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Speaking out queer youth in focus

A photographic essay that explores a wide spectrum of experiences told from the perspective of a diverse group of young people, ages 14-24, identifying as queer (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or questioning), Speaking OUT: Queer Youth in Focus presents portraits without judgment or stereotype...

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Main Author: Smith, Rachelle Lee (Author, Photographer)
Other Authors: Gingrich, Candace (Writer of supplementary textual content), Taylor, Graeme (Writer of supplementary textual content)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Oakland, CA : San Mateo, CA : PM Press ; Reach & Teach, [2014]
Subjects:
Gay teenagers > Portraits.
Gay youth > Portraits.
Gay teenagers.
Gay youth.
Gays in popular culture.
Sexual orientation.
Gender identity.
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Summary:A photographic essay that explores a wide spectrum of experiences told from the perspective of a diverse group of young people, ages 14-24, identifying as queer (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or questioning), Speaking OUT: Queer Youth in Focus presents portraits without judgment or stereotype by eliminating environmental influence with a stark white backdrop. This backdrop acts as a blank canvas, where each subject's personal thoughts are handwritten onto the final photographic print. With more than 65 portraits photographed over a period of 10 years, the book provides rare insight into the passions, confusions, prejudices, and sorrows felt by queer youth.--Adapted from publisher's description.
Physical Description:121 pages, 7 unnumbered pages : color portraits ; 26 cm.
ISBN:1629630411 (pbk.)
9781629630410 (pbk.)
Author Notes:Rachelle Lee Smith is an award-winning photographer based in Philadelphia. Rachelle's work in Speaking OUT: Queer Youth in Focus combines her passions for activism and photography.
Candace Gingrich is an LGBT rights activist at the Human Rights Campaign. Her involvement in the movement for queer equality began when her brother, Rep. Newt Gingrich, R-GA., was elected House speaker.
Graeme Taylor skyrocketed to international attention at age fourteen when he confronted a school board for not defending gay rights in its schools. In the process, he became one of the youngest and most widely known openly gay teens in America. He was interviewed on MSNBC's Jansing & Co. and The Ellen Degeneres Show and is now the subject of a short film, Shrug.

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