It’s Part 2 of our visit to Spartanburg, South Carolina and we’re back with the youth of Uplift Outreach Center to hear their coming out stories, secret crushes, and messages of hope for the future. Plus, they share their thoughts on the passing of House Bill 4624, which bans gender affirming care for minors across the state. If you’re just joining us, welcome to our queer road trip across the country! We suggest listening to Part 1 of this episode first.

⚠️ CONTENT WARNINGS:

Please note that some resources may contain triggering content and do not necessarily reflect the beliefs of, or the definitions used by, The Future Perfect Project.

⏱️ TIME STAMPS:

01:15 Intro & Welcome to Part 2

02:35 Find your identity in the LGBTQIA+ Wiki w Valentine

05:26 Queer Crushes

7:28 Coming Out stories

12:04 CW⚠️ transphobia & violence

12:20 Youth React to SC Bill H4624 (Gender-Affirming Care Ban)

15:10 How Do You Express & Explore Your Queerness?

18:16 Ray’s “kinda crappy” Coming Out Story

22:15 Finding Belonging & Safety at UPLIFT

23:00 Messages of Hope for Queer Youth of the Future

24:30 Outro, Credits & Gratitude

25:26 Crisis Resources

💬 TRANSCRIPT: https://share.descript.com/view/DOpbRTAMSLF

📝 RESOURCES/SHOW NOTES:

Visit our site for full show notes on local queer info, history, and additional resources mentioned in this episode → http://thefutureperfectproject.org/podcast

We want to hear from you! Send a voice note to our online voice message box → I’m Feeling Queer Today! Speakpipe - http://speakpipe.com/ifqt

🚨 CRISIS RESOURCES:

If you or a young person you know between the ages of 13-24 is currently in crisis, check out thetrevorproject.org for LGBTQIA+ specific support through text and chat, or call 1-866-488-7386

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Welcome to Season 3 and the first stop on our queer road trip: Spartanburg, South Carolina. In this episode, you’ll meet the youth at Uplift Outreach Center, an LGBTQ+ safe space behind a baptist church and the only center in the area dedicated to serving queer youth. Find out why folks come from all across the region (“The Upstate”) to spend time at Uplift, take a tour of the center’s gender-affirming free clothing closet, bake dinosaur brownies with the Uplift Program Director, and hear directly from the hearts + minds of young people in the region. This is Part 1 of 2 of our visit to Spartanburg, South Carolina.

⚠️ CONTENT WARNINGS:

Please note that some resources may contain triggering content and do not necessarily reflect the beliefs of, or the definitions used by, The Future Perfect Project.

⏱️ TIME STAMPS:

0:53 Intro & Welcome to Season 3

01:00 Inside the UPLIFT Outreach Center

05:00 Youth Speak: Identity, Safety & Everyday Reality

09:00 Holding Joy & Building Community in the South

14:00 Coming Out, Family Tension & Staying True

17:00 Baking Brownies w Jodi, UPLIFT’s program director

24:15 Outro, Credits & Gratitude

25:23 Crisis Resources

💬 TRANSCRIPT: https://share.descript.com/view/nnAy4Lah4pm

📝 RESOURCES/SHOW NOTES:

Visit our site for full show notes on local queer info, history, and additional resources mentioned in this episode → http://thefutureperfectproject.org/podcast

We want to hear from you! Send a voice note to our online voice message box → I’m Feeling Queer Today! Speakpipe - http://speakpipe.com/ifqt

🚨 CRISIS RESOURCES:

If you or a young person you know between the ages of 13-24 is currently in crisis, check out thetrevorproject.org for LGBTQIA+ specific support through text and chat, or call 1-866-488-7386

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In Season 3 we're going on a queer road trip around the U.S. to answer a big question: What is it like to be an LGBTQ+ person where you live?

So buckle your seatbelts–we’re speaking directly to the queer young people in five different U.S. cities: An LGBTQ+ youth center in the basement of a Baptist church in Spartanburg, South Carolina; a home for religious and secular queers alike in Provo, Utah; a high school for the performing arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; the Northern tip of Cape Cod where it’s pride month year round in Provincetown, Massachusetts; and a center opening its doors to the queer youth of Columbus, Ohio since 1994. Forget everything you think you know about these cities and towns, and get ready to hear from the LGBTQ+ youth who call these places home.

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