The Grey of Social Issues, Part 1 of 2 - Interview with Joe Gutberlet
This week Julie Wagner, host of Celebrate Story! podcast, and I interview a family friend Joe Gutberlet. Joe and Julie worked together back in the early 2000's at an educational center in Maryland. Joe has gone on to get his law degree, he has worked in politics, law and education. The talk this week focuses on his growing up as a gay man in masculine and religious cultures. We also get into how media and popular culture affect growing up "different". Enjoy!
Joe Gutberlet
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Born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland, Joe graduated from UMBC with B.A. in Political Science in 2001, then taught high school history and coached debate at his alma mater in Towson, MD, and assisted at a P-12 learning center, before joining LexisNexis as an editor in Bethesda, MD. After that, Joe completed two stints in the Maryland General Assembly, punctuated by law school (graduated from Maryland Law in 2012) during which he interned for the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee and the Maryland House of Delegates Health & Government Operations Committee in Annapolis. At Maryland Law, Joe worked in the Public Health Law Clinic, fighting for stricter cigar laws in Annapolis. He joined Laureate Education in 2014, helping to monitor, analyze, and operationalize state and federal legislation and regulations related to Walden University. Joe has tutored high school students for the SAT & ACT and aided with college essays for over 20 years. He lives in Baltimore with his husband, Jamie, an architect who designs hospitals, and their dog, Goofy, & cat, Miss Adele.
