PROUD SURVIVOR WEEK 🏳️‍🌈 DAY FOUR Katie McNamara Casa by the Sea Ensenada, Mexico 1999 "They told me that their "experience" of me was that I was only gay because I had issues with my parents and that I was trying to get attention by being different." Many facilities in the troubled teen industry use manipulative language like this to cause confusion, guilt, and shame for LGBTQIA+ youth in their "care." Being gay is not a way to "show" your parents or guardians anything, nor is it a cry for attention. This line of thinking in youth congregate care is problematic and harmful to #queer kids and their families. We see you, Katie.🏳️‍🌈 #unsilenced #unsilencednow #weareunsilenced #troubledteenindustry #tti #iseeyousurvivor #breakingcodesilence #sicaa #proudsurvivor