV shows for teens, from HBO’s Euphoria, to Sense8 and Glee. They also unpack some of the more problematic programs that have hit our screens over the years.

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American Drag Queen Farrah Moan called out Ariana Grande for copying her look and “stealing from queer artists”. Shiralee, Will, Sam and Leon shared their thoughts on Rainbow Capitalism and the appropriation of culture.

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Leon chats to his friend Luke, a corporal of the Australian Airforce Cadets, about being a leader in his community.

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Will chats queer history, ANCIENT history. We look at LGBTQ+ icons from yesteryear, from the Roman Empire to the Wiemar Republic.

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yep our Alex called singer songwriter Cxloe, and had a good ol’ chat with her!

it sounded awesome give it a LISTEN NOW!

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