Catherine Tuerk
Enoch Pratt Free Library Podcast
English - June 20, 2013 09:35 - 1 hour - 30.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsBooks Arts Business Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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"When my son came out to me, I was deeply fearful that he could never be happy, and I felt profound sorrow."
Thus began one woman's extraordinary, silence-breaking journey. Catherine Tuerk set out to educate herself and others about gay people. She became a leader in PFLAG (Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays), wrote articles for various publications, and appeared on television and radio. Mom Knows is a collection of her writings over the past two decades. A psychotherapist in private practice, Catherine Tuerk is a senior consultant to the Gender and Sexuality Advocacy and Education Program at the Children's National Medical Center in Washington.
Recorded On: Wednesday, June 19, 2013