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Connections: Parenting LGBTQ youth

A debate erupted over social media when pop culture reporter and Billy Eichner advised parents-to-be to consider how they would react if they found out their child was gay. Eichner says if parents don't think they could handle that news, they shouldn't become parents at all.

We talk to guests about their own experiences, both as children and parents, and we discuss the reactions to Eichner's comments. In studio:

  • Tamara Leigh, director of communications for the Out Alliance and mother of two
  • Kim, mother of an LGBTQ youth
  • Pamela Dayton, mother of a transgender youth
  • Karen Bradbury, mother of a transgender teenager
  • Ed Popil (aka Mrs. Kasha Davis), local drag performer and step-parent
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Evan Dawson is the host of "Connections with Evan Dawson." He joined WXXI in January 2014 after working at 13WHAM-TV, where he served as morning news anchor. He was hired as a reporter for 13WHAM-TV in 2003 before being promoted to anchor in 2007.
Megan Mack is the executive producer of "Connections with Evan Dawson" and live/televised engagement programming.
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