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bylbyle" data-ttid="ByleWrapper" emProp="thor" emType="><span emProp="name" class="ByleNamWrapper-jbHncj fuDQVo"><span data-ttid="ByleName" class="ByleName-kwmrLn cYaBaU bylename"><span class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ BylePreamble-iJolpQ iUEiRd hXReUT gnILss bylepreamble">By </span><a class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ BaseLk-eNWuiM ByleLk-gEnFiw iUEiRd bbbwVd fNvcOK eErqIx bylename-lk button" href="/ntributor/jose-eche">Jose Useche</a></span></span></p><p class="ByleWrapper-jWHrLH iMWgyG byle bylbyle" data-ttid="ByleWrapper" emProp="thor" emType="><span emProp="name" class="ByleNamWrapper-jbHncj fuDQVo"><span data-ttid="ByleName" class="ByleName-kwmrLn cYaBaU bylename"><span class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ BylePreamble-iJolpQ iUEiRd hXReUT gnILss bylepreamble">Illtratn by </span><a class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ BaseLk-eNWuiM ByleLk-gEnFiw iUEiRd bbbwVd fNvcOK eErqIx bylename-lk button" href="/ntributor/christopher-skner">Christopher Skner</a></span></span></p></div><time data-ttid="ContentHearPublishDate" dateTime="2022-09-28T12:30:00-04:00" class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ ContentHearPublishDate-eIBicG iUEiRd ekhvDV dQlcNj">September 28, 2022</time></div></div><div class="SocialInsWrapper-hKMEXV ffgPVr social-ins social-ins--standard ContentHearAccredatnSocialIns-jorO fPzfaa ntent-hearsocial-share"><ul data-ttid="socialInslist" class="SocialInsList-cHVTIA ivmblD social-inslist"></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-assetntentphoto"><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="(1) 120w, (1) 240w, (1) 320w, (1) 640w, (1) 960w" siz="100vw"/><source media="(m-width: 768px)" srcSet="(1) 120w, (1) 240w, (1) 320w, (1) 640w, (1) 960w, (1) 1280w, (1) 1600w, (1) 1920w, (1) 2240w" siz="100vw"/><img alt="GLAAD's 20 unr 20 class of 2022 prented by Teen Vogue." class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-imageimage" src="(1)"/></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 ptncred">Christopher Skner</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-boxprimary"><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-inslist"></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-bodyntent"><div class="ArticlePageChunksContent-etcMtP bwyLBj"><div data-ttid="ArticlePageChunks" class="ArticlePageChunks-fLyCVG eSsnKa"><div class="GridWrapper-cAzTTK eRggVV grid grid-margs grid-ems-0 ArticlePageChunksGrid-hfxa bDFJoo"><div class="GridItem-buujkM kHPPIF grid--em"><div class="BodyWrapper-kufPGa XtZXd body bodyntaer articlebody" data-journey-hook="client-ntent" data-ttid="BodyWrapper"><div class="bodyner-ntaer"><p>The future is <a href=">queer</a>.</p><p>Acrdg to a <a href=">Gallup poll</a> published Febary, more Amerins than ever nsir themselv somethg other than heterosexual — and Gen Z is leadg the way, wh one five members of the 1997-2003 club intifyg as LGBTQ+. Dpe a wave of anti-LGBTQ+ <a href=">legislatn</a>, rhetoric, and misrmatn that uld otherwise dissua queer youth om steppg to their light, there is a particularly bright group of people buildg an unapologetic tomorrow for all of .</p><p>Today, we see queer youth reprented on TV excg, groundbreakg seri like <a href="><em>Love, Victor</em></a> and <a href="><em>Sex Edutn</em></a><em>.</em> We see them across social media, teachg dienc what means to be Indigeno and queer. Perhaps most impactful, we see them makg news and headl. They have <a href=">raised more than $2 ln for abortn accs</a> rponse to attacks om far-right ngrspeople. They have anized statewi walkouts agast the “<a href=">Don’t Say Gay</a>” bill Florida. Queer youth are leadg the way and the future is theirs to take.</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-unslot nsumer-marketg-unslot--article-mid-ntent nsumer-marketg-unslot---ntent"></div><div class="journey-un"></div></div></div><p><strong>GLAAD is thrilled to troduce this year’s honore for the third annual</strong> <a href="><strong>20 Unr 20</strong></a>, a special group of outstandg young people who are acceleratg acceptance through their work entertament and media. They’re energizg by releasg unapologetilly gay mic, grantg visibily and reprentatn by providg queer history lsons at school when ’s left out of the curriculum, buildg muny by havg one another’s backs and sharg their experienc, and anizg and creatg a movement wh purpose and agast opprsn.</p><div class="Contaer-bkChBi byNLHx"></div><p>This year’s 20 Unr 20 list is officially sponsored by Delta and exclively revealed by <em>Teen Vogue</em>. In addn, GLAAD partnered wh profsnal artist Chris Skner to create illtratns of each nomee, pturg them a seri of ctomized, badass portras. Whether 's the imprsive Gen Z for Change executive director Aidan Kohn-Murphy, breakout nonbary star Elva Guerra, or trailblazg trans mol Alex Consani, GLAAD’s 20 Unr 20 list is a diverse gatherg of exemplary LGBTQ+ youth whose work, activism, and visibily are makg the world a safer, more acceptg place for <em>all</em> people.</p><div class="AdWrapper-dQtivb fZrssQ ad ad---ntent"><div class="adslot adslot---ntent" data-no-id="77dh9"></div></div><p>Meet GLAAD’s 2022 Class of 20 Unr 20:</p><figure class="AssetEmbedWrapper-eVDQiB byBkf asset-embed"><div class="AssetEmbedAssetContaer-eJxoAx dBHGoQ asset-embedasset-ntaer"><span class="SpanWrapper-umhxW kGxnNB rponsive-asset AssetEmbedRponsiveAsset-cXBNxi eCxVQK asset-embedrponsive-asset"><picture class="RponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa AssetEmbedRponsiveAsset-cXBNxi eCxVQK asset-embedrponsive-asset rponsive-image"><noscript><img alt="Illtratn of Aidan KohnMurphy hehim 18 founr and executive director of Gen Z for Change" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-imageimage" src=" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w, 960w, 1280w, 1600w" siz="100vw"/></noscript></picture></span></div></figure><h2>Aidan Kohn-Murphy, he/him, 18, founr and executive director of Gen Z for Change</h2><p>Aidan Kohn-Murphy is a trailblazer. At jt 18 years old, he’s mastered the art of tappg to the power of young people on social media and harnsg their voic for good. Through his nonprof, Gen Z for Change, where he is the founr and executive director, Kohn-Murphy engag more than half a billn people on issu like climate jtice, disabily rights, gun safety, and, of urse, LGBTQ+ and racial jtice. Gen Z for Change currently has more than 500 social media creators (some of whom are on this very list), all voted to shapg the hearts and mds of society at large.</p></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="adslot adslot--mid-ntent" data-no-id="8g1exl"></div></div></div></div><div class="GridWrapper-cAzTTK eRggVV grid grid-margs grid-ems-0 ArticlePageChunksGrid-hfxa bDFJoo"><div class="GridItem-buujkM kHPPIF grid--em"><div class="BodyWrapper-kufPGa XtZXd body bodyntaer articlebody" data-journey-hook="client-ntent" data-ttid="BodyWrapper"><div class="bodyner-ntaer"><p><em>Poli</em> lled Kohn-Murphy “an unlikely lear of Ameri’s largt and fastt-growg progrsive media empire,” and his efforts have been regnized by the <em>New York Tim</em>, the <em>Washgton Post</em>, and CNN, among others.</p><div data-attr-viewport-monor="le-recirc" class="le-recirc-wrapper le-recirc-observer-target-1 viewport-monor-anchor"></div><p>Kohn-Murphy knows queerns, while beg “very personal,” also means “beg unchangeably tertwed wh the legacy of generatns of queer activists and advot who me before you.” Through his work, he tells GLAAD, he believ he n “be someone’s queer anctor who helped enable them to live openly and proudly.”</p><figure class="AssetEmbedWrapper-eVDQiB byBkf asset-embed"><div class="AssetEmbedAssetContaer-eJxoAx dBHGoQ asset-embedasset-ntaer"><span class="SpanWrapper-umhxW kGxnNB rponsive-asset AssetEmbedRponsiveAsset-cXBNxi eCxVQK asset-embedrponsive-asset"><picture class="RponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa AssetEmbedRponsiveAsset-cXBNxi eCxVQK asset-embedrponsive-asset rponsive-image"><noscript><img alt="Illtratn of Alex Consani sheher 19 mol" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-imageimage" src=" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w, 960w, 1280w, 1600w" siz="100vw"/></noscript></picture></span></div></figure><h2>Alex Consani, she/her, 19, mol</h2><p>When she was jt 13, Alex Consani <a href=">appeared a shoot</a> wh transgenr in Domique Jackson, who offered her a simple piece of advice: “Givg to the prsur of the world only tak the world away om you.”</p><p>Consani, who appeared the shoot as an aspirg supermol, heard Jackson’s words and ran wh them. Now repped by IMG, and one of the youngt signed trans supermols the dtry, Consani has graced the nways of Tom Ford, Alexanr McQueen, Versace, and more. Adored for her early-2000s style and niche sense of humor, the “queen of DePop” is takg New York by storm — and she’s jt gettg started.</p><p>In addn to her flourishg reer, Consani has turned to TikTok to remd that, y, pretty people n also be sightful and hilar. Called a “<a href=">master of Gen Z humor</a>” by <em>Vogue,</em> her acunts and @ptcrook have amassed over 1.2 ln followers and feature Consani praisg mannequs at Kohl's for their molg expertise or simply tellg her followers, “You need to start beg you, bee you are you.”</p><figure class="AssetEmbedWrapper-eVDQiB byBkf asset-embed"><div class="AssetEmbedAssetContaer-eJxoAx dBHGoQ asset-embedasset-ntaer"><span class="SpanWrapper-umhxW kGxnNB rponsive-asset AssetEmbedRponsiveAsset-cXBNxi eCxVQK asset-embedrponsive-asset"><picture class="RponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa AssetEmbedRponsiveAsset-cXBNxi eCxVQK asset-embedrponsive-asset rponsive-image"><noscript><img alt="Illtratn of Ava Aimable sheher 17 stunt and activist" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-imageimage" src=" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w, 960w, 1280w, 1600w" siz="100vw"/></noscript></picture></span></div></figure><h2>Ava Aimable, she/her, 17, stunt and activist</h2><p>Some folks look at spac that tradnally exclu queer people and they turn the other way, but stunt and activist Ava Aimable se opportuny stead. </p></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="adslot adslot--mid-ntent" data-no-id="5td805s"></div></div></div></div><div class="GridWrapper-cAzTTK eRggVV grid grid-margs grid-ems-0 ArticlePageChunksGrid-hfxa bDFJoo"><div class="GridItem-buujkM kHPPIF grid--em"><div class="BodyWrapper-kufPGa XtZXd body bodyntaer articlebody" data-journey-hook="client-ntent" data-ttid="BodyWrapper"><div class="bodyner-ntaer"><p>At her Christian school, Aimable acted as a mentor to LGBTQ+ stunts to make them feel clud, beg a founr of her school’s first Diversy and Incln Council, workg wh the school’s admistratn to rolve issu of race, sex, disabily, and genr exprsn. Aimable has sce rried her mment to social jtice all the way to Columbia Universy, where she is studyg to bee a clil psychologist.</p><p>Along the way, Aimable worked wh the nonprof anizatn LuvMichael as a social media advote for people wh tism. Fortunately, Aimable’s outstandg mment to advocy has not gone unregnized: She is a servg Wells Fargo scholar, an honor she earned through the <a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Pot Foundatn</a>, a nonprof that empowers promisg LGBTQ+ stunts to reach their full amic and learship potential.</p><p>Aimable’s spiratn? Wanda Syk. Aimable tells GLAAD: “Bis havg the abily to make me lgh unntrollably, Mrs. Syk has given me the urage to be myself. She was the first Black lbian woman that I ever me across. She showed me that beg gay wasn’t somethg that I had to be so ser [about] all the time.”</p><figure class="AssetEmbedWrapper-eVDQiB byBkf asset-embed"><div class="AssetEmbedAssetContaer-eJxoAx dBHGoQ asset-embedasset-ntaer"><span class="SpanWrapper-umhxW kGxnNB rponsive-asset AssetEmbedRponsiveAsset-cXBNxi eCxVQK asset-embedrponsive-asset"><picture class="RponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa AssetEmbedRponsiveAsset-cXBNxi eCxVQK asset-embedrponsive-asset rponsive-image"><noscript><img alt="Illtratn of Cameron Samuels theythem 18 stunt activist" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-imageimage" src=" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w, 960w, 1280w, 1600w" siz="100vw"/></noscript></picture></span></div></figure><h2>Cameron Samuels, they/them, 18, stunt activist</h2><p>You know you’re dog somethg right when former Print Barack Obama tweets that <a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">he’s grateful for your work.</a> For trailblazg muny anizer Cameron Samuels, this stamp of approval om the former U.S. Prez is well earned.</p><div data-attr-viewport-monor="le-recirc" class="le-recirc-wrapper le-recirc-observer-target-2 viewport-monor-anchor"></div><p>In their home state of Texas, Samuels is leadg the charge agast book bans and queer censorship. Samuels beme motivated to speak out when they noticed their high school had an ter filter that blocked accs to s like The Trevor Project and other cril rourc for LGBTQ youth. Samuels packed school board meetgs and worked wh the ACLU to remove the filter, markg the begng of Samuels’ lifelong mment to tnal equy.</p></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="adslot adslot--mid-ntent" data-no-id="ta3b"></div></div></div></div><div class="GridWrapper-cAzTTK eRggVV grid grid-margs grid-ems-0 ArticlePageChunksGrid-hfxa bDFJoo"><div class="GridItem-buujkM kHPPIF grid--em"><div class="BodyWrapper-kufPGa XtZXd body bodyntaer articlebody" data-journey-hook="client-ntent" data-ttid="BodyWrapper"><div class="body__ner-ntaer"><p>Sce then, Samuels has also anized FReadom Week, an iative to distribute hundreds of challenged or banned books Texas. The mpaign land Samuels a posn as the Honorary Youth Chair for <a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Banned Books Week</a>, an annual event celebratg the eedom to read, led by a aln of anizatns like GLAAD, PEN Ameri, and the Natnal Coaln Agast Censorship.</p><p>“In muni like that of my home state of Texas, classrooms have bee battlegrounds where stunts are the polil pawns,” Samuels tells GLAAD. “Queer youth are stgglg at the face of unjt polici targetg margalized inti, and we are beg left out of cisn-makg that directly affects .”</p><p>Now Samuels is a stunt at Branis Universy, but they rema firm on batg censorship Texas. On beg visible as an LGBTQ advote, Samuels says: “If we don’t speak, then who will?”</p><figure class="AssetEmbedWrapper-eVDQiB byBkf asset-embed"><div class="AssetEmbedAssetContaer-eJxoAx dBHGoQ asset-embedasset-ntaer"><span class="SpanWrapper-umhxW kGxnNB rponsive-asset AssetEmbedRponsiveAsset-cXBNxi eCxVQK asset-embedrponsive-asset"><picture class="RponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa AssetEmbedRponsiveAsset-cXBNxi eCxVQK asset-embedrponsive-asset rponsive-image"><noscript><img alt="Illtratn of Danielle Cohn sheher 18 entreprenr and social media fluencer" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-imageimage" src=" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w, 960w, 1280w, 1600w" siz="100vw"/></noscript></picture></span></div></figure><h2>Danielle Cohn, she/her, 18, entreprenr and social media fluencer</h2><p>Danielle Cohn is the proud founr of the first teen-owned feme brand, Feel Dive. Wh an array of plant-based products, her goal is simple: to help tweens and teens velop self-awarens and feel nfint.</p><p>Wh over 19 ln followers on TikTok supportg her journey, Cohn tells GLAAD that when she first joed social media she “had no ia the impact [she] was havg on people.” That’s what led her to start offerg advice on beg a woman, beg pansexual, and even havg an abortn at a young age.</p><p>Brave and unapologetic, Cohn’s missn onle and beyond is to champn women and the LGBTQ+ muny. To those stgglg wh their inty, she advis, “You only live once, so never be aaid to be you.… The LGBTQ muny is amazg and we all love you and support you. We know ’s sry, but tst me, you are so loved. We are all here to be there wh you through your journey.”</p></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="adslot adslot--mid-ntent" data-no-id="h4ynf7"></div></div></div></div><div class="GridWrapper-cAzTTK eRggVV grid grid-margs grid-ems-0 ArticlePageChunksGrid-hfxa bDFJoo"><div class="GridItem-buujkM kHPPIF grid--em"><div class="BodyWrapper-kufPGa XtZXd body bodyntaer articlebody" data-journey-hook="client-ntent" data-ttid="BodyWrapper"><div class="bodyner-ntaer"><figure class="AssetEmbedWrapper-eVDQiB byBkf asset-embed"><div class="AssetEmbedAssetContaer-eJxoAx dBHGoQ asset-embedasset-ntaer"><span class="SpanWrapper-umhxW kGxnNB rponsive-asset AssetEmbedRponsiveAsset-cXBNxi eCxVQK asset-embedrponsive-asset"><picture class="RponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa AssetEmbedRponsiveAsset-cXBNxi eCxVQK asset-embedrponsive-asset rponsive-image"><noscript><img alt="Illtratn of Elva Guerra theythem 18 actor" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-imageimage" src=" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w, 960w, 1280w, 1600w" siz="100vw"/></noscript></picture></span></div></figure><h2>Elva Guerra, they/them, 18, actor</h2><p>If you haven’t yet seen <em>Rervatn Dogs</em>, you are not jt missg out on a nuanced, origal, and excg story about Native Amerin teenagers, you’re also missg out on a touchg performance by nonbary breakout star Elva Guerra.</p><div data-attr-viewport-monor="le-recirc" class="le-recirc-wrapper le-recirc-observer-target-3 viewport-monor-anchor"></div><p>Guerra feels strongly about movg through the world as an openly queer person, pecially now that they’ve stepped to the limelight. “I realized I am beg the prence I ntuoly advote for film,” they tell GLAAD. Along wh <em>Rervatn Dogs</em>, Guerra’s thenticy and talent have brought them to <em>Rutherford Falls</em> as a gut star and a seri regular AMC’s psychologil thriller <em>Dark Wds.</em></p><p>For members of the LGBTQ+ muny, Guerra tak pri knowg that people n look at them and “have peace about themselv.” Says Guerra to LGBTQ+ youth, “You matter so f*ckg much." </p><figure class="AssetEmbedWrapper-eVDQiB byBkf asset-embed"><div class="AssetEmbedAssetContaer-eJxoAx dBHGoQ asset-embedasset-ntaer"><span class="SpanWrapper-umhxW kGxnNB rponsive-asset AssetEmbedRponsiveAsset-cXBNxi eCxVQK asset-embedrponsive-asset"><picture class="RponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa AssetEmbedRponsiveAsset-cXBNxi eCxVQK asset-embedrponsive-asset rponsive-image"><noscript><img alt="Illtratn of Eve May sheher 14 public speaker" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-imageimage" src=" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w, 960w, 1280w, 1600w" siz="100vw"/></noscript></picture></span></div></figure><h2>Eve May, she/her, 14, public speaker</h2><p>The pen is mightier than the sword — and for teen public speaker Eve May, that adage rgs pecially te. </p></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="adslot adslot--mid-ntent" data-no-id="78lah9"></div></div></div></div><div class="GridWrapper-cAzTTK eRggVV grid grid-margs grid-ems-0 ArticlePageChunksGrid-hfxa bDFJoo"><div class="GridItem-buujkM kHPPIF grid--em"><div class="BodyWrapper-kufPGa XtZXd body bodyntaer articlebody" data-journey-hook="client-ntent" data-ttid="BodyWrapper"><div class="bodyner-ntaer"><p>You may regnize May’s name om her movg letter to Lil Nas X, which <a href=">she thanked him for his impact on her own life as a trans teenager</a>. Maybe you’ve heard her speak at ternatnal workplace summs. Or maybe you saw her a <a href=">Nike mpaign</a>, where she shar advice for ach terted workg wh trans and nonbary youth.</p><p>May's classmat and the lol muny know her for beg a falist a district-wi school sign challenge, which her anti-bullyg mpaign tght them why ’s important for LGBTQ+ stunts to feel safe at school. This was, of urse, preced by her send-gra prentatn on beg trans, plete wh a full Q&A ssn after. The pot is, May is makg mov — and y, she’s only 14. </p><p>On the power of visibily, May told Lil Nas X: “I want you to know that the urage tak to be hont wh your te self is somethg I know too. Comg out is hard for all of , but ’s even harr when you have to do om the standpot of beg a hero for other people.”</p><p>Asi om her groundbreakg work as a public speaker, May also lov readg, beg by the beach, snowboardg, and Hunter Schaefer.</p><figure class="AssetEmbedWrapper-eVDQiB byBkf asset-embed"><div class="AssetEmbedAssetContaer-eJxoAx dBHGoQ asset-embedasset-ntaer"><span class="SpanWrapper-umhxW kGxnNB rponsive-asset AssetEmbedRponsiveAsset-cXBNxi eCxVQK asset-embedrponsive-asset"><picture class="RponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa AssetEmbedRponsiveAsset-cXBNxi eCxVQK asset-embedrponsive-asset rponsive-image"><noscript><img alt="Illtratn of Gabriella Pizzolo shethey 19 actor and wrer" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-imageimage" src=" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w, 960w, 1280w, 1600w" siz="100vw"/></noscript></picture></span></div></figure><h2>Gabriella Pizzolo, she/they, 19, actor and wrer</h2><p>Gabriella Pizzolo broke onto the scene as Small Allison the 2015 Tony Award-wng Broadway mil <em>Fun Home</em>, but Pizzolo's reer has been fluenced by the LGBTQ+ muny om the start. They cred st mat the mil, based on the novel by Allison Bechl, for providg the biggt spiratn. “[I nsir] them fay, even years after the show's closg,” Pizzolo tells GLAAD. “They tght me to stand for humany, kdns, and the importance of inty.”</p><div data-attr-viewport-monor="le-recirc" class="le-recirc-wrapper le-recirc-observer-target-4 viewport-monor-anchor"></div><p>Pizzolo has performed <em>Fun Home</em>’s “Rg of Keys” at the Whe Hoe for Michelle Obama and at the 20th SAGE Awards. Now, Pizzolo is gracg screens across the untry as an out pansexual and nonbary performer, appearg HBO’s <em>Pretty Ltle Liars: Origal S,</em> as Angela, and Netflix’s <em>Stranger Thgs,</em> as Suzie.</p></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="adslot adslot--mid-ntent" data-no-id="gbrn"></div></div></div></div><div class="GridWrapper-cAzTTK eRggVV grid grid-margs grid-ems-0 ArticlePageChunksGrid-hfxa bDFJoo"><div class="GridItem-buujkM kHPPIF grid--em"><div class="BodyWrapper-kufPGa XtZXd body bodyntaer articlebody" data-journey-hook="client-ntent" data-ttid="BodyWrapper"><div class="bodyner-ntaer"><p>Beg visible on and offscreen as a member of the LGBTQ+ muny is not an opportuny Pizzolo tak lightly. An ally sce age 11, now wh Broadway and two major TV seri the bag, Pizzolo says, “I believe that beg visible is changg people’s hearts and mds. It is important to me when alg wh this to always be hont and unrstandg wh others, pecially wh the muny and every ally.”</p><figure class="AssetEmbedWrapper-eVDQiB byBkf asset-embed"><div class="AssetEmbedAssetContaer-eJxoAx dBHGoQ asset-embedasset-ntaer"><span class="SpanWrapper-umhxW kGxnNB rponsive-asset AssetEmbedRponsiveAsset-cXBNxi eCxVQK asset-embedrponsive-asset"><picture class="RponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa AssetEmbedRponsiveAsset-cXBNxi eCxVQK asset-embedrponsive-asset rponsive-image"><noscript><img alt="Illtratn of Giiwed hehim 20 water protector stunt and TikToker" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-image__image" src=" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w, 960w, 1280w, 1600w" siz="100vw"/></noscript></picture></span></div></figure><h2>Giiwed, he/him, 20, water protector, stunt, and TikToker</h2><p>Giiwed, or Northwd Ojibwe, is a Two-spir water protector om the Leech Lake Natn. As a stunt studyg blogy at the Universy of Mnota, Giiwed took to TikTok 2020 to voice ristance to buildg Le 3, a tar sands pipele. While prottg, Giiwed amassed over 400,000 followers on TikTok, all of whom “[stood] alongsi and said no to big oil and y to the water, and the land, and all of the other livg begs.” </p><p>Unfortunately, the pipele was built anyway, tearg through treaty terrori Giiwed’s area, terrori that were rich wild rice, a <a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">sacred food to his people.</a></p><p>Giiwed starts most of his vios wh a simple Ojibwe greetg: “Boozhoo!” His wele is warm, but his words are powerful. For Pri Month — over Kate Bh’s “Runng Up That Hill” — he remd his dience that “beg queer was not monized the Ameris prr to lonizatn.” This mirrors his own experience as a queer Indigeno person and asserts that those om his tribal natn are acceptg of LGBTQ+ people, jt as “most tribal natns were.”</p><p>Want to learn about givg Indigeno people their land back? Or what means to be Two-spir? Say “Boozhoo!” to Giiwed.</p><figure class="AssetEmbedWrapper-eVDQiB byBkf asset-embed"><div class="AssetEmbedAssetContaer-eJxoAx dBHGoQ asset-embedasset-ntaer"><span class="SpanWrapper-umhxW kGxnNB rponsive-asset AssetEmbedRponsiveAsset-cXBNxi eCxVQK asset-embedrponsive-asset"><picture class="RponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa AssetEmbedRponsiveAsset-cXBNxi eCxVQK asset-embedrponsive-asset rponsive-image"><noscript><img alt="Illtratn of Jack Petocz hehim 17 strategist at Gen Z for Change polil activist and stunt" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-imageimage" src=" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w, 960w, 1280w, 1600w" siz="100vw"/></noscript></picture></span></div></figure><h2>Jack Petocz, he/him, 17, strategist at Gen Z for Change, polil activist, and stunt</h2><p>Amid Florida’s numero legislative attacks on LGBTQ+ stunts, perhaps most notably the troductn of HB577, a.k.a. the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, <a href=">Jack Petocz</a> was at the helm of anizg agast the opprsn.</p></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="adslot adslot--mid-ntent" data-no-id="wqg0of"></div></div></div></div><div class="GridWrapper-cAzTTK eRggVV grid grid-margs grid-ems-0 ArticlePageChunksGrid-hfxa bDFJoo"><div class="GridItem-buujkM kHPPIF grid--em"><div class="BodyWrapper-kufPGa XtZXd body bodyntaer articlebody" data-journey-hook="client-ntent" data-ttid="BodyWrapper"><div class="body__ner-ntaer"><p>At jt 17, Petocz anized multiple statewi walkouts rponse to the bill, drawg thoands of peaceful stunt protters. That same year, Petocz succsfully spearhead a mpaign to <a href=">unseat a ntroversial and nservative member</a> of his lol school board, Jill Woolbright. Woolbright got natnal attentn when she attempted to have queer nonbary thor Gee M. Johnson’s memoir, <em>All Boys Aren’t Blue,</em> stripped om school librari, gog as far as filg two crimal plats agast Johnson. </p><div data-attr-viewport-monor="le-recirc" class="le-recirc-wrapper le-recirc-observer-target-5 viewport-monor-anchor"></div><p>Through his anizatn <a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Rell FCSB</a> (an acronym for Flagler County School Board), Petocz led protts, addrsed the school board, and published an op-ed the lol paper about the danger of book bans. In 2021, Petocz <a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">wrote</a>: “Book bans aren’t jt book bans.… They’re attempts to erase people like me, to sre back to visibily and irrelevance. We will be neher.” Petocz also started an onle mpaign to distribute 300 pi of <em>All Boys Aren’t Blue</em> to his district.</p><p>Petocz's résumé as an activist don’t stop there. He’s published piec on the importance of gun ntrol, appeared at Whe Hoe Pri events, and now serv as a Gen Z for Change strategist. He also received a Webby Award for his work surroundg the #SayGay movement.</p><p>Petocz has named <a href=">Harvey Milk</a> as his biggt LGBTQ+ fluence. “He served as an spiratn to me by showg that gay men n be placed a posn of power spe a tumultuo suatn at hand.”</p><p>Tumultuo ed, Petocz has navigated wh power and grace the many obstacl that LGBTQ+ youth face the US. Time will tell what is next for this wunrkd advote, but for now, Petocz is foced on this year’s midterms.</p><figure class="AssetEmbedWrapper-eVDQiB byBkf asset-embed"><div class="AssetEmbedAssetContaer-eJxoAx dBHGoQ asset-embedasset-ntaer"><span class="SpanWrapper-umhxW kGxnNB rponsive-asset AssetEmbedRponsiveAsset-cXBNxi eCxVQK asset-embedrponsive-asset"><picture class="RponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa AssetEmbedRponsiveAsset-cXBNxi eCxVQK asset-embedrponsive-asset rponsive-image"><noscript><img alt="Illtratn of Ja LeMac sheher 18 mician" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-imageimage" src=" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w, 960w, 1280w, 1600w" siz="100vw"/></noscript></picture></span></div></figure><h2>Ja LeMac, she/her, 18, mician</h2><p>Mician Ja LeMac has no uncertaty about who she is or what purpose her mic serv. LeMac asserts that she “naturally exists outsi of any box, and ’s stantly apparent her mic.” A queer Asian artist who pens “trospectively emotnal soundtracks” and anthems for “when you want to have a bad-bch time,” LeMac’s disgraphy, which currently nsists of four h sgl, has garnered more than 27 ln streams to date.</p></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="adslot adslot--mid-ntent" data-no-id="378d"></div></div></div></div><div class="GridWrapper-cAzTTK eRggVV grid grid-margs grid-ems-0 ArticlePageChunksGrid-hfxa bDFJoo"><div class="GridItem-buujkM kHPPIF grid--em"><div class="BodyWrapper-kufPGa XtZXd body bodyntaer articlebody" data-journey-hook="client-ntent" data-ttid="BodyWrapper"><div class="bodyner-ntaer"><p>Onward and upward, LeMac has partnered wh Arista Rerds as she prepar to release her upg EP. LeMac creds artists <a href=">Hayley Kiyoko</a>, Troye Sivan, Lren Jregui, and Kehlani for spiratn and revealg to her that “there’s space for everyone.” In a word of advice for LGBTQ+ youth, LeMac says, “[Don’t] be sred of yourself. You will never fd happs other people.”</p><p>If you want to hear more om LeMac, stream her tracks “Constellatns,” “Let Me,” “Same Place,” and “Aimed to Kill.”</p><figure class="AssetEmbedWrapper-eVDQiB byBkf asset-embed"><div class="AssetEmbedAssetContaer-eJxoAx dBHGoQ asset-embedasset-ntaer"><span class="SpanWrapper-umhxW kGxnNB rponsive-asset AssetEmbedRponsiveAsset-cXBNxi eCxVQK asset-embedrponsive-asset"><picture class="RponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa AssetEmbedRponsiveAsset-cXBNxi eCxVQK asset-embedrponsive-asset rponsive-image"><noscript><img alt="Illtratn of Javier Gomez hehim 18 stunt activist wrer and signer" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-imageimage" src=" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w, 960w, 1280w, 1600w" siz="100vw"/></noscript></picture></span></div></figure><h2>Javier Gomez, he/him, 18, stunt activist, wrer, and signer</h2><p>Javier Gomez is nothg short of a visnary, wh the talent to back up. Gomez’s work as an advote for the LGBTQ+ muny has brought him to the streets of Florida, where he protted the state’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill; ’s brought him to the Whe Hoe, where he troduced Print Joe Bin moments before he signed his historic Executive Orr Advancg LGBTQI+ Equaly durg Pri Month; and brought him to the 2022 Webby Awards, where he accepted the award for Social Movement of the Year (alongsi other 20 Unr 20 honore Jack Petocz and Will Larks). Gomez's six-word acceptance speech was profound and accurate: “This right here is queer revolutn.”</p><div data-attr-viewport-monor="le-recirc" class="le-recirc-wrapper le-recirc-observer-target-6 viewport-monor-anchor"></div><p>Gomez is now takg his talents to New York Cy, where he's a stunt at the Fashn Instute of Technology. An aspirg polil and fashn journalist, Gomez creds his unstoppable advocy efforts to none other than Lady Gaga. “She has created an oasis that many queer folks n nfi ," he explas. "My work has bee a reflectn of the self-love I disvered through Lady Gaga's lyrics; I n now reclaim my queerns and help others do the same.”</p><p>Keep your ey peeled for this outstandg queer and Venezuelan artist, wrer, and activist — you’ll be glad you did.</p></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="adslot adslot--mid-ntent" data-no-id="4dopgg"></div></div></div></div><div class="GridWrapper-cAzTTK eRggVV grid grid-margs grid-ems-0 ArticlePageChunksGrid-hfxa bDFJoo"><div class="GridItem-buujkM kHPPIF grid--em"><div class="BodyWrapper-kufPGa XtZXd body bodyntaer articlebody" data-journey-hook="client-ntent" data-ttid="BodyWrapper"><div class="bodyner-ntaer"><figure class="AssetEmbedWrapper-eVDQiB byBkf asset-embed"><div class="AssetEmbedAssetContaer-eJxoAx dBHGoQ asset-embedasset-ntaer"><span class="SpanWrapper-umhxW kGxnNB rponsive-asset AssetEmbedRponsiveAsset-cXBNxi eCxVQK asset-embedrponsive-asset"><picture class="RponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa AssetEmbedRponsiveAsset-cXBNxi eCxVQK asset-embedrponsive-asset rponsive-image"><noscript><img alt="Illtratn of Lot Lloyd hehim 19 sex tor and stunt" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-imageimage" src=" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w, 960w, 1280w, 1600w" siz="100vw"/></noscript></picture></span></div></figure><h2>Lot Lloyd, he/him, 19, sex tor and stunt</h2><p>Growg up, Lot Lloyd did not thk Blackns and transns uld exist. “All the trans people I saw were whe,” Lloyd tells GLAAD. “And when I fally did learn of Black transns, was the past tense, rememberg the ad or lost.”</p><p>Lloyd has sce stepped to his tth as a Black queer transmascule person, and is now spirg others to fd their light. In high school, he worked wh Planned Parenthood of Michigan as a peer <a href=">sex tor</a>, servg as a nfintial rource for young people lookg for terpersonal support, more rmatn on specific sexual health topics, and more. Says Lloyd, “By engagg muny-buildg work, I am able to serve as both a role mol and a support system to lol queer and trans youth.” </p><p>Now a hman at Oberl College of Arts and Scienc, where he's studyg genr, sexualy, and femist studi and tn, Lloyd ntu his eply important work as a sex tor. Lloyd also serv on the Advot for Youth’s Racial Jtice Sex-Edutn Youth Advisory Council and Planned Parenthood of Michigan’s Genr Affirmg Care Communy Advisory Board.</p><p>As a sex tor his muny, the work Lloyd do is not jt lifavg, 's life affirmg. When asked for words of advice to other LGBTQ+ youth, Lloyd says, “Learn how to love yourself, ASAP.”</p><figure class="AssetEmbedWrapper-eVDQiB byBkf asset-embed"><div class="AssetEmbedAssetContaer-eJxoAx dBHGoQ asset-embedasset-ntaer"><span class="SpanWrapper-umhxW kGxnNB rponsive-asset AssetEmbedRponsiveAsset-cXBNxi eCxVQK asset-embedrponsive-asset"><picture class="RponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa AssetEmbedRponsiveAsset-cXBNxi eCxVQK asset-embedrponsive-asset rponsive-image"><noscript><img alt="Illtratn of Milly Shapiro shethey 20 actor and sgersongwrer" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-imageimage" src=" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w, 960w, 1280w, 1600w" siz="100vw"/></noscript></picture></span></div></figure><h2>Milly Shapiro, she/they, 20, actor and sger-songwrer</h2><p>Honorary Tony Award? Check! Starrg a crilly acclaimed A24 horror film? Check! Gut judge on a beloved unrground drag petn? Also check!</p></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="adslot adslot--mid-ntent" data-no-id="38qi7y"></div></div></div></div><div class="GridWrapper-cAzTTK eRggVV grid grid-margs grid-ems-0 ArticlePageChunksGrid-hfxa bDFJoo"><div class="GridItem-buujkM kHPPIF grid--em"><div class="BodyWrapper-kufPGa XtZXd body bodyntaer articlebody" data-journey-hook="client-ntent" data-ttid="BodyWrapper"><div class="bodyner-ntaer"><p>Milly Shapiro’s reer as an actor speaks for self, and her succs has only been bolstered by a mment to thenticy. Also a sger and songwrer the band AfterxClass, which has amassed 34,000 monthly listeners and over a ln streams, Shapiro tells GLAAD that by g out and navigatg the dtry as an openly queer artist, they n show dienc “that 's wonrful beg queer” and that “they're not alone.”</p><div data-attr-viewport-monor="le-recirc" class="le-recirc-wrapper le-recirc-observer-target-7 viewport-monor-anchor"></div><p>The star of <em>Heredary</em> and the 2013 Broadway show <em>Matilda,</em> for which the performer also received a Grammy nomatn, Shapiro disclos that “g out was hard.” What gave them strength was seeg all the “artists, splayers, social media fluencers, and other typ of creators” who “wined [their] view of the world.”</p><p>Now, Shapiro is dog the same for her followers. “I cid that beg me was the most important thg that I uld do…. If I n make one person feel like they're okay beg who they are, then I'm happy.” Livg New York and <a href=">makg mic</a>, Shapiro fds mararie the LGBTQ+ muny and advis queer youth stgglg to “fd those people who accept you and remd you how wonrful you tly are and hold on to what mak you, you.”</p><figure class="AssetEmbedWrapper-eVDQiB byBkf asset-embed"><div class="AssetEmbedAssetContaer-eJxoAx dBHGoQ asset-embedasset-ntaer"><span class="SpanWrapper-umhxW kGxnNB rponsive-asset AssetEmbedRponsiveAsset-cXBNxi eCxVQK asset-embedrponsive-asset"><picture class="RponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa AssetEmbedRponsiveAsset-cXBNxi eCxVQK asset-embedrponsive-asset rponsive-image"><noscript><img alt="Illtratn of Ni Craig hethey 20 mic producer and activist" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-imageimage" src=" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w, 960w, 1280w, 1600w" siz="100vw"/></noscript></picture></span></div></figure><h2>Ni Craig, he/they, 20, mic producer and activist</h2><p>As one of Gen Z’s hottt Black trans DJs, Ni Craig has always wanted to spire the LGBTQ+ muny to dance through life wh thenticy.</p><p>At jt 10 years old, Craig was a falist on <em>Ameri’s Got Talent</em> for their DJ'g skills, and performed at Rad Cy Mic Hall. In middle school, Craig created an LGBTQ+ stunt-led anizatn, gog on to be selected as a youth ambassador for the Human Rights Campaign. The next year, Craig had the honor of DJ'g for the Obamas at the 2014 Whe Hoe Easter Egg Roll. Craig then beme a rint DJ on iHeartMedia’s Real 92.3, travelg across the untry to DJ, cludg at the Brian Henry Jueenth Block Party Los Angel and his monthly rincy at the Heartthrob party, which is dited to the LGBTQ+ muny.</p></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="adslot adslot--mid-ntent" data-no-id="bhe4n"></div></div></div></div><div class="GridWrapper-cAzTTK eRggVV grid grid-margs grid-ems-0 ArticlePageChunksGrid-hfxa bDFJoo"><div class="GridItem-buujkM kHPPIF grid--em"><div class="BodyWrapper-kufPGa XtZXd body bodyntaer articlebody" data-journey-hook="client-ntent" data-ttid="BodyWrapper"><div class="bodyner-ntaer"><p>In 2019, Craig was featured a star-studd Grammy Mm panel tled <a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">“Empowered: LGBTQ+ Voic Mic,”</a> prented njunctn wh the Rerdg Amy, GLAAD, <em>Out Magaze</em>, and the Ally Coaln. Craig spoke about facg discrimatn school and how havg fay members the LGBTQ+ muny shaped their experience.</p><p>Craig has been promotg the importance of existence between generatns and upliftg genr and nonnformg BIPOC muni. Craig tells GLAAD, “I feel as though is my duty to be a part of solutns to hatred rather than the e of . I remember the feelg of hopelsns as I alt wh homophobia and transphobia throughout my youth, and I plan on beg a part of the generatn that puts a p to . Everyone serv to be ee and e their voice to exprs themselv regardls of how one's experience entails. We mt dismantle fear!” </p><p>Ni Craig is takg over Los Angel, creatg safe spac for the muny, and spreadg queer joy on the dance floor.</p><figure class="AssetEmbedWrapper-eVDQiB byBkf asset-embed"><div class="AssetEmbedAssetContaer-eJxoAx dBHGoQ asset-embedasset-ntaer"><span class="SpanWrapper-umhxW kGxnNB rponsive-asset AssetEmbedRponsiveAsset-cXBNxi eCxVQK asset-embedrponsive-asset"><picture class="RponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa AssetEmbedRponsiveAsset-cXBNxi eCxVQK asset-embedrponsive-asset rponsive-image"><noscript><img alt="Illtratn of Olivia Julianna sheher 19 queer activist and director of polil strategy of Gen Z for Change" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-imageimage" src=" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w, 960w, 1280w, 1600w" siz="100vw"/></noscript></picture></span></div></figure><h2>Olivia Julianna, she/her, 19, queer activist and director of polil strategy of Gen Z for Change</h2><p>Bt known for executg what jt might be the world’s greatt clapback to right-wg hate, Olivia Julianna should not be unrtimated.</p><div data-attr-viewport-monor="le-recirc" class="le-recirc-wrapper le-recirc-observer-target-8 viewport-monor-anchor"></div><p>Julianna ma headl July for her public nontatn wh Republin ngrsman Matt Gaetz. The notorly antichoice polician took to Twter to post fatphobic and misogynistic remarks about abortn rights activists, which Julianna swiftly shut down. After Gaetz's weak rebuttal, Julianna asserted herself aga, g Gaetz's vrl to lnch an abortn fundraiser for her thoands of followers. Wh 48 hours, garnered $1 ln donatns, and <a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">now ss at $2.3 ln</a>. Along the way, Julianna and her followers were sure to make donatns to abortn clics Gaetz’s name and created thank you rds for <a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">his help the pro-choice movement.</a></p></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="adslot adslot--mid-ntent" data-no-id="y1184h"></div></div></div></div><div class="GridWrapper-cAzTTK eRggVV grid grid-margs grid-ems-0 ArticlePageChunksGrid-hfxa bDFJoo"><div class="GridItem-buujkM kHPPIF grid--em"><div class="BodyWrapper-kufPGa XtZXd body bodyntaer articlebody" data-journey-hook="client-ntent" data-ttid="BodyWrapper"><div class="bodyner-ntaer"><p>Of this triumph, Julianna, who has stggled wh her physil and mental health sce childhood, <a href=">tells <em>Teen Vogue</em></a><em>,</em> “The last thg I’m gog to do is let someone like Matt Gaetz, of all people, make me feel bad about myself. My nfince has not faltered one b sce this entire thg has happened bee I know I’m dog the right thg.”</p><p>She has not only mastered the art of g social media as a tool to expose and silence problematic policians — cludg Texas attorney general Ken Paxton and Virgia’s Republin ernor Glenn Youngk — she has mastered the verse as well, g social media to uplift ndidat who n brg Texas to 2022. </p><p>Julianna knows what is keepg Texas and liberal ndidat om succeedg: “The realy is that Texas is not a red state; Texas is a voter-supprsn state,” she says. Wh the power of TikTok, and her role as director of polil strategy & ernment affairs for Gen Z for Change, Julianna has champned Democratic ndidat like Beto O’Rourke, who is nng to unseat Greg Abbott as Texas ernor, and Rochelle Garza, who is petg agast Paxton for attorney general.</p><p>Of Julianna's fluence, current state litenant ernor ndidate Mike Collier nailed when he said that “Olivia embodi the bt of Texas: gr the face of adversy, rolve no matter the hardship.”</p><figure class="AssetEmbedWrapper-eVDQiB byBkf asset-embed"><div class="AssetEmbedAssetContaer-eJxoAx dBHGoQ asset-embedasset-ntaer"><span class="SpanWrapper-umhxW kGxnNB rponsive-asset AssetEmbedRponsiveAsset-cXBNxi eCxVQK asset-embedrponsive-asset"><picture class="RponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa AssetEmbedRponsiveAsset-cXBNxi eCxVQK asset-embedrponsive-asset rponsive-image"><noscript><img alt="Illtratn of Roswell Grey theythem 20 Beloved Arise youth ambassador" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-imageimage" src=" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w, 960w, 1280w, 1600w" siz="100vw"/></noscript></picture></span></div></figure><h2>Roswell Grey, they/them, 17, Beloved Arise youth ambassador</h2><p>There are many who see queerns and relig practice as mutually exclive, but Roswell Grey is here to rhape the narrative. Of their inty and advocy, Grey tells GLAAD, “I am an active member of the Church of J Christ of Latter Day Sats and am openly queer all relig ntexts, spe the possible backlash.”</p><p>Their vehicle for expandg the unrstandg of what means to be LGBTQ and a person of fah? Beloved Arise, a fah-based nonprof where Grey serv as one of five youth ambassadors. Through this anizatn, they “share [their] story to support and uplift other queer youth of fah.” Grey is also the print of their school’s Genr and Sexualy Alliance, their send year the role, and a member of the Hope Squad, a peer-to-peer suici preventn program.</p></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="adslot adslot--mid-ntent" data-no-id="bjafw"></div></div></div></div><div class="GridWrapper-cAzTTK eRggVV grid grid-margs grid-ems-0 ArticlePageChunksGrid-hfxa bDFJoo"><div class="GridItem-buujkM kHPPIF grid--em"><div class="BodyWrapper-kufPGa XtZXd body bodyntaer articlebody" data-journey-hook="client-ntent" data-ttid="BodyWrapper"><div class="bodyner-ntaer"><p>Grey’s activism is steadfast and stnch. “I am an advote for the LGBTQ muny bee there is no other optn my md," they say. "Beg queer is such an important aspect of who I am, and other young people serve to be supported who they are.” </p><div data-attr-viewport-monor="le-recirc" class="le-recirc-wrapper le-recirc-observer-target-9 viewport-monor-anchor"></div><p>Their biggt spiratn? Edna St. Vcent Millay, an openly bisexual poet who fought for women’s rights and queer rights the 1920s and '30s. Nearly 100 years later, Grey is followg St. Vcent Millay’s footsteps, g their voice to shape people’s hearts and mds the directn of acceptance.</p><p>Earlier this year, Grey was profiled as part of <em>Good Morng Ameri</em>’s Inspiratn List, a roundup of LGBTQ+ youth makg change. Grey also enjoys hikg, mpg, cryptids and cryptid huntg.</p><figure class="AssetEmbedWrapper-eVDQiB byBkf asset-embed"><div class="AssetEmbedAssetContaer-eJxoAx dBHGoQ asset-embedasset-ntaer"><span class="SpanWrapper-umhxW kGxnNB rponsive-asset AssetEmbedRponsiveAsset-cXBNxi eCxVQK asset-embedrponsive-asset"><picture class="RponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa AssetEmbedRponsiveAsset-cXBNxi eCxVQK asset-embedrponsive-asset rponsive-image"><noscript><img alt="Illtratn of Will Larks theythem 17 stunt activist and LGBTQ advote" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-imageimage" src=" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w, 960w, 1280w, 1600w" siz="100vw"/></noscript></picture></span></div></figure><h2>Will Larks, they/them, 17, stunt activist and LGBTQ advote</h2><p>When the “Don’t Say Gay” bill was makg s way through the Florida Senate, few stood up opposn as remarkably as <a href=">Will Larks</a>. At their school, Larks anized the “Say Gay Anyway” walkout, which was attend by over 500 people. They spoke to the Florida Senate mtee and, perhaps most signifintly, penned the op-ed “Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Bill Will Hurt Teens Like Me,” which ran the <em>New York Tim.</em></p><p>The op-ed, published March, chronicled Larks’ experience beg harassed at a Halloween party and how they were forted later by a teacher who shared that she had a siar experience growg up. This talk was nothg short of lifavg for Larks, who noted: “Had the proposed law been effect last year, my teacher uld have put herself jeopardy by beg there for me.”</p><p>Larks explaed how tn, cludg beg troduced to the LGBTQ acronym by a iend at summer mp and learng about nonbary and Two-spir people Indigeno muni, affirmed their existence as a queer person. It is bee of knowledge like this that tn and visibily n save the liv of LGBTQ+ people and why Larks spoke out so strongly agast the harmful bill.</p></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="adslot adslot--mid-ntent" data-no-id="ftv3"></div></div></div></div><div class="GridWrapper-cAzTTK eRggVV grid grid-margs grid-ems-0 ArticlePageChunksGrid-hfxa bDFJoo"><div class="GridItem-buujkM kHPPIF grid--em"><div class="BodyWrapper-kufPGa XtZXd body bodyntaer articlebody" data-journey-hook="client-ntent" data-ttid="BodyWrapper"><div class="bodyner-ntaer"><p>Larks’ efforts have not gone unnoticed. In 2022, they received a Webby Award for Bt Social Movement of the Year, and later appeared at Harvard Law School’s 2022 Stunts Speak Youth Summ as the keynote speaker.</p><p>Larks now serv as the founr and print of their schools Queer Stunt Unn, and has mted to drsg “very androgyno, outwardly queer clothg” every day. Why? Bee if “I n help even one person by beg myself,” Larks tells GLAAD, “I did my job,”</p><figure class="AssetEmbedWrapper-eVDQiB byBkf asset-embed"><div class="AssetEmbedAssetContaer-eJxoAx dBHGoQ asset-embedasset-ntaer"><span class="SpanWrapper-umhxW kGxnNB rponsive-asset AssetEmbedRponsiveAsset-cXBNxi eCxVQK asset-embedrponsive-asset"><picture class="RponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa AssetEmbedRponsiveAsset-cXBNxi eCxVQK asset-embedrponsive-asset rponsive-image"><noscript><img alt="Illtratn of Zanr Moricz hehim 18 executive director of the Social Equy and Edutn Iniative" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-imageimage" src=" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w, 960w, 1280w, 1600w" siz="100vw"/></noscript></picture></span></div></figure><h2><br/>Zanr Moricz, he/him, 18, executive director of the Social Equy and Edutn Iniative</h2><p>When queer youth put their liv on the le to bat dangero anti-LGBTQ+ legislatn, is often bee they have a eper unrstandg of the te potential for harm. When me to Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill, <a href=">Zanr Moricz</a> did not hate to share that unrstandg: Providg analysis to <em>Good Morng Ameri</em>, CNN, MSNBC, and more, Moricz has built a reer on unterg that hateful law, cludg actg as a platiff the lawsu agast Florida ernor DeSantis surroundg “Don’t Say Gay.”</p><div data-attr-viewport-monor="le-recirc" class="le-recirc-wrapper le-recirc-observer-target-10 viewport-monor-anchor"></div><p>Moricz is also the founr and executive director of the Social Equy and Edutn Iniative (SEE), an anizatn that's leadg stunt rponse to opprsive lears and their polici through mass anizg and mpaign work. “For me, school was the first place I me out,” Moricz tells GLAAD. “So, as I watch my ernor spoil this space — this human right — for thoands of children, my advocy serv as a productive outlet for the anger I feel for children like my younger self. I have to speak out for the thoands of stunts who n no longer do so safely.”</p><p>At SEE, Moricz also overse the registratn of tens of thoands of youth voters. A champn of reprentatn, Moricz tells queer youth: “Our muny exists bee of our tirels fight for visibily, and bee of that, our muny is strong. Lean to this llective of love and draw om your birthright: queer power.”</p></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="adslot adslot--mid-ntent" data-no-id="4nk8kq"></div></div></div></div><div class="GridWrapper-cAzTTK eRggVV grid grid-margs grid-ems-0 ArticlePageChunksGrid-hfxa bDFJoo"><div class="GridItem-buujkM kHPPIF grid--em"><div class="BodyWrapper-kufPGa XtZXd body bodyntaer articlebody" data-journey-hook="client-ntent" data-ttid="BodyWrapper"><div class="bodyner-ntaer"><p>Lastly, Moricz tells GLAAD his queero (queer hero) is Dan Levy for creatg the show <em>Scht’s Creek.</em> “<em>Scht’s Creek</em> was the first time I ever wnsed a queer love story that wasn’t a tragedy.… To know that I uld experience love whout loss and muny whout ntgency was liberatg.”</p><figure class="AssetEmbedWrapper-eVDQiB byBkf asset-embed"><div class="AssetEmbedAssetContaer-eJxoAx dBHGoQ asset-embedasset-ntaer"><span class="SpanWrapper-umhxW kGxnNB rponsive-asset AssetEmbedRponsiveAsset-cXBNxi eCxVQK asset-embedrponsive-asset"><picture class="RponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa AssetEmbedRponsiveAsset-cXBNxi eCxVQK asset-embedrponsive-asset rponsive-image"><noscript><img alt="Illtratn of Zuriel Hooks sheher 19 ntent creator activist anizer for The Knights and Orchids Society" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-imageimage" src=" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w, 960w, 1280w, 1600w" siz="100vw"/></noscript></picture></span></div></figure><h2>Zuriel Hooks, she/her, 19, ntent creator, activist, anizer for The Knights and Orchids Society</h2><p>From a legislative standpot, trans youth Alabama have the odds stacked agast them. In fact, the state was first the untry to make providg genr-affirmg health re for trans youth a felony. While that law is currently on hold due to an junctn hand down by a feral judge, the anti-LGBTQ+ sentiment prevails.</p><p>Fortunately for queer youth the state, activists such as Zuriel Hooks are remdg folks Alabama and beyond that, y, trans youth exist, and y, they serve accs to health re, tn, and more. Currently, Hooks works for The Knights and Orchids Society (TKO), a nonprof that provis ee health re for Black LGBTQ+ people Alabama. As a TKO prep navigator and vice print of the anizatn’s youth ambassador program, Hooks' work clus nnectg trans youth wh ee hormone replacement therapy, leadg support groups on trans feme and trans mascule issu, and anizg events promotg safe sexual health.</p><p>“My existence holds a special place this world," Hooks tells GLAAD. "There is only one me. I’ve noticed [my prence has] helped a lot of young LGBTQ+ people whout even noticg. They [tell] me I spire them and help them feel better about who they are.”</p><p>As an exemplary, impactful lear on trans issu, Hooks has provid sight to NBC News on <a href=">how hormone replacement therapy sav liv</a>, and to social jtice publitn <em>The Reckon</em> about how “<a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">trans folks Alabama very much still exist, are still valid, and are the future of our state.”</a></p></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="adslot adslot--mid-ntent" data-no-id="cguwm"></div></div></div></div><div class="GridWrapper-cAzTTK eRggVV grid grid-margs grid-ems-0 ArticlePageChunksGrid-hfxa bDFJoo"><div class="GridItem-buujkM kHPPIF grid--em"><div class="BodyWrapper-kufPGa XtZXd body bodyntaer articlebody" data-journey-hook="client-ntent" data-ttid="BodyWrapper"><div class="bodyner-ntaer"><p>Hooks creds Martha P. Johnson, the “mother of all mothers,” for shapg her barrier breakg work.</p><div data-attr-viewport-monor="le-recirc" class="le-recirc-wrapper le-recirc-observer-target-11 viewport-monor-anchor"></div><p><em>GLAAD’s 20 Unr 20 list is prented wh special thanks to Abdool Corlette, Allison Bloom, Anthony Allen Ramos, Dt Hood, The Knights & Orchids Society, Nick Adams, The Pot Foundatn, Tony Morrison, and Yolanda Lenge.</em></p><p><em>Photo illtratns for GLAAD’s 20 Unr 20 class of 2022 were missned by New York-based graphic signer, animator and illtrator, Christopher Skner.</em></p><p><strong>Let sli to your DMs.</strong> <a href=">Sign up for the <em>Teen Vogue</em> daily email</a>.</p><figure class="CneVioEmbedFigure-kCfJjN hdJOda e-vio-embed"><div data-ttid="script-ntaer"></div></figure></div></div></div></div></div><div class="GridWrapper-cAzTTK eRggVV grid grid-margs grid-ems-0 PaywallInleBarrierWhWrapperGrid-fyrGfS jyGBoi"><div class="GridItem-buujkM kHPPIF grid--em"><div class="body 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class="body__ner-ntaer"><p>The future is <a href=">queer</a>.</p><p>Acrdg to a <a href=">Gallup poll</a> published Febary, more Amerins than ever nsir themselv somethg other than heterosexual — and Gen Z is leadg the way, wh one five members of the 1997-2003 club intifyg as LGBTQ+. Dpe a wave of anti-LGBTQ+ <a href=">legislatn</a>, rhetoric, and misrmatn that uld otherwise dissua queer youth om steppg to their light, there is a particularly bright group of people buildg an unapologetic tomorrow for all of .</p><p>Today, we see queer youth reprented on TV excg, groundbreakg seri like <a href="><em>Love, Victor</em></a> and <a href="><em>Sex Edutn</em></a><em>.</em> We see them across social media, teachg dienc what means to be Indigeno and queer. Perhaps most impactful, we see them makg news and headl. They have <a href=">raised more than $2 ln for abortn accs</a> rponse to attacks om far-right ngrspeople. They have anized statewi walkouts agast the “<a href=">Don’t Say Gay</a>” bill Florida. Queer youth are leadg the way and the future is theirs to take.</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><strong>GLAAD is thrilled to troduce this year’s honore for the third annual</strong> <a href="><strong>20 Unr 20</strong></a>, a special group of outstandg young people who are acceleratg acceptance through their work entertament and media. They’re energizg by releasg unapologetilly gay mic, grantg visibily and reprentatn by providg queer history lsons at school when ’s left out of the curriculum, buildg muny by havg one another’s backs and sharg their experienc, and anizg and creatg a movement wh purpose and agast opprsn.</p><div class="Contaer-bkChBi byNLHx"></div><p>This year’s 20 Unr 20 list is officially sponsored by Delta and exclively revealed by <em>Teen Vogue</em>. In addn, GLAAD partnered wh profsnal artist Chris Skner to create illtratns of each nomee, pturg them a seri of ctomized, badass portras. Whether 's the imprsive Gen Z for Change executive director Aidan Kohn-Murphy, breakout nonbary star Elva Guerra, or trailblazg trans mol Alex Consani, GLAAD’s 20 Unr 20 list is a diverse gatherg of exemplary LGBTQ+ youth whose work, activism, and visibily are makg the world a safer, more acceptg place for <em>all</em> people.</p><div class="AdWrapper-dQtivb fZrssQ ad ad---ntent"><div class="ad__slot ad__slot---ntent" data-no-id="77dh9"></div></div><p>Meet GLAAD’s 2022 Class of 20 Unr 20:</p><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="Illtratn of Aidan KohnMurphy hehim 18 founr and executive director of Gen Z for Change" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-image__image" src=" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w, 960w, 1280w, 1600w" siz="100vw"/></noscript></picture></span></div></figure><h2>Aidan Kohn-Murphy, he/him, 18, founr and executive director of Gen Z for Change</h2><p>Aidan Kohn-Murphy is a trailblazer. At jt 18 years old, he’s mastered the art of tappg to the power of young people on social media and harnsg their voic for good. Through his nonprof, Gen Z for Change, where he is the founr and executive director, Kohn-Murphy engag more than half a billn people on issu like climate jtice, disabily rights, gun safety, and, of urse, LGBTQ+ and racial jtice. Gen Z for Change currently has more than 500 social media creators (some of whom are on this very list), all voted to shapg the hearts and mds of society at large.</p></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="8g1exl"></div></div></div></div><div class="GridWrapper-cAzTTK eRggVV grid grid-margs grid-ems-0 ArticlePageChunksGrid-hfxa bDFJoo"><div class="GridItem-buujkM kHPPIF grid--em"><div class="BodyWrapper-kufPGa XtZXd body body__ntaer article__body" data-journey-hook="client-ntent" data-ttid="BodyWrapper"><div class="body__ner-ntaer"><p><em>Poli</em> lled Kohn-Murphy “an unlikely lear of Ameri’s largt and fastt-growg progrsive media empire,” and his efforts have been regnized by the <em>New York Tim</em>, the <em>Washgton Post</em>, and CNN, among others.</p><div data-attr-viewport-monor="le-recirc" class="le-recirc-wrapper le-recirc-observer-target-1 viewport-monor-anchor"></div><p>Kohn-Murphy knows queerns, while beg “very personal,” also means “beg unchangeably tertwed wh the legacy of generatns of queer activists and advot who me before you.” Through his work, he tells GLAAD, he believ he n “be someone’s queer anctor who helped enable them to live openly and proudly.”</p><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="Illtratn of Alex Consani sheher 19 mol" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-image__image" src=" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w, 960w, 1280w, 1600w" siz="100vw"/></noscript></picture></span></div></figure><h2>Alex Consani, she/her, 19, mol</h2><p>When she was jt 13, Alex Consani <a href=">appeared a shoot</a> wh transgenr in Domique Jackson, who offered her a simple piece of advice: “Givg to the prsur of the world only tak the world away om you.”</p><p>Consani, who appeared the shoot as an aspirg supermol, heard Jackson’s words and ran wh them. Now repped by IMG, and one of the youngt signed trans supermols the dtry, Consani has graced the nways of Tom Ford, Alexanr McQueen, Versace, and more. Adored for her early-2000s style and niche sense of humor, the “queen of DePop” is takg New York by storm — and she’s jt gettg started.</p><p>In addn to her flourishg reer, Consani has turned to TikTok to remd that, y, pretty people n also be sightful and hilar. Called a “<a href=">master of Gen Z humor</a>” by <em>Vogue,</em> her acunts and @ptcrook have amassed over 1.2 ln followers and feature Consani praisg mannequs at Kohl's for their molg expertise or simply tellg her followers, “You need to start beg you, bee you are you.”</p><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="Illtratn of Ava Aimable sheher 17 stunt and activist" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-image__image" src=" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w, 960w, 1280w, 1600w" siz="100vw"/></noscript></picture></span></div></figure><h2>Ava Aimable, she/her, 17, stunt and activist</h2><p>Some folks look at spac that tradnally exclu queer people and they turn the other way, but stunt and activist Ava Aimable se opportuny stead. </p></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="5td805s"></div></div></div></div><div class="GridWrapper-cAzTTK eRggVV grid grid-margs grid-ems-0 ArticlePageChunksGrid-hfxa bDFJoo"><div class="GridItem-buujkM kHPPIF grid--em"><div class="BodyWrapper-kufPGa XtZXd body body__ntaer article__body" data-journey-hook="client-ntent" data-ttid="BodyWrapper"><div class="body__ner-ntaer"><p>At her Christian school, Aimable acted as a mentor to LGBTQ+ stunts to make them feel clud, beg a founr of her school’s first Diversy and Incln Council, workg wh the school’s admistratn to rolve issu of race, sex, disabily, and genr exprsn. Aimable has sce rried her mment to social jtice all the way to Columbia Universy, where she is studyg to bee a clil psychologist.</p><p>Along the way, Aimable worked wh the nonprof anizatn LuvMichael as a social media advote for people wh tism. Fortunately, Aimable’s outstandg mment to advocy has not gone unregnized: She is a servg Wells Fargo scholar, an honor she earned through the <a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Pot Foundatn</a>, a nonprof that empowers promisg LGBTQ+ stunts to reach their full amic and learship potential.</p><p>Aimable’s spiratn? Wanda Syk. Aimable tells GLAAD: “Bis havg the abily to make me lgh unntrollably, Mrs. Syk has given me the urage to be myself. She was the first Black lbian woman that I ever me across. She showed me that beg gay wasn’t somethg that I had to be so ser [about] all the time.”</p><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="Illtratn of Cameron Samuels theythem 18 stunt activist" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-image__image" src=" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w, 960w, 1280w, 1600w" siz="100vw"/></noscript></picture></span></div></figure><h2>Cameron Samuels, they/them, 18, stunt activist</h2><p>You know you’re dog somethg right when former Print Barack Obama tweets that <a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">he’s grateful for your work.</a> For trailblazg muny anizer Cameron Samuels, this stamp of approval om the former U.S. Prez is well earned.</p><div data-attr-viewport-monor="le-recirc" class="le-recirc-wrapper le-recirc-observer-target-2 viewport-monor-anchor"></div><p>In their home state of Texas, Samuels is leadg the charge agast book bans and queer censorship. Samuels beme motivated to speak out when they noticed their high school had an ter filter that blocked accs to s like The Trevor Project and other cril rourc for LGBTQ youth. Samuels packed school board meetgs and worked wh the ACLU to remove the filter, markg the begng of Samuels’ lifelong mment to tnal equy.</p></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="ta3b"></div></div></div></div><div class="GridWrapper-cAzTTK eRggVV grid grid-margs grid-ems-0 ArticlePageChunksGrid-hfxa bDFJoo"><div class="GridItem-buujkM kHPPIF grid--em"><div class="BodyWrapper-kufPGa XtZXd body body__ntaer article__body" data-journey-hook="client-ntent" data-ttid="BodyWrapper"><div class="body__ner-ntaer"><p>Sce then, Samuels has also anized FReadom Week, an iative to distribute hundreds of challenged or banned books Texas. The mpaign land Samuels a posn as the Honorary Youth Chair for <a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Banned Books Week</a>, an annual event celebratg the eedom to read, led by a aln of anizatns like GLAAD, PEN Ameri, and the Natnal Coaln Agast Censorship.</p><p>“In muni like that of my home state of Texas, classrooms have bee battlegrounds where stunts are the polil pawns,” Samuels tells GLAAD. “Queer youth are stgglg at the face of unjt polici targetg margalized inti, and we are beg left out of cisn-makg that directly affects .”</p><p>Now Samuels is a stunt at Branis Universy, but they rema firm on batg censorship Texas. On beg visible as an LGBTQ advote, Samuels says: “If we don’t speak, then who will?”</p><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="Illtratn of Danielle Cohn sheher 18 entreprenr and social media fluencer" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-image__image" src=" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w, 960w, 1280w, 1600w" siz="100vw"/></noscript></picture></span></div></figure><h2>Danielle Cohn, she/her, 18, entreprenr and social media fluencer</h2><p>Danielle Cohn is the proud founr of the first teen-owned feme brand, Feel Dive. Wh an array of plant-based products, her goal is simple: to help tweens and teens velop self-awarens and feel nfint.</p><p>Wh over 19 ln followers on TikTok supportg her journey, Cohn tells GLAAD that when she first joed social media she “had no ia the impact [she] was havg on people.” That’s what led her to start offerg advice on beg a woman, beg pansexual, and even havg an abortn at a young age.</p><p>Brave and unapologetic, Cohn’s missn onle and beyond is to champn women and the LGBTQ+ muny. To those stgglg wh their inty, she advis, “You only live once, so never be aaid to be you.… The LGBTQ muny is amazg and we all love you and support you. We know ’s sry, but tst me, you are so loved. We are all here to be there wh you through your journey.”</p></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="h4ynf7"></div></div></div></div><div class="GridWrapper-cAzTTK eRggVV grid grid-margs grid-ems-0 ArticlePageChunksGrid-hfxa bDFJoo"><div class="GridItem-buujkM kHPPIF grid--em"><div class="BodyWrapper-kufPGa XtZXd body body__ntaer article__body" data-journey-hook="client-ntent" data-ttid="BodyWrapper"><div class="body__ner-ntaer"><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="Illtratn of Elva Guerra theythem 18 actor" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-image__image" src=" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w, 960w, 1280w, 1600w" siz="100vw"/></noscript></picture></span></div></figure><h2>Elva Guerra, they/them, 18, actor</h2><p>If you haven’t yet seen <em>Rervatn Dogs</em>, you are not jt missg out on a nuanced, origal, and excg story about Native Amerin teenagers, you’re also missg out on a touchg performance by nonbary breakout star Elva Guerra.</p><div data-attr-viewport-monor="le-recirc" class="le-recirc-wrapper le-recirc-observer-target-3 viewport-monor-anchor"></div><p>Guerra feels strongly about movg through the world as an openly queer person, pecially now that they’ve stepped to the limelight. “I realized I am beg the prence I ntuoly advote for film,” they tell GLAAD. Along wh <em>Rervatn Dogs</em>, Guerra’s thenticy and talent have brought them to <em>Rutherford Falls</em> as a gut star and a seri regular AMC’s psychologil thriller <em>Dark Wds.</em></p><p>For members of the LGBTQ+ muny, Guerra tak pri knowg that people n look at them and “have peace about themselv.” Says Guerra to LGBTQ+ youth, “You matter so f*ckg much." </p><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="Illtratn of Eve May sheher 14 public speaker" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-image__image" src=" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w, 960w, 1280w, 1600w" siz="100vw"/></noscript></picture></span></div></figure><h2>Eve May, she/her, 14, public speaker</h2><p>The pen is mightier than the sword — and for teen public speaker Eve May, that adage rgs pecially te. </p></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="78lah9"></div></div></div></div><div class="GridWrapper-cAzTTK eRggVV grid grid-margs grid-ems-0 ArticlePageChunksGrid-hfxa bDFJoo"><div class="GridItem-buujkM kHPPIF grid--em"><div class="BodyWrapper-kufPGa XtZXd body body__ntaer article__body" data-journey-hook="client-ntent" data-ttid="BodyWrapper"><div class="body__ner-ntaer"><p>You may regnize May’s name om her movg letter to Lil Nas X, which <a href=">she thanked him for his impact on her own life as a trans teenager</a>. Maybe you’ve heard her speak at ternatnal workplace summs. Or maybe you saw her a <a href=">Nike mpaign</a>, where she shar advice for ach terted workg wh trans and nonbary youth.</p><p>May's classmat and the lol muny know her for beg a falist a district-wi school sign challenge, which her anti-bullyg mpaign tght them why ’s important for LGBTQ+ stunts to feel safe at school. This was, of urse, preced by her send-gra prentatn on beg trans, plete wh a full Q&A ssn after. The pot is, May is makg mov — and y, she’s only 14. </p><p>On the power of visibily, May told Lil Nas X: “I want you to know that the urage tak to be hont wh your te self is somethg I know too. Comg out is hard for all of , but ’s even harr when you have to do om the standpot of beg a hero for other people.”</p><p>Asi om her groundbreakg work as a public speaker, May also lov readg, beg by the beach, snowboardg, and Hunter Schaefer.</p><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="Illtratn of Gabriella Pizzolo shethey 19 actor and wrer" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-image__image" src=" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w, 960w, 1280w, 1600w" siz="100vw"/></noscript></picture></span></div></figure><h2>Gabriella Pizzolo, she/they, 19, actor and wrer</h2><p>Gabriella Pizzolo broke onto the scene as Small Allison the 2015 Tony Award-wng Broadway mil <em>Fun Home</em>, but Pizzolo's reer has been fluenced by the LGBTQ+ muny om the start. They cred st mat the mil, based on the novel by Allison Bechl, for providg the biggt spiratn. “[I nsir] them fay, even years after the show's closg,” Pizzolo tells GLAAD. “They tght me to stand for humany, kdns, and the importance of inty.”</p><div data-attr-viewport-monor="le-recirc" class="le-recirc-wrapper le-recirc-observer-target-4 viewport-monor-anchor"></div><p>Pizzolo has performed <em>Fun Home</em>’s “Rg of Keys” at the Whe Hoe for Michelle Obama and at the 20th SAGE Awards. Now, Pizzolo is gracg screens across the untry as an out pansexual and nonbary performer, appearg HBO’s <em>Pretty Ltle Liars: Origal S,</em> as Angela, and Netflix’s <em>Stranger Thgs,</em> as Suzie.</p></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="gbrn"></div></div></div></div><div class="GridWrapper-cAzTTK eRggVV grid grid-margs grid-ems-0 ArticlePageChunksGrid-hfxa bDFJoo"><div class="GridItem-buujkM kHPPIF grid--em"><div class="BodyWrapper-kufPGa XtZXd body body__ntaer article__body" data-journey-hook="client-ntent" data-ttid="BodyWrapper"><div class="body__ner-ntaer"><p>Beg visible on and offscreen as a member of the LGBTQ+ muny is not an opportuny Pizzolo tak lightly. An ally sce age 11, now wh Broadway and two major TV seri the bag, Pizzolo says, “I believe that beg visible is changg people’s hearts and mds. It is important to me when alg wh this to always be hont and unrstandg wh others, pecially wh the muny and every ally.”</p><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="Illtratn of Giiwed hehim 20 water protector stunt and TikToker" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-image__image" src=" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w, 960w, 1280w, 1600w" siz="100vw"/></noscript></picture></span></div></figure><h2>Giiwed, he/him, 20, water protector, stunt, and TikToker</h2><p>Giiwed, or Northwd Ojibwe, is a Two-spir water protector om the Leech Lake Natn. As a stunt studyg blogy at the Universy of Mnota, Giiwed took to TikTok 2020 to voice ristance to buildg Le 3, a tar sands pipele. While prottg, Giiwed amassed over 400,000 followers on TikTok, all of whom “[stood] alongsi and said no to big oil and y to the water, and the land, and all of the other livg begs.” </p><p>Unfortunately, the pipele was built anyway, tearg through treaty terrori Giiwed’s area, terrori that were rich wild rice, a <a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">sacred food to his people.</a></p><p>Giiwed starts most of his vios wh a simple Ojibwe greetg: “Boozhoo!” His wele is warm, but his words are powerful. For Pri Month — over Kate Bh’s “Runng Up That Hill” — he remd his dience that “beg queer was not monized the Ameris prr to lonizatn.” This mirrors his own experience as a queer Indigeno person and asserts that those om his tribal natn are acceptg of LGBTQ+ people, jt as “most tribal natns were.”</p><p>Want to learn about givg Indigeno people their land back? Or what means to be Two-spir? Say “Boozhoo!” to Giiwed.</p><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="Illtratn of Jack Petocz hehim 17 strategist at Gen Z for Change polil activist and stunt" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-image__image" src=" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w, 960w, 1280w, 1600w" siz="100vw"/></noscript></picture></span></div></figure><h2>Jack Petocz, he/him, 17, strategist at Gen Z for Change, polil activist, and stunt</h2><p>Amid Florida’s numero legislative attacks on LGBTQ+ stunts, perhaps most notably the troductn of HB577, a.k.a. the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, <a href=">Jack Petocz</a> was at the helm of anizg agast the opprsn.</p></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="wqg0of"></div></div></div></div><div class="GridWrapper-cAzTTK eRggVV grid grid-margs grid-ems-0 ArticlePageChunksGrid-hfxa bDFJoo"><div class="GridItem-buujkM kHPPIF grid--em"><div class="BodyWrapper-kufPGa XtZXd body body__ntaer article__body" data-journey-hook="client-ntent" data-ttid="BodyWrapper"><div class="body__ner-ntaer"><p>At jt 17, Petocz anized multiple statewi walkouts rponse to the bill, drawg thoands of peaceful stunt protters. That same year, Petocz succsfully spearhead a mpaign to <a href=">unseat a ntroversial and nservative member</a> of his lol school board, Jill Woolbright. Woolbright got natnal attentn when she attempted to have queer nonbary thor Gee M. Johnson’s memoir, <em>All Boys Aren’t Blue,</em> stripped om school librari, gog as far as filg two crimal plats agast Johnson. </p><div data-attr-viewport-monor="le-recirc" class="le-recirc-wrapper le-recirc-observer-target-5 viewport-monor-anchor"></div><p>Through his anizatn <a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Rell FCSB</a> (an acronym for Flagler County School Board), Petocz led protts, addrsed the school board, and published an op-ed the lol paper about the danger of book bans. In 2021, Petocz <a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">wrote</a>: “Book bans aren’t jt book bans.… They’re attempts to erase people like me, to sre back to visibily and irrelevance. We will be neher.” Petocz also started an onle mpaign to distribute 300 pi of <em>All Boys Aren’t Blue</em> to his district.</p><p>Petocz's résumé as an activist don’t stop there. He’s published piec on the importance of gun ntrol, appeared at Whe Hoe Pri events, and now serv as a Gen Z for Change strategist. He also received a Webby Award for his work surroundg the #SayGay movement.</p><p>Petocz has named <a href=">Harvey Milk</a> as his biggt LGBTQ+ fluence. “He served as an spiratn to me by showg that gay men n be placed a posn of power spe a tumultuo suatn at hand.”</p><p>Tumultuo ed, Petocz has navigated wh power and grace the many obstacl that LGBTQ+ youth face the US. Time will tell what is next for this wunrkd advote, but for now, Petocz is foced on this year’s midterms.</p><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="Illtratn of Ja LeMac sheher 18 mician" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-image__image" src=" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w, 960w, 1280w, 1600w" siz="100vw"/></noscript></picture></span></div></figure><h2>Ja LeMac, she/her, 18, mician</h2><p>Mician Ja LeMac has no uncertaty about who she is or what purpose her mic serv. LeMac asserts that she “naturally exists outsi of any box, and ’s stantly apparent her mic.” A queer Asian artist who pens “trospectively emotnal soundtracks” and anthems for “when you want to have a bad-bch time,” LeMac’s disgraphy, which currently nsists of four h sgl, has garnered more than 27 ln streams to date.</p></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="378d"></div></div></div></div><div class="GridWrapper-cAzTTK eRggVV grid grid-margs grid-ems-0 ArticlePageChunksGrid-hfxa bDFJoo"><div class="GridItem-buujkM kHPPIF grid--em"><div class="BodyWrapper-kufPGa XtZXd body body__ntaer article__body" data-journey-hook="client-ntent" data-ttid="BodyWrapper"><div class="body__ner-ntaer"><p>Onward and upward, LeMac has partnered wh Arista Rerds as she prepar to release her upg EP. LeMac creds artists <a href=">Hayley Kiyoko</a>, Troye Sivan, Lren Jregui, and Kehlani for spiratn and revealg to her that “there’s space for everyone.” In a word of advice for LGBTQ+ youth, LeMac says, “[Don’t] be sred of yourself. You will never fd happs other people.”</p><p>If you want to hear more om LeMac, stream her tracks “Constellatns,” “Let Me,” “Same Place,” and “Aimed to Kill.”</p><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="Illtratn of Javier Gomez hehim 18 stunt activist wrer and signer" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-image__image" src=" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w, 960w, 1280w, 1600w" siz="100vw"/></noscript></picture></span></div></figure><h2>Javier Gomez, he/him, 18, stunt activist, wrer, and signer</h2><p>Javier Gomez is nothg short of a visnary, wh the talent to back up. Gomez’s work as an advote for the LGBTQ+ muny has brought him to the streets of Florida, where he protted the state’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill; ’s brought him to the Whe Hoe, where he troduced Print Joe Bin moments before he signed his historic Executive Orr Advancg LGBTQI+ Equaly durg Pri Month; and brought him to the 2022 Webby Awards, where he accepted the award for Social Movement of the Year (alongsi other 20 Unr 20 honore Jack Petocz and Will Larks). Gomez's six-word acceptance speech was profound and accurate: “This right here is queer revolutn.”</p><div data-attr-viewport-monor="le-recirc" class="le-recirc-wrapper le-recirc-observer-target-6 viewport-monor-anchor"></div><p>Gomez is now takg his talents to New York Cy, where he's a stunt at the Fashn Instute of Technology. An aspirg polil and fashn journalist, Gomez creds his unstoppable advocy efforts to none other than Lady Gaga. “She has created an oasis that many queer folks n nfi ," he explas. "My work has bee a reflectn of the self-love I disvered through Lady Gaga's lyrics; I n now reclaim my queerns and help others do the same.”</p><p>Keep your ey peeled for this outstandg queer and Venezuelan artist, wrer, and activist — you’ll be glad you did.</p></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="4dopgg"></div></div></div></div><div class="GridWrapper-cAzTTK eRggVV grid grid-margs grid-ems-0 ArticlePageChunksGrid-hfxa bDFJoo"><div class="GridItem-buujkM kHPPIF grid--em"><div class="BodyWrapper-kufPGa XtZXd body body__ntaer article__body" data-journey-hook="client-ntent" data-ttid="BodyWrapper"><div class="body__ner-ntaer"><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="Illtratn of Lot Lloyd hehim 19 sex tor and stunt" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-image__image" src=" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w, 960w, 1280w, 1600w" siz="100vw"/></noscript></picture></span></div></figure><h2>Lot Lloyd, he/him, 19, sex tor and stunt</h2><p>Growg up, Lot Lloyd did not thk Blackns and transns uld exist. “All the trans people I saw were whe,” Lloyd tells GLAAD. “And when I fally did learn of Black transns, was the past tense, rememberg the ad or lost.”</p><p>Lloyd has sce stepped to his tth as a Black queer transmascule person, and is now spirg others to fd their light. In high school, he worked wh Planned Parenthood of Michigan as a peer <a href=">sex tor</a>, servg as a nfintial rource for young people lookg for terpersonal support, more rmatn on specific sexual health topics, and more. Says Lloyd, “By engagg muny-buildg work, I am able to serve as both a role mol and a support system to lol queer and trans youth.” </p><p>Now a hman at Oberl College of Arts and Scienc, where he's studyg genr, sexualy, and femist studi and tn, Lloyd ntu his eply important work as a sex tor. Lloyd also serv on the Advot for Youth’s Racial Jtice Sex-Edutn Youth Advisory Council and Planned Parenthood of Michigan’s Genr Affirmg Care Communy Advisory Board.</p><p>As a sex tor his muny, the work Lloyd do is not jt lifavg, 's life affirmg. When asked for words of advice to other LGBTQ+ youth, Lloyd says, “Learn how to love yourself, ASAP.”</p><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="Illtratn of Milly Shapiro shethey 20 actor and sgersongwrer" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-image__image" src=" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w, 960w, 1280w, 1600w" siz="100vw"/></noscript></picture></span></div></figure><h2>Milly Shapiro, she/they, 20, actor and sger-songwrer</h2><p>Honorary Tony Award? Check! Starrg a crilly acclaimed A24 horror film? Check! Gut judge on a beloved unrground drag petn? Also check!</p></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="38qi7y"></div></div></div></div><div class="GridWrapper-cAzTTK eRggVV grid grid-margs grid-ems-0 ArticlePageChunksGrid-hfxa bDFJoo"><div class="GridItem-buujkM kHPPIF grid--em"><div class="BodyWrapper-kufPGa XtZXd body body__ntaer article__body" data-journey-hook="client-ntent" data-ttid="BodyWrapper"><div class="body__ner-ntaer"><p>Milly Shapiro’s reer as an actor speaks for self, and her succs has only been bolstered by a mment to thenticy. Also a sger and songwrer the band AfterxClass, which has amassed 34,000 monthly listeners and over a ln streams, Shapiro tells GLAAD that by g out and navigatg the dtry as an openly queer artist, they n show dienc “that 's wonrful beg queer” and that “they're not alone.”</p><div data-attr-viewport-monor="le-recirc" class="le-recirc-wrapper le-recirc-observer-target-7 viewport-monor-anchor"></div><p>The star of <em>Heredary</em> and the 2013 Broadway show <em>Matilda,</em> for which the performer also received a Grammy nomatn, Shapiro disclos that “g out was hard.” What gave them strength was seeg all the “artists, splayers, social media fluencers, and other typ of creators” who “wined [their] view of the world.”</p><p>Now, Shapiro is dog the same for her followers. “I cid that beg me was the most important thg that I uld do…. If I n make one person feel like they're okay beg who they are, then I'm happy.” Livg New York and <a href=">makg mic</a>, Shapiro fds mararie the LGBTQ+ muny and advis queer youth stgglg to “fd those people who accept you and remd you how wonrful you tly are and hold on to what mak you, you.”</p><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="Illtratn of Ni Craig hethey 20 mic producer and activist" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-image__image" src=" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w, 960w, 1280w, 1600w" siz="100vw"/></noscript></picture></span></div></figure><h2>Ni Craig, he/they, 20, mic producer and activist</h2><p>As one of Gen Z’s hottt Black trans DJs, Ni Craig has always wanted to spire the LGBTQ+ muny to dance through life wh thenticy.</p><p>At jt 10 years old, Craig was a falist on <em>Ameri’s Got Talent</em> for their DJ'g skills, and performed at Rad Cy Mic Hall. In middle school, Craig created an LGBTQ+ stunt-led anizatn, gog on to be selected as a youth ambassador for the Human Rights Campaign. The next year, Craig had the honor of DJ'g for the Obamas at the 2014 Whe Hoe Easter Egg Roll. Craig then beme a rint DJ on iHeartMedia’s Real 92.3, travelg across the untry to DJ, cludg at the Brian Henry Jueenth Block Party Los Angel and his monthly rincy at the Heartthrob party, which is dited to the LGBTQ+ muny.</p></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="bhe4n"></div></div></div></div><div class="GridWrapper-cAzTTK eRggVV grid grid-margs grid-ems-0 ArticlePageChunksGrid-hfxa bDFJoo"><div class="GridItem-buujkM kHPPIF grid--em"><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 2019, Craig was featured a star-studd Grammy Mm panel tled <a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">“Empowered: LGBTQ+ Voic Mic,”</a> prented njunctn wh the Rerdg Amy, GLAAD, <em>Out Magaze</em>, and the Ally Coaln. Craig spoke about facg discrimatn school and how havg fay members the LGBTQ+ muny shaped their experience.</p><p>Craig has been promotg the importance of existence between generatns and upliftg genr and nonnformg BIPOC muni. Craig tells GLAAD, “I feel as though is my duty to be a part of solutns to hatred rather than the e of . I remember the feelg of hopelsns as I alt wh homophobia and transphobia throughout my youth, and I plan on beg a part of the generatn that puts a p to . Everyone serv to be ee and e their voice to exprs themselv regardls of how one's experience entails. We mt dismantle fear!” </p><p>Ni Craig is takg over Los Angel, creatg safe spac for the muny, and spreadg queer joy on the dance floor.</p><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="Illtratn of Olivia Julianna sheher 19 queer activist and director of polil strategy of Gen Z for Change" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-image__image" src=" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w, 960w, 1280w, 1600w" siz="100vw"/></noscript></picture></span></div></figure><h2>Olivia Julianna, she/her, 19, queer activist and director of polil strategy of Gen Z for Change</h2><p>Bt known for executg what jt might be the world’s greatt clapback to right-wg hate, Olivia Julianna should not be unrtimated.</p><div data-attr-viewport-monor="le-recirc" class="le-recirc-wrapper le-recirc-observer-target-8 viewport-monor-anchor"></div><p>Julianna ma headl July for her public nontatn wh Republin ngrsman Matt Gaetz. The notorly antichoice polician took to Twter to post fatphobic and misogynistic remarks about abortn rights activists, which Julianna swiftly shut down. After Gaetz's weak rebuttal, Julianna asserted herself aga, g Gaetz's vrl to lnch an abortn fundraiser for her thoands of followers. Wh 48 hours, garnered $1 ln donatns, and <a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">now ss at $2.3 ln</a>. Along the way, Julianna and her followers were sure to make donatns to abortn clics Gaetz’s name and created thank you rds for <a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">his help the pro-choice movement.</a></p></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="y1184h"></div></div></div></div><div class="GridWrapper-cAzTTK eRggVV grid grid-margs grid-ems-0 ArticlePageChunksGrid-hfxa bDFJoo"><div class="GridItem-buujkM kHPPIF grid--em"><div class="BodyWrapper-kufPGa XtZXd body body__ntaer article__body" data-journey-hook="client-ntent" data-ttid="BodyWrapper"><div class="body__ner-ntaer"><p>Of this triumph, Julianna, who has stggled wh her physil and mental health sce childhood, <a href=">tells <em>Teen Vogue</em></a><em>,</em> “The last thg I’m gog to do is let someone like Matt Gaetz, of all people, make me feel bad about myself. My nfince has not faltered one b sce this entire thg has happened bee I know I’m dog the right thg.”</p><p>She has not only mastered the art of g social media as a tool to expose and silence problematic policians — cludg Texas attorney general Ken Paxton and Virgia’s Republin ernor Glenn Youngk — she has mastered the verse as well, g social media to uplift ndidat who n brg Texas to 2022. </p><p>Julianna knows what is keepg Texas and liberal ndidat om succeedg: “The realy is that Texas is not a red state; Texas is a voter-supprsn state,” she says. Wh the power of TikTok, and her role as director of polil strategy & ernment affairs for Gen Z for Change, Julianna has champned Democratic ndidat like Beto O’Rourke, who is nng to unseat Greg Abbott as Texas ernor, and Rochelle Garza, who is petg agast Paxton for attorney general.</p><p>Of Julianna's fluence, current state litenant ernor ndidate Mike Collier nailed when he said that “Olivia embodi the bt of Texas: gr the face of adversy, rolve no matter the hardship.”</p><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="Illtratn of Roswell Grey theythem 20 Beloved Arise youth ambassador" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-image__image" src=" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w, 960w, 1280w, 1600w" siz="100vw"/></noscript></picture></span></div></figure><h2>Roswell Grey, they/them, 17, Beloved Arise youth ambassador</h2><p>There are many who see queerns and relig practice as mutually exclive, but Roswell Grey is here to rhape the narrative. Of their inty and advocy, Grey tells GLAAD, “I am an active member of the Church of J Christ of Latter Day Sats and am openly queer all relig ntexts, spe the possible backlash.”</p><p>Their vehicle for expandg the unrstandg of what means to be LGBTQ and a person of fah? Beloved Arise, a fah-based nonprof where Grey serv as one of five youth ambassadors. Through this anizatn, they “share [their] story to support and uplift other queer youth of fah.” Grey is also the print of their school’s Genr and Sexualy Alliance, their send year the role, and a member of the Hope Squad, a peer-to-peer suici preventn program.</p></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="bjafw"></div></div></div></div><div class="GridWrapper-cAzTTK eRggVV grid grid-margs grid-ems-0 ArticlePageChunksGrid-hfxa bDFJoo"><div class="GridItem-buujkM kHPPIF grid--em"><div class="BodyWrapper-kufPGa XtZXd body body__ntaer article__body" data-journey-hook="client-ntent" data-ttid="BodyWrapper"><div class="body__ner-ntaer"><p>Grey’s activism is steadfast and stnch. “I am an advote for the LGBTQ muny bee there is no other optn my md," they say. "Beg queer is such an important aspect of who I am, and other young people serve to be supported who they are.” </p><div data-attr-viewport-monor="le-recirc" class="le-recirc-wrapper le-recirc-observer-target-9 viewport-monor-anchor"></div><p>Their biggt spiratn? Edna St. Vcent Millay, an openly bisexual poet who fought for women’s rights and queer rights the 1920s and '30s. Nearly 100 years later, Grey is followg St. Vcent Millay’s footsteps, g their voice to shape people’s hearts and mds the directn of acceptance.</p><p>Earlier this year, Grey was profiled as part of <em>Good Morng Ameri</em>’s Inspiratn List, a roundup of LGBTQ+ youth makg change. Grey also enjoys hikg, mpg, cryptids and cryptid huntg.</p><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="Illtratn of Will Larks theythem 17 stunt activist and LGBTQ advote" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-image__image" src=" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w, 960w, 1280w, 1600w" siz="100vw"/></noscript></picture></span></div></figure><h2>Will Larks, they/them, 17, stunt activist and LGBTQ advote</h2><p>When the “Don’t Say Gay” bill was makg s way through the Florida Senate, few stood up opposn as remarkably as <a href=">Will Larks</a>. At their school, Larks anized the “Say Gay Anyway” walkout, which was attend by over 500 people. They spoke to the Florida Senate mtee and, perhaps most signifintly, penned the op-ed “Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Bill Will Hurt Teens Like Me,” which ran the <em>New York Tim.</em></p><p>The op-ed, published March, chronicled Larks’ experience beg harassed at a Halloween party and how they were forted later by a teacher who shared that she had a siar experience growg up. This talk was nothg short of lifavg for Larks, who noted: “Had the proposed law been effect last year, my teacher uld have put herself jeopardy by beg there for me.”</p><p>Larks explaed how tn, cludg beg troduced to the LGBTQ acronym by a iend at summer mp and learng about nonbary and Two-spir people Indigeno muni, affirmed their existence as a queer person. It is bee of knowledge like this that tn and visibily n save the liv of LGBTQ+ people and why Larks spoke out so strongly agast the harmful bill.</p></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="ftv3"></div></div></div></div><div class="GridWrapper-cAzTTK eRggVV grid grid-margs grid-ems-0 ArticlePageChunksGrid-hfxa bDFJoo"><div class="GridItem-buujkM kHPPIF grid--em"><div class="BodyWrapper-kufPGa XtZXd body body__ntaer article__body" data-journey-hook="client-ntent" data-ttid="BodyWrapper"><div class="body__ner-ntaer"><p>Larks’ efforts have not gone unnoticed. In 2022, they received a Webby Award for Bt Social Movement of the Year, and later appeared at Harvard Law School’s 2022 Stunts Speak Youth Summ as the keynote speaker.</p><p>Larks now serv as the founr and print of their schools Queer Stunt Unn, and has mted to drsg “very androgyno, outwardly queer clothg” every day. Why? Bee if “I n help even one person by beg myself,” Larks tells GLAAD, “I did my job,”</p><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="Illtratn of Zanr Moricz hehim 18 executive director of the Social Equy and Edutn Iniative" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-image__image" src=" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w, 960w, 1280w, 1600w" siz="100vw"/></noscript></picture></span></div></figure><h2><br/>Zanr Moricz, he/him, 18, executive director of the Social Equy and Edutn Iniative</h2><p>When queer youth put their liv on the le to bat dangero anti-LGBTQ+ legislatn, is often bee they have a eper unrstandg of the te potential for harm. When me to Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill, <a href=">Zanr Moricz</a> did not hate to share that unrstandg: Providg analysis to <em>Good Morng Ameri</em>, CNN, MSNBC, and more, Moricz has built a reer on unterg that hateful law, cludg actg as a platiff the lawsu agast Florida ernor DeSantis surroundg “Don’t Say Gay.”</p><div data-attr-viewport-monor="le-recirc" class="le-recirc-wrapper le-recirc-observer-target-10 viewport-monor-anchor"></div><p>Moricz is also the founr and executive director of the Social Equy and Edutn Iniative (SEE), an anizatn that's leadg stunt rponse to opprsive lears and their polici through mass anizg and mpaign work. “For me, school was the first place I me out,” Moricz tells GLAAD. “So, as I watch my ernor spoil this space — this human right — for thoands of children, my advocy serv as a productive outlet for the anger I feel for children like my younger self. I have to speak out for the thoands of stunts who n no longer do so safely.”</p><p>At SEE, Moricz also overse the registratn of tens of thoands of youth voters. A champn of reprentatn, Moricz tells queer youth: “Our muny exists bee of our tirels fight for visibily, and bee of that, our muny is strong. Lean to this llective of love and draw om your birthright: queer power.”</p></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="4nk8kq"></div></div></div></div><div class="GridWrapper-cAzTTK eRggVV grid grid-margs grid-ems-0 ArticlePageChunksGrid-hfxa bDFJoo"><div class="GridItem-buujkM kHPPIF grid--em"><div class="BodyWrapper-kufPGa XtZXd body body__ntaer article__body" data-journey-hook="client-ntent" data-ttid="BodyWrapper"><div class="body__ner-ntaer"><p>Lastly, Moricz tells GLAAD his queero (queer hero) is Dan Levy for creatg the show <em>Scht’s Creek.</em> “<em>Scht’s Creek</em> was the first time I ever wnsed a queer love story that wasn’t a tragedy.… To know that I uld experience love whout loss and muny whout ntgency was liberatg.”</p><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="Illtratn of Zuriel Hooks sheher 19 ntent creator activist anizer for The Knights and Orchids Society" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-image__image" src=" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w, 960w, 1280w, 1600w" siz="100vw"/></noscript></picture></span></div></figure><h2>Zuriel Hooks, she/her, 19, ntent creator, activist, anizer for The Knights and Orchids Society</h2><p>From a legislative standpot, trans youth Alabama have the odds stacked agast them. In fact, the state was first the untry to make providg genr-affirmg health re for trans youth a felony. While that law is currently on hold due to an junctn hand down by a feral judge, the anti-LGBTQ+ sentiment prevails.</p><p>Fortunately for queer youth the state, activists such as Zuriel Hooks are remdg folks Alabama and beyond that, y, trans youth exist, and y, they serve accs to health re, tn, and more. Currently, Hooks works for The Knights and Orchids Society (TKO), a nonprof that provis ee health re for Black LGBTQ+ people Alabama. As a TKO prep navigator and vice print of the anizatn’s youth ambassador program, Hooks' work clus nnectg trans youth wh ee hormone replacement therapy, leadg support groups on trans feme and trans mascule issu, and anizg events promotg safe sexual health.</p><p>“My existence holds a special place this world," Hooks tells GLAAD. "There is only one me. I’ve noticed [my prence has] helped a lot of young LGBTQ+ people whout even noticg. They [tell] me I spire them and help them feel better about who they are.”</p><p>As an exemplary, impactful lear on trans issu, Hooks has provid sight to NBC News on <a href=">how hormone replacement therapy sav liv</a>, and to social jtice publitn <em>The Reckon</em> about how “<a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">trans folks Alabama very much still exist, are still valid, and are the future of our state.”</a></p></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="cguwm"></div></div></div></div><div class="GridWrapper-cAzTTK eRggVV grid grid-margs grid-ems-0 ArticlePageChunksGrid-hfxa bDFJoo"><div class="GridItem-buujkM kHPPIF grid--em"><div class="BodyWrapper-kufPGa XtZXd body body__ntaer article__body" data-journey-hook="client-ntent" data-ttid="BodyWrapper"><div class="body__ner-ntaer"><p>Hooks creds Martha P. Johnson, the “mother of all mothers,” for shapg her barrier breakg work.</p><div data-attr-viewport-monor="le-recirc" class="le-recirc-wrapper le-recirc-observer-target-11 viewport-monor-anchor"></div><p><em>GLAAD’s 20 Unr 20 list is prented wh special thanks to Abdool Corlette, Allison Bloom, Anthony Allen Ramos, Dt Hood, The Knights & Orchids Society, Nick Adams, The Pot Foundatn, Tony Morrison, and Yolanda Lenge.</em></p><p><em>Photo illtratns for GLAAD’s 20 Unr 20 class of 2022 were missned by New York-based graphic signer, animator and illtrator, Christopher Skner.</em></p><p><strong>Let sli to your DMs.</strong> <a href=">Sign up for the <em>Teen Vogue</em> daily email</a>.</p><figure class="CneVioEmbedFigure-kCfJjN hdJOda e-vio-embed"><div data-ttid="script-ntaer"></div></figure></div></div></div></div></div><div class="GridWrapper-cAzTTK eRggVV grid grid-margs grid-ems-0 PaywallInleBarrierWhWrapperGrid-fyrGfS jyGBoi"><div class="GridItem-buujkM kHPPIF grid--em"><div class="body 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