1. A case of shifting focus friction: extension directors and state 4-h program leaders’ perspectives on 4-h lgbtq+ inclusion
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Elliott-Engel, Jeremy (author), Westfall-Rudd, Donna (author), Kaufman, Eric (author), Seibel, Megan (author), and Radhakrishna, Rama (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- unknown
- Published:
- United States: Clemson University Press
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D12408
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Extension
- Journal Title Details:
- Vol. 59, Iss. 4
- Notes:
- 8 pages, 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.