Author
Jacob Sutherland
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Jacob is an award-winning politics and culture writer with a strong emphasis on sexual orientation and mental health. When he's not writing, Jacob is a project manager at District One agency and a PhD student at the University of California Irvine, where he researches participation and inequality in municipal elections.

Without critical learning experiences, LGBTQIA+ folks face unique challenges coming of age.
The two identities often come in conflict with one another at their points of intersection.