INTERVIEW WITH MY STUDENT: Then and now, sexual and gender identities

Sexplanations presents an interview in which Dr. Lindsey Doe talks with Em, a former student from a Human Sexuality course she taught at a university in the northwestern United States. The conversation looks back at how Em's sexual and gender identities, relationships and understanding of herself have changed over the years, and at how people develop across time. The video is divided into chapters covering becoming Dr. Doe's student, questions about teaching queer topics to children, asexuality, bisexuality and pansexuality, nonbinary identities, and navigating polyamory as an asexual person. A follow-up episode features Em asking Dr. Doe questions.

• Reflections on a former student's personal development over many years
• Chapters on asexuality, bisexuality and pansexuality, and nonbinary identities
• Discussion of navigating polyamory as an asexual person
• Part of a series; a follow-up episode has the student interviewing Dr. Doe

Em was my student many years ago when I taught Human Sexuality for a university in the northwest, USA. Before Sexplanations. She was 19 at the time, unfamiliar with the possibilities and herself. Over the years we've stayed connected and I've witnessed a budding sexologist become a full blown dahlia blossom. Em has done an extraordinary amount of exploring and realizing of sexual and gender identities, behaviors, relationships etc. Even more than what she shares in this video. I asked her to talk about this developmental experience because it's been so fascinating to me how much change takes place within a person and across time. Undoubtedly curiosity has designed a remarkable human and I'm ever so thankful for her willingness to stay curious. In the next episode, Em does the questioning of me. I gave her permission to ask anything she wanted and I think she did. Really well. Podcast interview with Em from 4 years ago: https://soundcloud.com/sexplanations/episode-67-rediscovering-who-we-are-with-the-vibrant-emily How to Get the Sex You Want - 14 https://youtu.be/xoYxd3E3UXU Video Chapters 0:00 Intro 1:06 Becoming Dr. Doe’s student 6:45 Are we teaching kids to be queer? 8:32 Am I asexual? 10:13 Bisexuality and pansexuality 12:31 Nonbinary identities 15:19 Navigating polyamory as an ace person 20:46 Outro Support Sexplanations by becoming a sexpla(i)naut: https://patreon.com/sexplanations