Kristin Russo
Kristin is the CEO & Co-Founder of both Everyone Is Gay & My Kid Is Gay. She also hosted & produced the first season of First Person, a video series on gender and sexuality from PBS Digital. She co-authored the book This is a Book for Parents of Gay Kids (Chronicle, 2014), is the co-director of A-Camp, and holds a Master’s in Gender Studies from the CUNY Graduate Center in Manhattan.
Kristin’s Contributions to My Kid Is Gay
April 2017 – Interviewing Michelle Badillo from Netflix’s One Day at a Time: Part 2
March 2017 – What If Your Child “Kind Of” Comes Out?
March 2017 – Interviewing Michelle Badillo from Netflix’s One Day at a Time: Part 1
November 2016 – Nine Ways Parents & Loved Ones Can Support LGBT Kids in the Trump Era
August 2016 – Defining: Questioning
March 2016 – 10 Reasons Why You Need to Read “Sex Is a Funny Word”
December 2015 – Wait…I Don’t Have Questions!
November 2015 – My Mom + Coming Out
November 2015 – The Letter I Wish I Wrote When I Came Out
August 2015 – My Parents Don’t Want Me to Come Out to My Brother
July 2015 – Keeping My Son’s Sexuality a Secret From My Husband
October 2014 – Anxious About Family Gatherings
September 2014 – Why We Started My Kid Is Gay
August 2014 – Masculinity and Attraction
August 2014 – On Religion
July 2014 – 5 Awesome LGBT-Friendly Books for Kids
July 2014 – 7 Things That Did Not Turn Your Kid Gay
July 2014 – Gay Pride Celebrations
June 2014 – What Is PFLAG?
June 2014 – Coming Out and Faith
June 2014 – Coming Out and Losing Family Friends
May 2014 – Understanding the Word “Queer”
May 2014 – Defining Gender Terms
May 2014 – Saying You’re Sorry
May 2014 – Coming Out on Facebook
May 2014 – Being a Supportive Parent
May 2014 – Comfortable Conversations
April 2014 – I Think It’s Just a Phase
April 2014 – Defining the Gender Binary
April 2014 – When Do I Tell Friends & Family
April 2014 – Why Did He Tell Me Sooner?
April 2014 – Is My Kid Choosing to Be Gay