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Context & Hot Topics
- Context: Background & Level-Setting
  - Level-setting 1: Aren’t sex and gender the same thing? What about sexuality? And what are all the other terms I’ve heard, like “pansexual” and “LGBTQA”?
  - Level-setting 2: How queer & trans tweens & teens experience life in the 2020s US
- Hot Topics in Queer & Trans Communities
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About
Context & Hot Topics
- Context: Background & Level-Setting
  - Level-setting 1: Aren’t sex and gender the same thing? What about sexuality? And what are all the other terms I’ve heard, like “pansexual” and “LGBTQA”?
  - Level-setting 2: How queer & trans tweens & teens experience life in the 2020s US
- Hot Topics in Queer & Trans Communities
Do Something!
- Use Your…
- Ideas For…
Resources for Tweens to Adults
Contact
Merch!!
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What Shannon Wants Young People to Know

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A biracial young person applies blush. They have long, curly hair; purple eyebrows; freckles; and are wearing a jeans jacket, red bandana around their neck, and beaded bracelets.

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A special note for tweens

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A special note for teens

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Thoughts for rainbow tweens & teens from R2T2 adult visitors who are LGBTQA+/SGL

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