YOFcast
Welcome to the YOFcast, where our directors of YOB and YOS, Tom and Erin, co-lead 90-minute discussions about faith, sexuality, and gender. Tom also posts brief, solo update pods on the state of our ministry!
YOFcast 002: Emerging Sexual Identities w/ Dr. Mark Yarhouse & Dr. Julia Sadusky
Tom and Erin welcome Dr. Mark Yarhouse and Dr. Julia Sadusky, co-authors of Emerging Sexual Identities. We dive into sexual identity language and the reality that Gen Z is identifying in more diverse, specific ways than any previous generation. Mark and Julia explain the concept of residual, dominant, and emergent taxonomies for sexual identity language. We also learn about the coining of the term “heterosexual,” the nonjudgmental merits of queer theory, and how people are holding faith and sexuality together and separately. How do we as a community integrate the two in a healthy way?