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emiglw"><div class="ContentHearByleContent-dpPmNn DRFq"><div data-ttid="BylWrapper" class="BylWrapper-KIudk irTIfE byl ContentHearByl-cZqgyJ bHLeKI"><p class="ByleWrapper-jWHrLH iMWgyG byle byl__byle" data-ttid="ByleWrapper" emProp="thor" emType="><span emProp="name" class="ByleNamWrapper-jbHncj fuDQVo"><span data-ttid="ByleName" class="ByleName-kwmrLn cYaBaU byle__name"><span class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ BylePreamble-iJolpQ iUEiRd hXReUT gnILss byle__preamble">By </span><a class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ BaseLk-eNWuiM ByleLk-gEnFiw iUEiRd bbbwVd fNvcOK eErqIx byle__name-lk button" href="/ntributor/k-ci-williams">K-Ci Williams</a></span></span></p></div><time data-ttid="ContentHearPublishDate" dateTime="2022-06-30T11:13:04-04:00" class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ ContentHearPublishDate-eIBicG iUEiRd ekhvDV dQlcNj">June 30, 2022</time></div></div><div class="SocialInsWrapper-hKMEXV ffgPVr social-ins social-ins--standard ContentHearAccredatnSocialIns-jorO fPzfaa ntent-hear__social-share"><ul data-ttid="socialInslist" class="SocialInsList-cHVTIA ivmblD social-ins__list"></ul></div></div></div><div class="ContentHearLeadAsset-hGbumP dDDxdb lead-asset ContentHearLeadAssetWrapper-hfXHEc Grck" data-ttid="ContentHearLeadAsset"><figure class="ContentHearLeadAssetContent-kOfYSG dRGWbI"><div class="ContentHearLeadAssetContentMedia-bLEIpi jjhWdS lead-asset__ntent__photo"><span class="SpanWrapper-umhxW jvZaPI rponsive-asset ContentHearRponsiveAsset-bREgIb hONbnm"><div data-tt="aspect-rat-ntaer" class="AspectRatContaer-bJHpJz ccdiSo"><div class="aspect-rat--overlay-ntaer"><picture class="RponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa ContentHearRponsiveAsset-bREgIb hONbnm rponsive-image"><source media="(max-width: 767px)" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w, 960w" siz="100vw"/><source media="(m-width: 768px)" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w, 960w, 1280w, 1600w, 1920w, 2240w" siz="100vw"/><img alt="Polaroids showg four queer people agast a background ma up of Polaroids of their pri tattoos." class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-image__image" src="></picture></div></div></span><div class="CaptnWrapper-jSZdqE jCUnQr ptn ContentHearLeadAssetCaptn-hPWmSN eWQmYe"><span class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ CaptnCred-ejegDm iUEiRd fEOCQm fNaHcW ptn__cred">(L-R): Ante, Dylan, Pepper, and Sam (All Photos: urty of terviewe)</span></div></div></figure></div></div><asi class="PersistentAsiWrapper-VGrR oEIBz persistent-asi persistent-asi--align-left" style="posn:absolute;top:to;height:to" data-ttid="PersistentAsiWrapper"><div class="StickyBoxWrapper-jfYB jNgrSF sticky-box ContentHearPersistentAsi-fsnAmQ dFzKzm"><div class="StickyBoxPrimary-dzWDWL cdhYoN sticky-box__primary"><div class="SocialInsWrapper-hKMEXV ffgPVr social-ins social-ins--has-background ContentHearSocialIns-jzJiyg sDfbk social-ins--share"><ul data-ttid="socialInslist" class="SocialInsList-cHVTIA ivmblD social-ins__list"></ul></div></div><div class="StickyBoxPlaceholr-grPmrg dxAvXx"></div></div></asi></hear></div><div data-attribute-verso-pattern="article-body" class="ArticlePageContentBackGround-cNiFNN kJkLmH article-body__ntent"><div class="ArticlePageChunksContent-etcMtP bwyLBj"><div data-ttid="ArticlePageChunks" class="ArticlePageChunks-fLyCVG eOdfIs"><div class="GridWrapper-cAzTTK kHBDeH grid grid-margs grid-ems-2 ArticlePageChunksGrid-hfxa bjczjj grid-layout--adrail narrow wi-adrail"><div class="GridItem-buujkM stRKV grid--em grid-layout__ntent"><div class="BodyWrapper-kufPGa XtZXd body body__ntaer article__body" data-journey-hook="client-ntent" data-ttid="BodyWrapper"><div class="body__ner-ntaer"><p>When 19-year-old Ante sat down to receive one of her “pri tattoos,” she experienced a myriad of feelgs, at once both a sh of excement and a flood of nerv. “It’s always sry to put tst like that someone when ’s gog to be on you forever,” she tells <em>Teen Vogue</em>. Receivg her tattoo marked the end of a journey, the last brick a road walked wh the tattoo artist, g an art style she loved, a fal sign that appeared remiscent of her personaly, and a msage that uld transcend her now ked sk. Ante’s tattoo, like so many others, heralds the begng of a new journey — a path she will fe herself, livg proudly her <a href=" target="_blank">sexualy</a>.</p><div><div class="ConsumerMarketgUnThemedWrapper-iUTMTf jssHut nsumer-marketg-un nsumer-marketg-un--article-mid-ntent" role="prentatn" aria-hidn="te"><div class="nsumer-marketg-un__slot nsumer-marketg-un__slot--article-mid-ntent nsumer-marketg-un__slot---ntent"></div><div class="journey-un"></div></div></div><p>Historilly, tattoos have faced a fierce stigma many muni. When people nnect the art of tattoog wh the ncept of queerns, they might njure the work of <a href=">Samuel Steward</a>, who tattooed the Hells Angels and kept track of his sexual enunters, or the reclamatn of the <a href=">pk triangle</a>, a badge once ed by Nazis to brand gay people. In recent tim, wh the emergence of the <a href=">QTTR tag</a>, queer people n fd artists who are also queer, who n take a more lived- and sensive approach to workg wh clients, pecially those who may live wh body-associated trmas. Pri is on display through the tattoos of young people, each wh their own story, jt like Ante’s.</p><p>Ante’s tattoo is a fe le sign of two girls, dancg closely together, fac turned toward one another. Streaks of purple n through, givg life and spir. “My queerns has always been a big part of my life and had been somethg I was proud of,” Ante explas. “The two people the tattoo beg girls exprsed my sexualy that didn't need to be explaed words, and their dancg symbolized an timacy and softns that I hope to fd wh someone one day.”</p><div class="GenericCalloutWrapper-tojWn fZqjkZ llout--has-top-borr" data-ttid="GenericCallout"><figure class="AssetEmbedWrapper-eVDQiB byBkf asset-embed"><div class="AssetEmbedAssetContaer-eJxoAx dBHGoQ asset-embed__asset-ntaer"><span class="SpanWrapper-umhxW kGxnNB rponsive-asset AssetEmbedRponsiveAsset-cXBNxi eCxVQK asset-embed__rponsive-asset"><picture class="RponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa AssetEmbedRponsiveAsset-cXBNxi eCxVQK asset-embed__rponsive-asset rponsive-image"><noscript><img alt="Image may nta Sk and Tattoo" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-image__image" src=" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w, 960w, 1280w, 1600w" siz="100vw"/></noscript></picture></span></div></figure></div><p>“Growg up, I loved tattoos,” Ante says. “I always have and always planned on gettg plenty, even if most of my fay thought that they were ‘ugly’ and 'a waste of money,’ I liked them and knew what they meant for me.” She was drawn to the notn of havg betiful art stay on her body forever, and don’t plan to tat the memory of what earned a place on her sk wh future regret. She’s thankful that the LGBTQ+ muny has arrived where we are today, to be able to partake celebratns together, openly and eely, but she suffers no lns of granur. “We have a long way to go to be equals and not be looked down upon by some for beg who we are and lovg who we love.”</p><div class="Contaer-bkChBi byNLHx"></div><p>Ante’s words land wh bte force, barrellg to the future we’re all wishg for. “I am worthy of beg who I am whout fear of other people's words or beliefs filterg through my own,” she says. “My love is a powerful thg and I have learned that I should not feel an ounce of shame for whoever may serve . I want everyone to be happy wh who they are and to be te to themselv, even if that mak other people uneasy. Maybe they have some learng to do too.”</p></div></div></div><div class="GridItem-buujkM fVLMby grid--em grid-layout__asi"><div class="StickyBoxWrapper-jfYB kNleGZ sticky-box"><div class="StickyBoxPrimary-dzWDWL cdhYoN sticky-box__primary"><div class="Contaer-bkChBi byNLHx"></div><div class="AdWrapper-dQtivb fZrssQ ad ad--rail"><div class="ad__slot ad__slot--rail" data-no-id="ztmte"></div></div><div class="ConsumerMarketgUnThemedWrapper-iUTMTf jssHut nsumer-marketg-un nsumer-marketg-un--display-rail" role="prentatn" aria-hidn="te"><div class="nsumer-marketg-un__slot nsumer-marketg-un__slot--display-rail"></div><div class="journey-un"></div></div></div><div class="StickyBoxPlaceholr-grPmrg dxAvXx"></div></div></div></div><div class="RowWrapper-UmqTg HEhan full-bleed-ad row-mid-ntent-ad"><div class="StickyMidContentAdWrapper-fSBzwl drzyIa ad-stickymidntent"><div class="AdWrapper-dQtivb fZrssQ ad ad--mid-ntent should-hold-space"><div class="ad__slot ad__slot--mid-ntent" data-no-id="xjtap8"></div></div></div></div><div class="GridWrapper-cAzTTK kHBDeH grid grid-margs grid-ems-2 ArticlePageChunksGrid-hfxa bjczjj grid-layout--adrail narrow wi-adrail"><div class="GridItem-buujkM stRKV grid--em grid-layout__ntent"><div class="BodyWrapper-kufPGa XtZXd body body__ntaer article__body" data-journey-hook="client-ntent" data-ttid="BodyWrapper"><div class="body__ner-ntaer"><p>29-year-old Dylan liv Washgton DC and this year is celebratg his fourth Pri month as an out gay man. Growg up as a Black-Filipo kid a mostly whe area, tattoos were stigmatized his muny, so his path to “ftg ” meant pretendg he hated them. “I was nstantly ma to feel like I had to hi many parts of my inty and assiate and nform,” Dylan tells <em>Teen Vogue</em>. Comg om a Catholic fay and attendg relig stctn lived ntentn wh his attempts to navigate his sexualy: “I never felt like myself.”</p><div class="AdWrapper-dQtivb fZrssQ ad ad---ntent"><div class="ad__slot ad__slot---ntent" data-no-id="757wb"></div></div><p>Once Dylan turned 18 and left for llege, he got his first k and never looked back. Five tattoos later, after g out to his mom, he felt the thrill of stg the chair and lappg up the good pa, as he puts . He left his ssn wh the image of an alien, siar to the emoji, shad on his arm. “I felt lost and lonely for many years and the tattoo symboliz the acceptance of all my differenc that make up who I am, pecially my queerns, and celebrat that I’m not like other people,” he says.</p><div class="GenericCalloutWrapper-tojWn fZqjkZ llout--has-top-borr" data-ttid="GenericCallout"><figure class="AssetEmbedWrapper-eVDQiB byBkf asset-embed"><div class="AssetEmbedAssetContaer-eJxoAx dBHGoQ asset-embed__asset-ntaer"><span class="SpanWrapper-umhxW kGxnNB rponsive-asset AssetEmbedRponsiveAsset-cXBNxi eCxVQK asset-embed__rponsive-asset"><picture class="RponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa AssetEmbedRponsiveAsset-cXBNxi eCxVQK asset-embed__rponsive-asset rponsive-image"><noscript><img alt="Image may nta Sk Arm Human Person and Tattoo" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-image__image" src=" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w, 960w, 1280w, 1600w" siz="100vw"/></noscript></picture></span></div></figure></div><p>Much like Ante, he don’t buy to the notn that “you’ll regret when you’re olr,” stead revelg the versn of himself at that specific pot time, ptured like a snapshot on his sk. “The tattoo existg is a story self,” he says. Dylan knows that tattoos are a betiful form of exprsn. “It’s pure art. Some have credible stori and ep meang, and others are for athetic, but eher way, they're f*ckg awome.”</p><div data-attr-viewport-monor="le-recirc" class="le-recirc-wrapper le-recirc-observer-target-1 viewport-monor-anchor"></div><p>The days, Dylan vts his time an array of queer media, each one facilatg the healg he’s always served. “When I was younger I really had engraed my md that I would never ever say the words ‘I’m gay’ out loud. As long as I did this or that and acted a certa way I uld put up wh the fa forever,” he says. Dylan always wanted to f , but now he lights his unique self. He is his younger self’s wilst dream.</p><p>19-year-old Tanis, om Vanuver, Canada, wears the chemil stcture of trogen on her arm. She had the tattoo done around the time of her two-and-a-half-year anniversary of startg HRT. “It’s a way I show my transfemme pri a creative way,” she tells <em>Teen Vogue</em>. It’s an in of her pri, llg a part of her that is “unchangeable and erasable.” The permanence of a tattoo seems to echo Tanis’s joy fully relishg her tth: “I felt anx to have this done, but I knew I wanted this as a way of sayg that I'm my te self now, and nothg n change that no matter what.”</p><div class="GenericCalloutWrapper-tojWn fZqjkZ llout--has-top-borr" data-ttid="GenericCallout"><figure class="AssetEmbedWrapper-eVDQiB byBkf asset-embed"><div class="AssetEmbedAssetContaer-eJxoAx dBHGoQ asset-embed__asset-ntaer"><span class="SpanWrapper-umhxW kGxnNB rponsive-asset AssetEmbedRponsiveAsset-cXBNxi eCxVQK asset-embed__rponsive-asset"><picture class="RponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa AssetEmbedRponsiveAsset-cXBNxi eCxVQK asset-embed__rponsive-asset rponsive-image"><noscript><img alt="Image may nta Sk and Arm" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-image__image" src=" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w, 960w, 1280w, 1600w" siz="100vw"/></noscript></picture></span></div></figure></div><p>Tanis’s journey hasn’t always been smooth sailg. She’s e close to havg her transn stopped or slowed down, but she’s now found a renewed sense of happs, havg rid herself of the thgs that prevented her om standg her tth. “I knew I never wanted to go back for years, and [this tattoo] was somethg I got to tly celebrate that fact,” she says. 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class="ClampWrapper-kZxfkB hTTNGO clamp SummaryItemHedBase-hiFYpQ fMpli summary-em__hed"><div class="ClampContent-hilPkr jVhSBH"><div class="SummaryItemHedTag-TWblf gxaOcP" data-ttid="SummaryItemHed">Why Are Celebs Droppg Soter Brn?</div></div></div></a><div class="SummaryItemByleWrapper-boCfbi hYsZi summary-em__byle-date-in"><div class="SummaryItemBaseByle-fFbXkY dhnQGM summary-em__byle"><div class="summary-em__byle__ntent"><div data-ttid="BylWrapper" class="BylWrapper-KIudk irTIfE byl"><p class="ByleWrapper-jWHrLH gETtIb byle byl__byle" data-ttid="ByleWrapper" emProp="thor" emType="><span emProp="name" class="ByleNamWrapper-jbHncj fuDQVo"><span data-ttid="ByleName" class="ByleName-kwmrLn cYaBaU byle__name"><span class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ BylePreamble-iJolpQ iUEiRd hXReUT gnILss byle__preamble">By </span>Kara Nvig</span></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></li><li><div class="SummaryItemWrapper-iwvBff gttRzJ summary-em summary-em--has-borr 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Birthday the Cheekit Way</div></div></div></a><div class="SummaryItemByleWrapper-boCfbi hYsZi summary-em__byle-date-in"><div class="SummaryItemBaseByle-fFbXkY dhnQGM summary-em__byle"><div class="summary-em__byle__ntent"><div data-ttid="BylWrapper" class="BylWrapper-KIudk irTIfE byl"><p class="ByleWrapper-jWHrLH gETtIb byle byl__byle" data-ttid="ByleWrapper" emProp="thor" emType="><span emProp="name" class="ByleNamWrapper-jbHncj fuDQVo"><span data-ttid="ByleName" class="ByleName-kwmrLn cYaBaU byle__name"><span class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ BylePreamble-iJolpQ iUEiRd hXReUT gnILss byle__preamble">By </span>Ashleigh Carter</span></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></li><li><div class="SummaryItemWrapper-iwvBff gttRzJ summary-em summary-em--has-borr summary-em--ARTICLE summary-em--no-in summary-em--text-align-left summary-em--layout-placement-si-by-si summary-em--layout-posn-image-left summary-em--layout-proportns-33-66 summary-em--si-by-si-align-center 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class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-image__image" src="></noscript></picture></div></div></span></a></div><div class="SummaryItemContent-eiDYMl clSLtF summary-em__ntent"><div class="RubricWrapper-dKmCNX jCrIBQ bric SummaryItemRubric-dguGKN lapGFj summary-em__bric"><span class="RubricName-fVtemz cLxcNi">Celebry Style</span></div><a class="SummaryItemHedLk-civM gxGu summary-em-trackg__hed-lk summary-em__hed-lk" data-ponent-type="recirc-river" data-recirc-id="em-hed-3" data-recirc-pattern="summary-em" href=" target="_self"><div data-ttid="ClampWrapper" class="ClampWrapper-kZxfkB hTTNGO clamp SummaryItemHedBase-hiFYpQ fMpli summary-em__hed"><div class="ClampContent-hilPkr jVhSBH"><div class="SummaryItemHedTag-TWblf gxaOcP" data-ttid="SummaryItemHed">Kylie Jenner Went Full Lemon Girl a Ty Yellow Thong Biki</div></div></div></a><div class="SummaryItemByleWrapper-boCfbi hYsZi summary-em__byle-date-in"><div class="SummaryItemBaseByle-fFbXkY dhnQGM summary-em__byle"><div class="summary-em__byle__ntent"><div data-ttid="BylWrapper" class="BylWrapper-KIudk irTIfE byl"><p class="ByleWrapper-jWHrLH gETtIb byle byl__byle" data-ttid="ByleWrapper" emProp="thor" emType="><span emProp="name" class="ByleNamWrapper-jbHncj fuDQVo"><span data-ttid="ByleName" class="ByleName-kwmrLn cYaBaU byle__name"><span class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ BylePreamble-iJolpQ iUEiRd hXReUT gnILss byle__preamble">By </span>Ey Tannenbm</span></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></li><li><div class="AdWrapper-dQtivb fZrssQ RecircMostPopularSummaryItem-jQxxiw dabqgR ad ad--asi"><div class="ad__slot ad__slot--asi" data-no-id="f26hq"></div></div></li></ul><div class="RecircMostPopularFooter-enPjgs gvTU"></div></div></div></div><div class="StickyBoxPlaceholr-grPmrg dxAvXx"></div></div></div></div><div class="RowWrapper-UmqTg HEhan full-bleed-ad row-mid-ntent-ad"><div class="StickyMidContentAdWrapper-fSBzwl drzyIa ad-stickymidntent"><div class="AdWrapper-dQtivb fZrssQ ad ad--mid-ntent should-hold-space"><div class="ad__slot ad__slot--mid-ntent" data-no-id="v26ob"></div></div></div></div><div class="GridWrapper-cAzTTK kHBDeH grid grid-margs grid-ems-2 ArticlePageChunksGrid-hfxa bjczjj grid-layout--adrail narrow wi-adrail"><div class="GridItem-buujkM stRKV grid--em grid-layout__ntent"><div class="BodyWrapper-kufPGa XtZXd body body__ntaer article__body" data-journey-hook="client-ntent" data-ttid="BodyWrapper"><div class="body__ner-ntaer"><p>“In the end, this tattoo reprents a new era for myself, ee to be myself unapologetilly,” Tanis says, after listeng to her fay’s ncerns that the tattoo would be unprofsnal and rult misgenrg — she got anyway. Comg up on four years of beg a trans woman, Tanis has learned that rootg herself the strength of who she is will be the bt way to rebel agast risg transphobia, that nothg n make her surrenr. Tanis reflects on what’s next: “I’m gog to make the future bright for all of .”</p><p>For 29-year-old Pepper om At, Texas, tattoos are a way for them to state their inty as an agenr person. Asi om their tattoo of a leral pepper, ’s the black, whe, and green squiggly l the shape of a square that symboliz their inty. “The are the lors of the agenr flag, m grey bee I wanted to stick to three lors,” Pepper tells <em>Teen Vogue</em>.</p><p>Tattoos were stigmatized where Pepper grew up. Their mom hated them and was “big mad” when Pepper got their first k, but they don’t re about people’s opns the days. “I’m too old for now!”</p><div class="GenericCalloutWrapper-tojWn fZqjkZ llout--has-top-borr" data-ttid="GenericCallout"><figure class="AssetEmbedWrapper-eVDQiB byBkf asset-embed"><div class="AssetEmbedAssetContaer-eJxoAx dBHGoQ asset-embed__asset-ntaer"><span class="SpanWrapper-umhxW kGxnNB rponsive-asset AssetEmbedRponsiveAsset-cXBNxi eCxVQK asset-embed__rponsive-asset"><picture class="RponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa AssetEmbedRponsiveAsset-cXBNxi eCxVQK asset-embed__rponsive-asset rponsive-image"><noscript><img alt="Image may nta Sk and Tattoo" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-image__image" src=" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w, 960w, 1280w, 1600w" siz="100vw"/></noscript></picture></span></div></figure></div><p>Pepper had been followg <a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a>, who is a QTTR, on Instagram for a while and fally had a chance to be tattooed by them via the stick-and-poke technique — meang no electric mach were ed — durg the artist’s gut rincy At. “It felt unreal gettg done and knowg I was subtly tellg the world my inty,” Pepper says. “I also like the symbolism of a chaotic energy beg nfed to an visible box, which is how felt livg as a girl while knowg somehow that I’m not a girl.”</p><p>“I’ve been reflectg on how my queer inty has grown over the years,” they expla. “I always intified as queer first, but that’s bee I didn’t have the words for, ‘I’m Pepper, not a girl or a boy, but simply Pepper.’” Wh the pepper tattooed on one arm, and squiggl a square on the other, Pepper has found their tth: “This is my first Pri where I know fully who I am and I’m exced that I n show the world.”</p><div data-attr-viewport-monor="le-recirc" class="le-recirc-wrapper le-recirc-observer-target-2 viewport-monor-anchor"></div><p>18-year-old Sam is an artist om Stockholm whose tattoo is simple appearance but holds a wealth of meang. On his left hand, he sports a double sey tattoo — two closg parenth separated by a lon the middle. The symbol is borrowed om the <a href=">Thai BL seri <em>Bad Buddy</em></a>, a wholome and posive romance, which the ma character Pran to gge his mood. It’s a world that v imagatn and the normalizatn of queerns, where characters love who they love. “As someone wh a very fluctuatg inty and sexualy, I don’t feel very fortable wh labels, so I'm not actually out to my iends and fay,” Sam tells <em>Teen Vogue</em>, hence their altered self-portra.</p><div class="GenericCalloutWrapper-tojWn fZqjkZ llout--has-top-borr" data-ttid="GenericCallout"><figure class="AssetEmbedWrapper-eVDQiB byBkf asset-embed"><div class="AssetEmbedAssetContaer-eJxoAx dBHGoQ asset-embed__asset-ntaer"><span class="SpanWrapper-umhxW kGxnNB rponsive-asset AssetEmbedRponsiveAsset-cXBNxi eCxVQK asset-embed__rponsive-asset"><picture class="RponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa AssetEmbedRponsiveAsset-cXBNxi eCxVQK asset-embed__rponsive-asset rponsive-image"><noscript><img alt="Image may nta Arm Sk Heel Tub Bathtub Fger and Hand" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-image__image" src=" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w, 960w, 1280w, 1600w" siz="100vw"/></noscript></picture></span></div></figure></div><p>This Pri month is Sam’s first as a legal adult and ’s given his md the space to be ee his existence as a person beyond labels. “I’m focg on not nstrictg myself to labels and allowg myself to feel and experience everythg around me and si me,” he says.</p></div></div></div><div class="GridItem-buujkM fVLMby grid--em grid-layout__asi"><div class="StickyBoxWrapper-jfYB jxBcTH sticky-box"><div class="StickyBoxPrimary-dzWDWL cdhYoN sticky-box__primary"><div class="AdWrapper-dQtivb fZrssQ ad ad--rail"><div class="ad__slot ad__slot--rail" data-no-id="2177h"></div></div><div class="ConsumerMarketgUnThemedWrapper-iUTMTf jssHut nsumer-marketg-un nsumer-marketg-un--display-rail" role="prentatn" aria-hidn="te"><div class="nsumer-marketg-un__slot nsumer-marketg-un__slot--display-rail"></div><div class="journey-un"></div></div><div data-attr-viewport-monor="" class="RecircMostPopularWrapper-bRuGTi jkTTgR recirc-most-popular-wrapper 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siz="100vw"/><source media="(m-width: 768px)" srcSet="" siz="100vw"/><img alt="Kylie Jenner Went Full Lemon Girl a Ty Yellow Thong Biki" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-image__image" src="></noscript></picture></div></div></span></a></div><div class="SummaryItemContent-eiDYMl clSLtF summary-em__ntent"><div class="RubricWrapper-dKmCNX jCrIBQ bric SummaryItemRubric-dguGKN lapGFj summary-em__bric"><span class="RubricName-fVtemz cLxcNi">Celebry Style</span></div><a class="SummaryItemHedLk-civM gxGu summary-em-trackg__hed-lk summary-em__hed-lk" data-ponent-type="recirc-river" data-recirc-id="em-hed-3" data-recirc-pattern="summary-em" href=" target="_self"><div data-ttid="ClampWrapper" class="ClampWrapper-kZxfkB hTTNGO clamp SummaryItemHedBase-hiFYpQ fMpli summary-em__hed"><div class="ClampContent-hilPkr jVhSBH"><div class="SummaryItemHedTag-TWblf gxaOcP" data-ttid="SummaryItemHed">Kylie Jenner Went Full Lemon Girl a Ty Yellow Thong Biki</div></div></div></a><div class="SummaryItemByleWrapper-boCfbi hYsZi summary-em__byle-date-in"><div class="SummaryItemBaseByle-fFbXkY dhnQGM summary-em__byle"><div class="summary-em__byle__ntent"><div data-ttid="BylWrapper" class="BylWrapper-KIudk irTIfE byl"><p class="ByleWrapper-jWHrLH gETtIb byle byl__byle" data-ttid="ByleWrapper" emProp="thor" emType="><span emProp="name" class="ByleNamWrapper-jbHncj fuDQVo"><span data-ttid="ByleName" class="ByleName-kwmrLn cYaBaU byle__name"><span class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ BylePreamble-iJolpQ iUEiRd hXReUT gnILss byle__preamble">By </span>Ey Tannenbm</span></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></li><li><div class="AdWrapper-dQtivb fZrssQ RecircMostPopularSummaryItem-jQxxiw dabqgR ad ad--asi"><div class="ad__slot ad__slot--asi" data-no-id="8fdq6"></div></div></li></ul><div class="RecircMostPopularFooter-enPjgs gvTU"></div></div></div></div><div class="StickyBoxPlaceholr-grPmrg dxAvXx"></div></div></div></div><div class="RowWrapper-UmqTg HEhan full-bleed-ad row-mid-ntent-ad"><div class="StickyMidContentAdWrapper-fSBzwl drzyIa ad-stickymidntent"><div class="AdWrapper-dQtivb fZrssQ ad ad--mid-ntent should-hold-space"><div class="ad__slot ad__slot--mid-ntent" data-no-id="o8ks1m"></div></div></div></div><div class="GridWrapper-cAzTTK kHBDeH grid grid-margs grid-ems-2 ArticlePageChunksGrid-hfxa bjczjj grid-layout--adrail narrow wi-adrail"><div class="GridItem-buujkM stRKV grid--em grid-layout__ntent"><div class="BodyWrapper-kufPGa XtZXd body body__ntaer article__body" data-journey-hook="client-ntent" data-ttid="BodyWrapper"><div class="body__ner-ntaer"><p>Through his nsumptn of queer media like <em>Bad Buddy</em>, Sam feels a stirrg eedom wnsg a love like Pat and Pran’s, knowg was ma wh people like him md. “This type of queer phoria took over me,” Sam says of gettg the sey tattoo, his fifth so far.</p><p>While <a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Sam’s digal artworks</a> tail the galaxy Pat’s ey and the proportns of Pran’s waist, his tattoo tells the same story fewer strok. To the uniated, ’s a sey, but a more discreet “IYKYK” fashn, ’s also a physil marker of his queerns. “It was unlike any of my other tattoos where stung,” he says. “It was like I was flyg, a big sense of liberty and pri. The feelg gave me should be immortalized, which is exactly why I got .”</p><p>Beg queer myself, when I thk of tattoos, I’m remd of my dad and his tattoo sleev. On the right, his post-lonial inty, pop culture ins, and the thgs he enjoys. On the left, <em>tā moko</em>, a symbol of his digeney as a Māori man. I’m remd of the empty space he’s kept for his next tattoo. A rabow. I uld not fathom why he, of all people, would choose to mark his sk wh that. Then he told me: “For my gay son.”</p><div class="GenericCalloutWrapper-tojWn fZqjkZ llout--has-top-borr" data-ttid="GenericCallout"><figure class="AssetEmbedWrapper-eVDQiB byBkf asset-embed"><div class="AssetEmbedAssetContaer-eJxoAx dBHGoQ asset-embed__asset-ntaer"><span class="SpanWrapper-umhxW kGxnNB rponsive-asset AssetEmbedRponsiveAsset-cXBNxi eCxVQK asset-embed__rponsive-asset"><picture class="RponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa AssetEmbedRponsiveAsset-cXBNxi eCxVQK asset-embed__rponsive-asset rponsive-image"><noscript><img alt="Pri Tattoos Are a Symbol of Rilience for Queer People Their Fai" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-image__image" src=" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w, 960w, 1280w, 1600w" siz="100vw"/></noscript></picture></span></div></figure></div><p>I don’t have any tattoos like my dad. My sk don’t yet exhib my inty by k. But when I look to the future, I image receivg my <em>tā moko</em>. I see signs of ternnected <em>ko</em>, like a silver fern ond all s spiralg, unfurlg bety, and tells the story of my fay and where we e om. Those markgs will pay homage to my <em>takatāpui</em> anctors, queer people who lived eely before lonizatn. I image walkg to the next phase of my life and jog young men like Sam and Dylan their ked joy, wearg our queerns wh pri. Ink has always been a means to tell our stori, and works as well on the sk as do on paper.</p><p><strong>Let sli to your DMs.</strong> <a href=">Sign up for the <em>Teen Vogue</em> daily email</a>.</p><p><strong>Want more om</strong> <em><strong>Teen Vogue</strong></em><strong>? 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Polaroids of their pri tattoos." class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-image__image" src="></picture></div></div></span><div class="CaptnWrapper-jSZdqE jCUnQr ptn ContentHearLeadAssetCaptn-hPWmSN eWQmYe"><span class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ CaptnCred-ejegDm iUEiRd fEOCQm fNaHcW ptn__cred">(L-R): Ante, Dylan, Pepper, and Sam (All Photos: urty of terviewe)</span></div></div></figure></div></div><asi class="PersistentAsiWrapper-VGrR oEIBz persistent-asi persistent-asi--align-left" style="posn:absolute;top:to;height:to" data-ttid="PersistentAsiWrapper"><div class="StickyBoxWrapper-jfYB jNgrSF sticky-box ContentHearPersistentAsi-fsnAmQ dFzKzm"><div class="StickyBoxPrimary-dzWDWL cdhYoN sticky-box__primary"><div class="SocialInsWrapper-hKMEXV ffgPVr social-ins social-ins--has-background ContentHearSocialIns-jzJiyg sDfbk social-ins--share"><ul data-ttid="socialInslist" class="SocialInsList-cHVTIA ivmblD social-ins__list"></ul></div></div><div class="StickyBoxPlaceholr-grPmrg dxAvXx"></div></div></asi></hear></div><div data-attribute-verso-pattern="article-body" class="ArticlePageContentBackGround-cNiFNN kJkLmH article-body__ntent"><div class="ArticlePageChunksContent-etcMtP bwyLBj"><div data-ttid="ArticlePageChunks" class="ArticlePageChunks-fLyCVG eOdfIs"><div class="GridWrapper-cAzTTK kHBDeH grid grid-margs grid-ems-2 ArticlePageChunksGrid-hfxa bjczjj grid-layout--adrail narrow wi-adrail"><div class="GridItem-buujkM stRKV grid--em grid-layout__ntent"><div class="BodyWrapper-kufPGa XtZXd body body__ntaer article__body" data-journey-hook="client-ntent" data-ttid="BodyWrapper"><div class="body__ner-ntaer"><p>When 19-year-old Ante sat down to receive one of her “pri tattoos,” she experienced a myriad of feelgs, at once both a sh of excement and a flood of nerv. “It’s always sry to put tst like that someone when ’s gog to be on you forever,” she tells <em>Teen Vogue</em>. Receivg her tattoo marked the end of a journey, the last brick a road walked wh the tattoo artist, g an art style she loved, a fal sign that appeared remiscent of her personaly, and a msage that uld transcend her now ked sk. Ante’s tattoo, like so many others, heralds the begng of a new journey — a path she will fe herself, livg proudly her <a href=" target="_blank">sexualy</a>.</p><div><div class="ConsumerMarketgUnThemedWrapper-iUTMTf jssHut nsumer-marketg-un nsumer-marketg-un--article-mid-ntent" role="prentatn" aria-hidn="te"><div class="nsumer-marketg-un__slot nsumer-marketg-un__slot--article-mid-ntent nsumer-marketg-un__slot---ntent"></div><div class="journey-un"></div></div></div><p>Historilly, tattoos have faced a fierce stigma many muni. When people nnect the art of tattoog wh the ncept of queerns, they might njure the work of <a href=">Samuel Steward</a>, who tattooed the Hells Angels and kept track of his sexual enunters, or the reclamatn of the <a href=">pk triangle</a>, a badge once ed by Nazis to brand gay people. In recent tim, wh the emergence of the <a href=">QTTR tag</a>, queer people n fd artists who are also queer, who n take a more lived- and sensive approach to workg wh clients, pecially those who may live wh body-associated trmas. Pri is on display through the tattoos of young people, each wh their own story, jt like Ante’s.</p><p>Ante’s tattoo is a fe le sign of two girls, dancg closely together, fac turned toward one another. Streaks of purple n through, givg life and spir. “My queerns has always been a big part of my life and had been somethg I was proud of,” Ante explas. “The two people the tattoo beg girls exprsed my sexualy that didn't need to be explaed words, and their dancg symbolized an timacy and softns that I hope to fd wh someone one day.”</p><div class="GenericCalloutWrapper-tojWn fZqjkZ llout--has-top-borr" data-ttid="GenericCallout"><figure class="AssetEmbedWrapper-eVDQiB byBkf asset-embed"><div class="AssetEmbedAssetContaer-eJxoAx dBHGoQ asset-embed__asset-ntaer"><span class="SpanWrapper-umhxW kGxnNB rponsive-asset AssetEmbedRponsiveAsset-cXBNxi eCxVQK asset-embed__rponsive-asset"><picture class="RponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa AssetEmbedRponsiveAsset-cXBNxi eCxVQK asset-embed__rponsive-asset rponsive-image"><noscript><img alt="Image may nta Sk and Tattoo" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-image__image" src=" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w, 960w, 1280w, 1600w" siz="100vw"/></noscript></picture></span></div></figure></div><p>“Growg up, I loved tattoos,” Ante says. “I always have and always planned on gettg plenty, even if most of my fay thought that they were ‘ugly’ and 'a waste of money,’ I liked them and knew what they meant for me.” She was drawn to the notn of havg betiful art stay on her body forever, and don’t plan to tat the memory of what earned a place on her sk wh future regret. She’s thankful that the LGBTQ+ muny has arrived where we are today, to be able to partake celebratns together, openly and eely, but she suffers no lns of granur. “We have a long way to go to be equals and not be looked down upon by some for beg who we are and lovg who we love.”</p><div class="Contaer-bkChBi byNLHx"></div><p>Ante’s words land wh bte force, barrellg to the future we’re all wishg for. “I am worthy of beg who I am whout fear of other people's words or beliefs filterg through my own,” she says. “My love is a powerful thg and I have learned that I should not feel an ounce of shame for whoever may serve . I want everyone to be happy wh who they are and to be te to themselv, even if that mak other people uneasy. Maybe they have some learng to do too.”</p></div></div></div><div class="GridItem-buujkM fVLMby grid--em grid-layout__asi"><div class="StickyBoxWrapper-jfYB kNleGZ sticky-box"><div class="StickyBoxPrimary-dzWDWL cdhYoN sticky-box__primary"><div class="Contaer-bkChBi byNLHx"></div><div class="AdWrapper-dQtivb fZrssQ ad ad--rail"><div class="ad__slot ad__slot--rail" data-no-id="ztmte"></div></div><div class="ConsumerMarketgUnThemedWrapper-iUTMTf jssHut nsumer-marketg-un nsumer-marketg-un--display-rail" role="prentatn" aria-hidn="te"><div class="nsumer-marketg-un__slot nsumer-marketg-un__slot--display-rail"></div><div class="journey-un"></div></div></div><div class="StickyBoxPlaceholr-grPmrg dxAvXx"></div></div></div></div><div class="RowWrapper-UmqTg HEhan full-bleed-ad row-mid-ntent-ad"><div class="StickyMidContentAdWrapper-fSBzwl drzyIa ad-stickymidntent"><div class="AdWrapper-dQtivb fZrssQ ad ad--mid-ntent should-hold-space"><div class="ad__slot ad__slot--mid-ntent" data-no-id="xjtap8"></div></div></div></div><div class="GridWrapper-cAzTTK kHBDeH grid grid-margs grid-ems-2 ArticlePageChunksGrid-hfxa bjczjj grid-layout--adrail narrow wi-adrail"><div class="GridItem-buujkM stRKV grid--em grid-layout__ntent"><div class="BodyWrapper-kufPGa XtZXd body body__ntaer article__body" data-journey-hook="client-ntent" data-ttid="BodyWrapper"><div class="body__ner-ntaer"><p>29-year-old Dylan liv Washgton DC and this year is celebratg his fourth Pri month as an out gay man. Growg up as a Black-Filipo kid a mostly whe area, tattoos were stigmatized his muny, so his path to “ftg ” meant pretendg he hated them. “I was nstantly ma to feel like I had to hi many parts of my inty and assiate and nform,” Dylan tells <em>Teen Vogue</em>. Comg om a Catholic fay and attendg relig stctn lived ntentn wh his attempts to navigate his sexualy: “I never felt like myself.”</p><div class="AdWrapper-dQtivb fZrssQ ad ad---ntent"><div class="ad__slot ad__slot---ntent" data-no-id="757wb"></div></div><p>Once Dylan turned 18 and left for llege, he got his first k and never looked back. Five tattoos later, after g out to his mom, he felt the thrill of stg the chair and lappg up the good pa, as he puts . He left his ssn wh the image of an alien, siar to the emoji, shad on his arm. “I felt lost and lonely for many years and the tattoo symboliz the acceptance of all my differenc that make up who I am, pecially my queerns, and celebrat that I’m not like other people,” he says.</p><div class="GenericCalloutWrapper-tojWn fZqjkZ llout--has-top-borr" data-ttid="GenericCallout"><figure class="AssetEmbedWrapper-eVDQiB byBkf asset-embed"><div class="AssetEmbedAssetContaer-eJxoAx dBHGoQ asset-embed__asset-ntaer"><span class="SpanWrapper-umhxW kGxnNB rponsive-asset AssetEmbedRponsiveAsset-cXBNxi eCxVQK asset-embed__rponsive-asset"><picture class="RponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa AssetEmbedRponsiveAsset-cXBNxi eCxVQK asset-embed__rponsive-asset rponsive-image"><noscript><img alt="Image may nta Sk Arm Human Person and Tattoo" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-image__image" src=" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w, 960w, 1280w, 1600w" siz="100vw"/></noscript></picture></span></div></figure></div><p>Much like Ante, he don’t buy to the notn that “you’ll regret when you’re olr,” stead revelg the versn of himself at that specific pot time, ptured like a snapshot on his sk. “The tattoo existg is a story self,” he says. Dylan knows that tattoos are a betiful form of exprsn. “It’s pure art. Some have credible stori and ep meang, and others are for athetic, but eher way, they're f*ckg awome.”</p><div data-attr-viewport-monor="le-recirc" class="le-recirc-wrapper le-recirc-observer-target-1 viewport-monor-anchor"></div><p>The days, Dylan vts his time an array of queer media, each one facilatg the healg he’s always served. “When I was younger I really had engraed my md that I would never ever say the words ‘I’m gay’ out loud. As long as I did this or that and acted a certa way I uld put up wh the fa forever,” he says. Dylan always wanted to f , but now he lights his unique self. He is his younger self’s wilst dream.</p><p>19-year-old Tanis, om Vanuver, Canada, wears the chemil stcture of trogen on her arm. She had the tattoo done around the time of her two-and-a-half-year anniversary of startg HRT. “It’s a way I show my transfemme pri a creative way,” she tells <em>Teen Vogue</em>. It’s an in of her pri, llg a part of her that is “unchangeable and erasable.” The permanence of a tattoo seems to echo Tanis’s joy fully relishg her tth: “I felt anx to have this done, but I knew I wanted this as a way of sayg that I'm my te self now, and nothg n change that no matter what.”</p><div class="GenericCalloutWrapper-tojWn fZqjkZ llout--has-top-borr" data-ttid="GenericCallout"><figure class="AssetEmbedWrapper-eVDQiB byBkf asset-embed"><div class="AssetEmbedAssetContaer-eJxoAx dBHGoQ asset-embed__asset-ntaer"><span class="SpanWrapper-umhxW kGxnNB rponsive-asset AssetEmbedRponsiveAsset-cXBNxi eCxVQK asset-embed__rponsive-asset"><picture class="RponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa AssetEmbedRponsiveAsset-cXBNxi eCxVQK asset-embed__rponsive-asset rponsive-image"><noscript><img alt="Image may nta Sk and Arm" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-image__image" src=" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w, 960w, 1280w, 1600w" siz="100vw"/></noscript></picture></span></div></figure></div><p>Tanis’s journey hasn’t always been smooth sailg. She’s e close to havg her transn stopped or slowed down, but she’s now found a renewed sense of happs, havg rid herself of the thgs that prevented her om standg her tth. “I knew I never wanted to go back for years, and [this tattoo] was somethg I got to tly celebrate that fact,” she says. It’s thanks to meetg a trans iend who has many tattoos that ma Tanis realize that “the tattoos of trans people are somethg betiful, special, and meangful a unique way I adored.”</p></div></div></div><div class="GridItem-buujkM fVLMby grid--em grid-layout__asi"><div class="StickyBoxWrapper-jfYB jxBcTH sticky-box"><div class="StickyBoxPrimary-dzWDWL cdhYoN sticky-box__primary"><div class="AdWrapper-dQtivb fZrssQ ad ad--rail"><div class="ad__slot ad__slot--rail" data-no-id="8lqu8"></div></div><div class="ConsumerMarketgUnThemedWrapper-iUTMTf jssHut nsumer-marketg-un nsumer-marketg-un--display-rail" role="prentatn" aria-hidn="te"><div class="nsumer-marketg-un__slot nsumer-marketg-un__slot--display-rail"></div><div class="journey-un"></div></div><div data-attr-viewport-monor="" class="RecircMostPopularWrapper-bRuGTi jkTTgR recirc-most-popular-wrapper viewport-monor-anchor"><div class="RecircMostPopularConter-jiViNn ktrplG recirc-most-popular-sparrow-trackg hi-asi-ad" 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class="summary-em__byle__ntent"><div data-ttid="BylWrapper" class="BylWrapper-KIudk irTIfE byl"><p class="ByleWrapper-jWHrLH gETtIb byle byl__byle" data-ttid="ByleWrapper" emProp="thor" emType="><span emProp="name" class="ByleNamWrapper-jbHncj fuDQVo"><span data-ttid="ByleName" class="ByleName-kwmrLn cYaBaU byle__name"><span class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ BylePreamble-iJolpQ iUEiRd hXReUT gnILss byle__preamble">By </span>Ey Tannenbm</span></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></li><li><div class="AdWrapper-dQtivb fZrssQ RecircMostPopularSummaryItem-jQxxiw dabqgR ad ad--asi"><div class="ad__slot ad__slot--asi" data-no-id="f26hq"></div></div></li></ul><div class="RecircMostPopularFooter-enPjgs gvTU"></div></div></div></div><div class="StickyBoxPlaceholr-grPmrg dxAvXx"></div></div></div></div><div class="RowWrapper-UmqTg HEhan full-bleed-ad row-mid-ntent-ad"><div class="StickyMidContentAdWrapper-fSBzwl drzyIa ad-stickymidntent"><div class="AdWrapper-dQtivb fZrssQ ad ad--mid-ntent should-hold-space"><div class="ad__slot ad__slot--mid-ntent" data-no-id="v26ob"></div></div></div></div><div class="GridWrapper-cAzTTK kHBDeH grid grid-margs grid-ems-2 ArticlePageChunksGrid-hfxa bjczjj grid-layout--adrail narrow wi-adrail"><div class="GridItem-buujkM stRKV grid--em grid-layout__ntent"><div class="BodyWrapper-kufPGa XtZXd body body__ntaer article__body" data-journey-hook="client-ntent" data-ttid="BodyWrapper"><div class="body__ner-ntaer"><p>“In the end, this tattoo reprents a new era for myself, ee to be myself unapologetilly,” Tanis says, after listeng to her fay’s ncerns that the tattoo would be unprofsnal and rult misgenrg — she got anyway. Comg up on four years of beg a trans woman, Tanis has learned that rootg herself the strength of who she is will be the bt way to rebel agast risg transphobia, that nothg n make her surrenr. Tanis reflects on what’s next: “I’m gog to make the future bright for all of .”</p><p>For 29-year-old Pepper om At, Texas, tattoos are a way for them to state their inty as an agenr person. Asi om their tattoo of a leral pepper, ’s the black, whe, and green squiggly l the shape of a square that symboliz their inty. “The are the lors of the agenr flag, m grey bee I wanted to stick to three lors,” Pepper tells <em>Teen Vogue</em>.</p><p>Tattoos were stigmatized where Pepper grew up. Their mom hated them and was “big mad” when Pepper got their first k, but they don’t re about people’s opns the days. “I’m too old for now!”</p><div class="GenericCalloutWrapper-tojWn fZqjkZ llout--has-top-borr" data-ttid="GenericCallout"><figure class="AssetEmbedWrapper-eVDQiB byBkf asset-embed"><div class="AssetEmbedAssetContaer-eJxoAx dBHGoQ asset-embed__asset-ntaer"><span class="SpanWrapper-umhxW kGxnNB rponsive-asset AssetEmbedRponsiveAsset-cXBNxi eCxVQK asset-embed__rponsive-asset"><picture class="RponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa AssetEmbedRponsiveAsset-cXBNxi eCxVQK asset-embed__rponsive-asset rponsive-image"><noscript><img alt="Image may nta Sk and Tattoo" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-image__image" src=" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w, 960w, 1280w, 1600w" siz="100vw"/></noscript></picture></span></div></figure></div><p>Pepper had been followg <a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a>, who is a QTTR, on Instagram for a while and fally had a chance to be tattooed by them via the stick-and-poke technique — meang no electric mach were ed — durg the artist’s gut rincy At. “It felt unreal gettg done and knowg I was subtly tellg the world my inty,” Pepper says. “I also like the symbolism of a chaotic energy beg nfed to an visible box, which is how felt livg as a girl while knowg somehow that I’m not a girl.”</p><p>“I’ve been reflectg on how my queer inty has grown over the years,” they expla. “I always intified as queer first, but that’s bee I didn’t have the words for, ‘I’m Pepper, not a girl or a boy, but simply Pepper.’” Wh the pepper tattooed on one arm, and squiggl a square on the other, Pepper has found their tth: “This is my first Pri where I know fully who I am and I’m exced that I n show the world.”</p><div data-attr-viewport-monor="le-recirc" class="le-recirc-wrapper le-recirc-observer-target-2 viewport-monor-anchor"></div><p>18-year-old Sam is an artist om Stockholm whose tattoo is simple appearance but holds a wealth of meang. On his left hand, he sports a double sey tattoo — two closg parenth separated by a lon the middle. The symbol is borrowed om the <a href=">Thai BL seri <em>Bad Buddy</em></a>, a wholome and posive romance, which the ma character Pran to gge his mood. It’s a world that v imagatn and the normalizatn of queerns, where characters love who they love. “As someone wh a very fluctuatg inty and sexualy, I don’t feel very fortable wh labels, so I'm not actually out to my iends and fay,” Sam tells <em>Teen Vogue</em>, hence their altered self-portra.</p><div class="GenericCalloutWrapper-tojWn fZqjkZ llout--has-top-borr" data-ttid="GenericCallout"><figure class="AssetEmbedWrapper-eVDQiB byBkf asset-embed"><div class="AssetEmbedAssetContaer-eJxoAx dBHGoQ asset-embed__asset-ntaer"><span class="SpanWrapper-umhxW kGxnNB rponsive-asset AssetEmbedRponsiveAsset-cXBNxi eCxVQK asset-embed__rponsive-asset"><picture class="RponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa AssetEmbedRponsiveAsset-cXBNxi eCxVQK asset-embed__rponsive-asset rponsive-image"><noscript><img alt="Image may nta Arm Sk Heel Tub Bathtub Fger and Hand" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-image__image" src=" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w, 960w, 1280w, 1600w" 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class="SummaryItemByleWrapper-boCfbi hYsZi summary-em__byle-date-in"><div class="SummaryItemBaseByle-fFbXkY dhnQGM summary-em__byle"><div class="summary-em__byle__ntent"><div data-ttid="BylWrapper" class="BylWrapper-KIudk irTIfE byl"><p class="ByleWrapper-jWHrLH gETtIb byle byl__byle" data-ttid="ByleWrapper" emProp="thor" emType="><span emProp="name" class="ByleNamWrapper-jbHncj fuDQVo"><span data-ttid="ByleName" class="ByleName-kwmrLn cYaBaU byle__name"><span class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ BylePreamble-iJolpQ iUEiRd hXReUT gnILss byle__preamble">By </span>Ey Tannenbm</span></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></li><li><div class="AdWrapper-dQtivb fZrssQ RecircMostPopularSummaryItem-jQxxiw dabqgR ad ad--asi"><div class="ad__slot ad__slot--asi" data-no-id="8fdq6"></div></div></li></ul><div class="RecircMostPopularFooter-enPjgs gvTU"></div></div></div></div><div class="StickyBoxPlaceholr-grPmrg dxAvXx"></div></div></div></div><div class="RowWrapper-UmqTg HEhan full-bleed-ad row-mid-ntent-ad"><div class="StickyMidContentAdWrapper-fSBzwl drzyIa ad-stickymidntent"><div class="AdWrapper-dQtivb fZrssQ ad ad--mid-ntent should-hold-space"><div class="ad__slot ad__slot--mid-ntent" data-no-id="o8ks1m"></div></div></div></div><div class="GridWrapper-cAzTTK kHBDeH grid grid-margs grid-ems-2 ArticlePageChunksGrid-hfxa bjczjj grid-layout--adrail narrow wi-adrail"><div class="GridItem-buujkM stRKV grid--em grid-layout__ntent"><div class="BodyWrapper-kufPGa XtZXd body body__ntaer article__body" data-journey-hook="client-ntent" data-ttid="BodyWrapper"><div class="body__ner-ntaer"><p>Through his nsumptn of queer media like <em>Bad Buddy</em>, Sam feels a stirrg eedom wnsg a love like Pat and Pran’s, knowg was ma wh people like him md. “This type of queer phoria took over me,” Sam says of gettg the sey tattoo, his fifth so far.</p><p>While <a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Sam’s digal artworks</a> tail the galaxy Pat’s ey and the proportns of Pran’s waist, his tattoo tells the same story fewer strok. To the uniated, ’s a sey, but a more discreet “IYKYK” fashn, ’s also a physil marker of his queerns. “It was unlike any of my other tattoos where stung,” he says. “It was like I was flyg, a big sense of liberty and pri. The feelg gave me should be immortalized, which is exactly why I got .”</p><p>Beg queer myself, when I thk of tattoos, I’m remd of my dad and his tattoo sleev. On the right, his post-lonial inty, pop culture ins, and the thgs he enjoys. On the left, <em>tā moko</em>, a symbol of his digeney as a Māori man. I’m remd of the empty space he’s kept for his next tattoo. A rabow. I uld not fathom why he, of all people, would choose to mark his sk wh that. Then he told me: “For my gay son.”</p><div class="GenericCalloutWrapper-tojWn fZqjkZ llout--has-top-borr" data-ttid="GenericCallout"><figure class="AssetEmbedWrapper-eVDQiB byBkf asset-embed"><div class="AssetEmbedAssetContaer-eJxoAx dBHGoQ asset-embed__asset-ntaer"><span class="SpanWrapper-umhxW kGxnNB rponsive-asset AssetEmbedRponsiveAsset-cXBNxi eCxVQK asset-embed__rponsive-asset"><picture class="RponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa AssetEmbedRponsiveAsset-cXBNxi eCxVQK asset-embed__rponsive-asset rponsive-image"><noscript><img alt="Pri Tattoos Are a Symbol of Rilience for Queer People Their Fai" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-image__image" src=" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w, 960w, 1280w, 1600w" siz="100vw"/></noscript></picture></span></div></figure></div><p>I don’t have any tattoos like my dad. My sk don’t yet exhib my inty by k. But when I look to the future, I image receivg my <em>tā moko</em>. I see signs of ternnected <em>ko</em>, like a silver fern ond all s spiralg, unfurlg bety, and tells the story of my fay and where we e om. Those markgs will pay homage to my <em>takatāpui</em> anctors, queer people who lived eely before lonizatn. I image walkg to the next phase of my life and jog young men like Sam and Dylan their ked joy, wearg our queerns wh pri. Ink has always been a means to tell our stori, and works as well on the sk as do on paper.</p><p><strong>Let sli to your DMs.</strong> <a href=">Sign up for the <em>Teen Vogue</em> daily email</a>.</p><p><strong>Want more om</strong> <em><strong>Teen Vogue</strong></em><strong>? 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class="SummaryItemHedTag-TWblf gxaOcP" data-ttid="SummaryItemHed">How Young Corporate Goths Brg Alternative Style to Work</div></div></div></a><div class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ SummaryItemDek-CRfsi iUEiRd eBANPJ iponZO summary-em__k">Corporate goths, bs ghouls, mabre office-re, oh my!</div><div class="SummaryItemByleWrapper-boCfbi hYsZi summary-em__byle-date-in"><div class="SummaryItemBaseByle-fFbXkY dhnQGM summary-em__byle"><div class="summary-em__byle__ntent"><div data-ttid="BylWrapper" class="BylWrapper-KIudk irTIfE byl"><p class="ByleWrapper-jWHrLH gETtIb byle byl__byle" data-ttid="ByleWrapper" emProp="thor" emType="><span emProp="name" class="ByleNamWrapper-jbHncj fuDQVo"><span data-ttid="ByleName" class="ByleName-kwmrLn cYaBaU byle__name"><span class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ BylePreamble-iJolpQ iUEiRd hXReUT gnILss byle__preamble">By </span>Skyli Alvarez</span></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="SummaryItemWrapper-iwvBff jyvMGX 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data-ttid="SummaryItemHed">How an Osr-Wng Costume Digner Got Where She Is Today</div></div></div></a><div class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ SummaryItemDek-CRfsi iUEiRd eBANPJ iponZO summary-em__k">Ruth E. Carter on Blackns, boldns and stumg history.</div><div class="SummaryItemByleWrapper-boCfbi hYsZi summary-em__byle-date-in"><div class="SummaryItemBaseByle-fFbXkY dhnQGM summary-em__byle"><div class="summary-em__byle__ntent"><div data-ttid="BylWrapper" class="BylWrapper-KIudk irTIfE byl"><p class="ByleWrapper-jWHrLH gETtIb byle byl__byle" data-ttid="ByleWrapper" emProp="thor" emType="><span emProp="name" class="ByleNamWrapper-jbHncj fuDQVo"><span data-ttid="ByleName" class="ByleName-kwmrLn cYaBaU byle__name"><span class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ BylePreamble-iJolpQ iUEiRd hXReUT gnILss byle__preamble">By </span>Amanda Choo Quan</span></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="SummaryItemWrapper-iwvBff jyvMGX summary-em summary-em--has-le summary-em--ARTICLE summary-em--no-in summary-em--text-align-left summary-em--layout-placement-text-below summary-em--layout-posn-image-left summary-em--layout-proportns-50-50 summary-em--si-by-si-align-center summary-em--si-by-si-image-right-mobile-false summary-em--standard SummaryCollectnGridSummaryItem-WColm hJWTlO" role="button" tabx="0"><div class="SummaryItemAssetContaer-gwhFFH VOyg summary-em__asset-ntaer"><a class="SummaryItemImageLk-dshqxb cPpCwE summary-em__image-lk summary-em-trackg__image-lk" href=" aria-hidn="te" tabx="-1" data-ponent-type="recirc-river" data-recirc-id="em-image-3" data-recirc-pattern="summary-em" target="_self"><span class="SpanWrapper-umhxW kGxnNB rponsive-asset SummaryItemRponsiveAsset-hjGIGg bDvSkO summary-em__image"><div data-tt="aspect-rat-ntaer" class="AspectRatContaer-bJHpJz hlQxkn"><div class="aspect-rat--overlay-ntaer"><picture class="RponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa SummaryItemRponsiveAsset-hjGIGg bDvSkO summary-em__image rponsive-image"><noscript><source media="(max-width: 767px)" srcSet="" siz="100vw"/><source media="(m-width: 768px)" srcSet="" siz="100vw"/><img alt="Trans Youth Are Beg Forced to Leave Their Home Stat Behd" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-image__image" src="></noscript></picture></div></div></span></a></div><div class="SummaryItemContent-eiDYMl clSLtF summary-em__ntent"><div class="RubricWrapper-dKmCNX fiYQJA bric bric--disvery SummaryItemRubric-dguGKN lapGFj summary-em__bric"><span class="RubricName-fVtemz cLxcNi">Polics</span></div><a class="SummaryItemHedLk-civM hlgoFI summary-em-trackg__hed-lk summary-em__hed-lk" data-ponent-type="recirc-river" data-recirc-id="em-hed-3" data-recirc-pattern="summary-em" href=" target="_self"><div data-ttid="ClampWrapper" class="ClampWrapper-kZxfkB hTTNGO clamp SummaryItemHedBase-hiFYpQ fOAWJi summary-em__hed"><div class="ClampContent-hilPkr jVhSBH"><div class="SummaryItemHedTag-TWblf gxaOcP" data-ttid="SummaryItemHed">Trans Youth Are Beg Forced to Leave Their Home Stat Behd</div></div></div></a><div class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ SummaryItemDek-CRfsi iUEiRd eBANPJ iponZO summary-em__k">“No kid should be forced to leave the 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Dancers</div></div></div></a><div class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ SummaryItemDek-CRfsi iUEiRd eBANPJ iponZO summary-em__k">"I am not the villa that people…have portrayed me to be."</div><div class="SummaryItemByleWrapper-boCfbi hYsZi summary-em__byle-date-in"><div class="SummaryItemBaseByle-fFbXkY dhnQGM summary-em__byle"><div class="summary-em__byle__ntent"><div data-ttid="BylWrapper" class="BylWrapper-KIudk irTIfE byl"><p class="ByleWrapper-jWHrLH gETtIb byle byl__byle" data-ttid="ByleWrapper" emProp="thor" emType="><span emProp="name" class="ByleNamWrapper-jbHncj fuDQVo"><span data-ttid="ByleName" class="ByleName-kwmrLn cYaBaU byle__name"><span class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ BylePreamble-iJolpQ iUEiRd hXReUT gnILss byle__preamble">By </span>Brtney McNamara</span></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="SummaryCollectnGridToActnWrapper-gnReGN eGayfk"></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="RowWrapper-UmqTg HEhan"><div 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