the latest!
wertheyouth:
Jenecis, Age 18, Los Angeles, California.
I identify as bisexual. When I was younger I didn’t really understand sexuality. I would just identify as straight because there were no females I strongly wanted to have a relationship with. So I would tell myself to stop thinking things. I would have the same emotions if I saw a really cute boy or cute girl. For females I’d think, “It’s probably just because I want to look like her.” In my senior year of high school, I realized I didn’t want to be them, I just really felt attracted to them.
Read Jenecis’s full profile at We Are the Youth.
Photo by Laurel Golio, interview as told to Diana Scholl.
11:22 am • 15 May 2013 • 206 notes
on that midwest steez! some photos i took in iowa, nebraska and minnesota while traveling for we are the youth this past october. check out the official work at We Are the Youth — new profiles from that trip being released over the next few weeks!
1:08 pm • 8 May 2013 • 13 notes
new work on thephotographicimage, thanks Saskia!
thephotographicimage:
© Laurel Golio. I’ve interviewed Laurel for ilovethatphoto.net last year, her project We Are the Youth has some new work you should check out.
7:59 pm • 5 May 2013 • 13 notes
stoked on some new work from my recent california trip! more to come.
1:53 pm • 25 April 2013 • 9 notes
Natasha, 15, Iowa City, IA. 2nd generation punk rocker, all around rad chick. One of my favorite portraits from the Midwest trip.
1:18 pm • 24 April 2013
Back on the travel grind in a few weeks! Queers of the West Coast, get in touch! hello@wearetheyouth.org
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9:32 am • 19 March 2013 • 107 notes
wertheyouth:
Kali, Age 19, Minneapolis, MN
Photograph by Laurel Golio, Interview as told to Diana Scholl.
The reason I associate as bisexual is not that I can’t decide. But I feel weird when I say I’m bisexual because from both sides, both the gay and straight, whatever that is, people don’t take bisexual people as seriously as they do one or the other. I think it’s because of the stereotype of young, naive girls attempting to get the wrong kind of attention from guys with that, oh let’s get drunk and kiss, I’m bicurious. It’s hard to be associated with that image when I open up and tell people about my sexuality.
To read Kali’s full profile, visit We Are the Youth.
5:05 pm • 20 February 2013 • 53 notes
wertheyouth:
Jaydee, Age 16, Bellevue, Nebraska
Photograph by Laurel Golio, Interview as told to Diana Scholl.
I’m the only trans kid at school. It kind of gives me a little more pressure. What people see from me they kind of expect from other trans people. At the same time, it’s pretty awesome. I feel like I have to set an example in a way.
To read Jaydee’s full profile, visit We Are the Youth.
2:37 pm • 16 January 2013 • 53 notes
wertheyouth:
Izabela, Age 17, Lincoln, Nebraska
I’m very into Marilyn Monroe. Yes, she was successful, but she had a lot of brokenness to her. I feel like I just put on a good face, but I’m not okay sometimes. So I kind of click with her in that way. Before I went to Boys Town, I’d take pills all the time. I could stop whenever I wanted, but I didn’t want to stop. She had that problem too.
Photo by Laurel Golio, interview by Diana Scholl, 2012. Read more of Izabela’s story at wearetheyouth.org.
This is the first in a series of new We Are the Youth profiles chronicling the stories of LGBT youth in the Midwest.
11:40 am • 14 November 2012 • 19 notes
