TY - JOUR
T1 - A Case of Shifting Focus Friction
T2 - Extension Directors and State 4-H Program Leaders’ Perspectives on 4-H LGBTQ+ Inclusion
AU - Elliott-Engel, Jeremy
AU - Westfall-Rudd, Donna
AU - Kaufman, Eric
AU - Seibel, Megan
AU - Radhakrishna, Rama
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Contemporary Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer/Questioning (LGBTQ+) youth are identifying and communicating their identities earlier in childhood than generations before as a result of more awareness and more acceptance of gender identity and sexual minorities by society. A qualitative study of U.S. 4-H program leaders and Extension directors generated an emergent theme around the importance of serving LGBT youth and the resulting implementation challenges. The administrators of 4-H, the largest youth serving organization in the country, recognize the presence of LGBTQ+ youth in 4-H and believe the organization must be inclusive. But challenges remain in ensuring youth experience inclusion at all levels of the organization and to manage political and societal pressures resulting from shifting focus friction.
AB - Contemporary Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer/Questioning (LGBTQ+) youth are identifying and communicating their identities earlier in childhood than generations before as a result of more awareness and more acceptance of gender identity and sexual minorities by society. A qualitative study of U.S. 4-H program leaders and Extension directors generated an emergent theme around the importance of serving LGBT youth and the resulting implementation challenges. The administrators of 4-H, the largest youth serving organization in the country, recognize the presence of LGBTQ+ youth in 4-H and believe the organization must be inclusive. But challenges remain in ensuring youth experience inclusion at all levels of the organization and to manage political and societal pressures resulting from shifting focus friction.
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U2 - 10.34068/joe.59.04.14
DO - 10.34068/joe.59.04.14
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85122574050
SN - 1077-5315
VL - 59
JO - Journal of Extension
JF - Journal of Extension
IS - 4
M1 - Article 14
ER -