Atlas Bederson and Allison Druin
Recorded
July 10, 2024
40:50 minutes
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mba000376
Description
Atlas Bederson, (19) talks with his mom Allison Druin (60), about his educational journey and her initiative to found the J.S. Bryant School, the first therapeutic high school supporting LGBTQ+ students.Subject Log / Time Code
Participants give introductions and talk about their shared interest in mental health and education.
Allison Druin (AD) remembers Atlas Bederson (AB) as an inquisitive and critical child.
(AB) talks about his educational journey the classroom settings that appealed most to him.
Participants talk about how AD is starting the J.S. Bryant School, the first therapeutic high school supporting LGBTQ+ students. AB talks about the challenges in being unable to find trans people like him to relate to at treatment centers.
AD talks about her struggle being unable to fully support AB.
AB shares why he thinks the J.S. Bryant School is going to make an impact.
AB talks about the support of relating to other trans roommates in college.
AB remembers feeling validated in his discomfort initially having a female roommate.
AD remembers how she felt getting approval from her local community to start her school.
Participants share their hopes for the future.
Participants share memories from a road trip they took between residential treatment centers.
Participants talk about drawings they made on their road trip together that reflected their hopes for the future.
Participants share a message for their future selves.
Participants
- Atlas Bederson
- Allison Druin