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At the foreont of many of the nversatns are the voic of a new generatn, one that seeks to create a world that is more ee, jt, and equable for all.</p><cm-un></cm-un><p>This Pri Month, we regnize that now more than ever, today’s youth, pecially LGBTQ young people, play an stmental role fosterg staable and clive cultural change. Dpe ntued <a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">attacks on LGBTQ Amerins by the Tmp admistratn</a>, there is a new generatn of LGBTQ voic that mands to be seen, heard, and protected ways the world has never wnsed. Wh <a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">young people intifyg as LGBTQ at greater rat</a> than any generatn before, today’s LGBTQ youth are fdg new ways to accelerate acceptance and change the hearts and mds of lns around the world.</p><native-ad posn="-ntent" shouldDisplayLabel="te"></native-ad><p>That’s why this year, GLAAD is exced for <em>Teen Vogue</em> to exclively prent GLAAD’s gural 20 Unr 20 list: A diverse llectn of 20 young LGBTQ people who are shapg the future of media and activism. As <em>Teen Vogue</em> ntu to lead amplifyg the voic and issu of young people across the globe, is the perfect platform to spotlight the stori and work of the trailblazg dividuals.</p><p>“At a time when lns across the untry are takg a unified stand agast racial jtice, we are remd of the unniable impact that young people have when they e their voice and platform to ll for change,” said GLAAD Print and CEO Sarah Kate Ellis. “LGBTQ young people ntue to shape the future of LGBTQ visibily, reprentatn, and activism unique and excg ways, and this year’s 20 Unr 20 list is a te reflectn of the changemakers who are advancg the dialogue and acceleratg acceptance for LGBTQ people.”</p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><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="0fbkep"></div></div></div></div></div><div data-page-value="2"><div 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's real clivy/diversy hours folks, get to !” Ls than a year later, Aaron ma history as the first Black, transgenr, and disabled mol to be signed to a major molg agency.</p><p>At jt 19 years old, Aaron is dog exactly what she set out to do — change the future of fashn and entertament. After makg her nway but June 2019, the Antiguan-Amerin mol and artist starred Miley Cys’ <a href=">‘Mother’s Dghter' mic vio</a>, was featured on <a href="></a>Beyoncé’s <a href=">webse</a> durg Black History Month, graced the ver of <a href="><em>PAPER Magaze’s</em> 2019 Pri issue</a>, and starred a <a href=">mpaign for Nike</a>, where she helped to st, style, and creative direct the whole visual seri.</p><p>As someone who mpaigns for thentic transgenr and disabily reprentatn high fashn, Aaron tells GLAAD that ’s important for her to be a visible LGBTQ advote bee “ is cril to fight for your humany to be aquately unrstood and/or regnized.” That's why Aaron’s biggt LGBTQ spiratns are <a href=" target="_blank">Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera</a>.</p><p>"[They] are the blueprt,” says Aaron. “They are why the LGBTQ+ muny even has rights or Pri. Too often are they erased and/or discreded om their movements.”</p></div></div><div class="GallerySliCaptnOffers-fsTPbf gmClBA"><div class="GallerySliCaptnCtaBlock-ktoFJX fgjbmf"></div></div></div></div></figptn></figure></div></div></li><li class="gallery__slis__sli" id="5eebdb74ddc24971927dfe71"><div><div class="GallerySliWrapper-yxPsh fqkk" data-event-boundary="click" data--view="{"pattern":"GallerySli","variatn":"GallerySli.ItemLeft"}" data-event-click="{"pattern":"GallerySli","variatn":"GallerySli.ItemLeft"}" orientatn="portra" data-ttid="GallerySliWrapper"><figure class="GallerySliFigure-jhDfjI bGQGmP"><div orientatn="portra" class="GallerySliAssetWrapper-jGbftJ eCdWNA"><div class="GallerySliAssetContaer-hwdsAZ gNfA-dy"><div class="GallerySliAssetContaerInner-BTnef fyLCFI"><span class="SpanWrapper-umhxW kGxnNB rponsive-asset GallerySliRponsiveAsset-bXKMLC lluiXZ GallerySliRponsiveAsset"><picture class="RponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa GallerySliRponsiveAsset-bXKMLC lluiXZ GallerySliRponsiveAsset rponsive-image"><div data-tt="aspect-rat-ntaer" class="AspectRatContaer-bJHpJz gpkgCv"><div class="aspect-rat--overlay-ntaer"><noscript><source media="(max-width: 767px)" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w, 800w" siz="100vw"/><source media="(m-width: 768px)" srcSet=" 320w, 640w, 960w, 1280w, 1600w, 1920w, 2240w, 2580w" siz="100vw"/><img alt="Illtratn of Alex Esja" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-image__image" src="></noscript></div></div></picture></span><div class="SocialInsWrapper-hKMEXV ebzboM social-ins social-ins--overlay GallerySliSocialIns-kAFGFd bnSKCQ"><ul data-ttid="socialInslist" class="SocialInsList-cHVTIA DGtn social-ins__list"><li class="SocialInsListItem-mbhR gQILrJ social-ins__list-em social-ins__list-em--ptert social-ins__list-em--has-background social-ins__list-em--overlay"><a aria-label="Post to Ptert" data-p-do="nothg" class="external-lk SocialInExternalLk-huuzOU dhjEOY social-ins__lk social-ins__lk--ptert" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><div class="SocialInContaer-huXzUC pMzVC social-ins__in-ntaer"><svg class="SocialInNetworkInComponent-cZaKGz dlOAhZ in in-ptert" focable="false" viewBox="0 0 32 32" width="32" height="32" fill="none" xmlns="><tle>Ptert</tle><path d="M15.169 18.448C14.793 20.093 14.425 21.678 13.623 22.928C13.377 23.311 13.13 23.793 12.71 24C12.09 20.807 13.387 18.12 13.899 15.436C13.246 14.103 13.652 11.846 15.051 11.59C17.077 11.22 16.543 13.664 16.2 14.8C16.01 15.424 15.671 16.021 15.722 16.705C15.835 18.146 17.648 18.24 18.577 17.497C19.909 16.436 20.295 14.385 20.164 12.7C19.967 10.135 17.062 8.85997 14.496 9.88497C13.173 10.413 11.973 11.628 11.799 13.413C11.709 14.353 11.906 15.104 12.276 15.634C12.331 15.715 12.523 15.857 12.552 16.072C12.61 16.506 12.352 16.974 12.116 17.298C10.802 16.92 10.124 15.741 10.016 14.248C9.76596 10.848 12.558 8.26397 15.841 8.02197C19.348 7.76497 22.126 9.78896 22.384 12.74C22.576 14.933 21.797 17.14 20.561 18.329C19.631 19.221 17.656 20.096 16.041 19.242C15.684 19.052 15.524 18.82 15.169 18.448Z" fill="black"></path></svg></div></a></li></ul></div></div></div></div><figptn class="GallerySliFigCaptnWrapper-QgqEb jqOVHf GallerySliCaptnWrapper-cVIrXn gmZcZa"><div class="GallerySliFigCaptn-dOeyTg hHRSVV"><div class="GallerySliCaptnCredWrapper-houOem jJZhAS">Carra Syk</div><div class="GallerySliCaptnPreHearOneWrapper-eNQNbj cYixHh"><span data-ttid="GallerySliCaptnPreHearOne" class="GallerySliCaptnPreHearOne-vAlI dmCbya">2/20</span></div><h2 class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ GallerySliCaptnHed-fiZQOl iUEiRd fbDshV cToLRq"><span class="GallerySliCaptnHedText-iqjOmM jwPuvZ">Alex Esja, he/they, 20, Advote/Filmmaker</span></h2><div data-ttid="GallerySliCaptnDekContaer" class="GallerySliCaptnDekContaer-hLUdt gSWuis"><div class="GallerySliCaptnDek-cXnbPe jJMZnc"><div><p>Back 2013, Alex Esja’s first ever film won a vio ntt hosted by NASA. Sce then, Alex has gone on to produce an <a href=">award-wng portfol of films</a>, cludg <a href="><em>Lookg Back at Me</em></a>, a documentary highlightg the story of an 18-year-old mician om Vermont who seeks to bat stigma and erasure of trans and non-bary people wh their muny.</p><p>Outsi of film, the trilgual advote has worked alongsi var anizatns, cludg Outft, GLAAD, and Planned Parenthood, to help advance acceptance, equaly, and visibily for the LGBTQ muny. Throughout the years, he has won several awards for his lol and natnal activism.</p><p>“If you n’t regnize yourself your surroundgs, whether be your iends, fay, or the TV screen, n be difficult to regnize your own value the world,” Alex tells GLAAD. “For this reason, has been val for me to provi reprentatn muni that lack . If I’m not beg visible, loud, and active about reprentg my LGBTQ siblgs, the gat will never be torn down.”</p><p>For Alex, ’s the staff at Outright Vermont who have fluenced him most. “They spired hope and nfince by showg me that a happy and succsful future as a queer person was possible,” says Alex.</p></div></div><div class="GallerySliCaptnOffers-fsTPbf gmClBA"><div class="GallerySliCaptnCtaBlock-ktoFJX fgjbmf"></div></div></div></div></figptn></figure></div></div></li></ul></div></div></div><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="45mbdq"></div></div></div></div></div><div data-page-value="3"><div data-ttid="RowWrapper" class="RowWrapper-UmqTg HEhan GalleryPageChunkRow-eNGlGj jaMwlG"><div class="GridWrapper-cAzTTK eRggVV grid grid-margs grid-ems-0"><div class="GridItem-buujkM kHPPIF grid--em"><div class=""><ul class="GalleryPageSlis-hIivta hlAVzT"><li class="gallery__slis__sli" id="5eebdb79ddc24971927dfe73"><div><div class="GallerySliWrapper-yxPsh fqkk" data-event-boundary="click" data--view="{"pattern":"GallerySli","variatn":"GallerySli.ItemLeft"}" data-event-click="{"pattern":"GallerySli","variatn":"GallerySli.ItemLeft"}" orientatn="portra" data-ttid="GallerySliWrapper"><figure class="GallerySliFigure-jhDfjI bGQGmP"><div orientatn="portra" class="GallerySliAssetWrapper-jGbftJ eCdWNA"><div class="GallerySliAssetContaer-hwdsAZ gNfA-dy"><div class="GallerySliAssetContaerInner-BTnef fyLCFI"><span class="SpanWrapper-umhxW kGxnNB rponsive-asset GallerySliRponsiveAsset-bXKMLC lluiXZ GallerySliRponsiveAsset"><picture class="RponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa GallerySliRponsiveAsset-bXKMLC lluiXZ GallerySliRponsiveAsset rponsive-image"><div data-tt="aspect-rat-ntaer" class="AspectRatContaer-bJHpJz gpkgCv"><div class="aspect-rat--overlay-ntaer"><noscript><source media="(max-width: 767px)" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w, 800w" siz="100vw"/><source media="(m-width: 768px)" srcSet=" 320w, 640w, 960w, 1280w, 1600w, 1920w, 2240w, 2580w" siz="100vw"/><img alt="Illtratn of Emma Gonzlez" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-image__image" src="></noscript></div></div></picture></span><div class="SocialInsWrapper-hKMEXV ebzboM social-ins social-ins--overlay GallerySliSocialIns-kAFGFd bnSKCQ"><ul data-ttid="socialInslist" class="SocialInsList-cHVTIA DGtn social-ins__list"><li class="SocialInsListItem-mbhR gQILrJ social-ins__list-em social-ins__list-em--ptert social-ins__list-em--has-background social-ins__list-em--overlay"><a aria-label="Post to Ptert" data-p-do="nothg" class="external-lk SocialInExternalLk-huuzOU dhjEOY social-ins__lk social-ins__lk--ptert" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><div class="SocialInContaer-huXzUC pMzVC social-ins__in-ntaer"><svg class="SocialInNetworkInComponent-cZaKGz dlOAhZ in in-ptert" focable="false" viewBox="0 0 32 32" width="32" height="32" fill="none" xmlns="><tle>Ptert</tle><path d="M15.169 18.448C14.793 20.093 14.425 21.678 13.623 22.928C13.377 23.311 13.13 23.793 12.71 24C12.09 20.807 13.387 18.12 13.899 15.436C13.246 14.103 13.652 11.846 15.051 11.59C17.077 11.22 16.543 13.664 16.2 14.8C16.01 15.424 15.671 16.021 15.722 16.705C15.835 18.146 17.648 18.24 18.577 17.497C19.909 16.436 20.295 14.385 20.164 12.7C19.967 10.135 17.062 8.85997 14.496 9.88497C13.173 10.413 11.973 11.628 11.799 13.413C11.709 14.353 11.906 15.104 12.276 15.634C12.331 15.715 12.523 15.857 12.552 16.072C12.61 16.506 12.352 16.974 12.116 17.298C10.802 16.92 10.124 15.741 10.016 14.248C9.76596 10.848 12.558 8.26397 15.841 8.02197C19.348 7.76497 22.126 9.78896 22.384 12.74C22.576 14.933 21.797 17.14 20.561 18.329C19.631 19.221 17.656 20.096 16.041 19.242C15.684 19.052 15.524 18.82 15.169 18.448Z" fill="black"></path></svg></div></a></li></ul></div></div></div></div><figptn class="GallerySliFigCaptnWrapper-QgqEb jqOVHf GallerySliCaptnWrapper-cVIrXn gmZcZa"><div class="GallerySliFigCaptn-dOeyTg hHRSVV"><div class="GallerySliCaptnCredWrapper-houOem jJZhAS">Carra Syk</div><div class="GallerySliCaptnPreHearOneWrapper-eNQNbj cYixHh"><span data-ttid="GallerySliCaptnPreHearOne" class="GallerySliCaptnPreHearOne-vAlI dmCbya">3/20</span></div><h2 class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ GallerySliCaptnHed-fiZQOl iUEiRd fbDshV cToLRq"><span class="GallerySliCaptnHedText-iqjOmM jwPuvZ">Emma González, she/her, 20, Activist</span></h2><div data-ttid="GallerySliCaptnDekContaer" class="GallerySliCaptnDekContaer-hLUdt gSWuis"><div class="GallerySliCaptnDek-cXnbPe jJMZnc"><div><p>When you hear the word ‘trailblazer,’ the name Emma González immediately to md. A survivor of the <a href=" target="_blank">Marjory Stoneman-Douglas</a> (MSD) High School shootg Febary 2018, Emma has bee one of the most notable young gun ntrol activists the world.</p><p>Followg the shootg, Emma -found Never Aga MSD, a stunt-led mtee advotg for gun ntrol reform to prevent gun vlence. Emma and Never Aga MSD were stmental anizg the historic #MarchForOurLiv prott, the largt stunt monstratn Amerin history wh over 2 ln participants across the untry. Alongsi her fellow stunts, Emma also played a ccial role the passg of the <a href=">Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Act</a> by the Florida legislature, which ultimately tightened gun ntrol and school safety measur.</p><p>As a <a href=" target="_blank">Cuban-Amerin bisexual woman</a>, Emma reprents one of the many visible LGBTQ people of lor who have been at the foreont of powerful social movements and the fight for real cultural change. For Emma, visibily remas an sential part of how we move forward. “Sexualy, romantic attractn, and genr are such important aspects of our inti, and when we are growg up, we need healthy reprentatn of those experienc orr to lead healthy liv,” Emma tells GLAAD.</p><p>Emma adms is hard to choose jt one LGBTQ person who spir her. “There are Black LGBTQ+ people who spire me to fight agast whe supremacy and opprsn, disabled members of the LGBTQ+ muny who spire me to fight agast ableism, imprisoned members of the LGBTQ+ muny who spire me to fight for prison aboln, and there are very young members of the LGBTQ+ muny who spire me to fight for change our schools and our media verage.”</p></div></div><div class="GallerySliCaptnOffers-fsTPbf gmClBA"><div class="GallerySliCaptnCtaBlock-ktoFJX fgjbmf"></div></div></div></div></figptn></figure></div></div></li><li class="gallery__slis__sli" id="5eebdb83fa1d251f02030433"><div><div class="GallerySliWrapper-yxPsh fqkk" data-event-boundary="click" data--view="{"pattern":"GallerySli","variatn":"GallerySli.ItemLeft"}" data-event-click="{"pattern":"GallerySli","variatn":"GallerySli.ItemLeft"}" orientatn="portra" data-ttid="GallerySliWrapper"><figure class="GallerySliFigure-jhDfjI bGQGmP"><div orientatn="portra" class="GallerySliAssetWrapper-jGbftJ eCdWNA"><div class="GallerySliAssetContaer-hwdsAZ gNfA-dy"><div class="GallerySliAssetContaerInner-BTnef fyLCFI"><span class="SpanWrapper-umhxW kGxnNB rponsive-asset GallerySliRponsiveAsset-bXKMLC lluiXZ GallerySliRponsiveAsset"><picture class="RponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa GallerySliRponsiveAsset-bXKMLC lluiXZ GallerySliRponsiveAsset rponsive-image"><div data-tt="aspect-rat-ntaer" class="AspectRatContaer-bJHpJz gpkgCv"><div class="aspect-rat--overlay-ntaer"><noscript><source media="(max-width: 767px)" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w, 800w" siz="100vw"/><source media="(m-width: 768px)" srcSet=" 320w, 640w, 960w, 1280w, 1600w, 1920w, 2240w, 2580w" siz="100vw"/><img alt="Illtratn of Ezra Greyson Wheeler" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-image__image" src="></noscript></div></div></picture></span><div class="SocialInsWrapper-hKMEXV ebzboM social-ins social-ins--overlay GallerySliSocialIns-kAFGFd bnSKCQ"><ul data-ttid="socialInslist" class="SocialInsList-cHVTIA DGtn social-ins__list"><li class="SocialInsListItem-mbhR gQILrJ social-ins__list-em social-ins__list-em--ptert social-ins__list-em--has-background social-ins__list-em--overlay"><a aria-label="Post to Ptert" data-p-do="nothg" class="external-lk SocialInExternalLk-huuzOU dhjEOY social-ins__lk social-ins__lk--ptert" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><div class="SocialInContaer-huXzUC pMzVC social-ins__in-ntaer"><svg class="SocialInNetworkInComponent-cZaKGz dlOAhZ in in-ptert" focable="false" viewBox="0 0 32 32" width="32" height="32" fill="none" xmlns="><tle>Ptert</tle><path d="M15.169 18.448C14.793 20.093 14.425 21.678 13.623 22.928C13.377 23.311 13.13 23.793 12.71 24C12.09 20.807 13.387 18.12 13.899 15.436C13.246 14.103 13.652 11.846 15.051 11.59C17.077 11.22 16.543 13.664 16.2 14.8C16.01 15.424 15.671 16.021 15.722 16.705C15.835 18.146 17.648 18.24 18.577 17.497C19.909 16.436 20.295 14.385 20.164 12.7C19.967 10.135 17.062 8.85997 14.496 9.88497C13.173 10.413 11.973 11.628 11.799 13.413C11.709 14.353 11.906 15.104 12.276 15.634C12.331 15.715 12.523 15.857 12.552 16.072C12.61 16.506 12.352 16.974 12.116 17.298C10.802 16.92 10.124 15.741 10.016 14.248C9.76596 10.848 12.558 8.26397 15.841 8.02197C19.348 7.76497 22.126 9.78896 22.384 12.74C22.576 14.933 21.797 17.14 20.561 18.329C19.631 19.221 17.656 20.096 16.041 19.242C15.684 19.052 15.524 18.82 15.169 18.448Z" fill="black"></path></svg></div></a></li></ul></div></div></div></div><figptn class="GallerySliFigCaptnWrapper-QgqEb jqOVHf GallerySliCaptnWrapper-cVIrXn gmZcZa"><div class="GallerySliFigCaptn-dOeyTg hHRSVV"><div class="GallerySliCaptnCredWrapper-houOem jJZhAS">Carra Syk</div><div class="GallerySliCaptnPreHearOneWrapper-eNQNbj cYixHh"><span data-ttid="GallerySliCaptnPreHearOne" class="GallerySliCaptnPreHearOne-vAlI dmCbya">4/20</span></div><h2 class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ GallerySliCaptnHed-fiZQOl iUEiRd fbDshV cToLRq"><span class="GallerySliCaptnHedText-iqjOmM jwPuvZ">Ezra Greyson Wheeler, they/them, 20, Stunt</span></h2><div data-ttid="GallerySliCaptnDekContaer" class="GallerySliCaptnDekContaer-hLUdt gSWuis"><div class="GallerySliCaptnDek-cXnbPe jJMZnc"><div><p>Ezra Greyson Wheeler lls themself “jt your lol queer activist,” but they are beg most. Through their advocy work for accsibily, disabily rights, tersectnal femism, and LGBTQ cln on llege mp, Ezra fights for a world that is more clive and equable for the most margalized.</p><p>After beg heavily volved advocy work durg high school, Ezra found the We Exist Collective, a social movement to brg visibily to disabled activists and create accsible, acmodatg spac to clu people wh disabili advocy. They were also profiled the documentary seri <em>Tst Me, I’m Sick</em>, which raised awarens about people livg wh chronic illns.</p><p>In the future, Ezra has their sights set on attendg law school and furtherg their tn as a soclogy and ethnic studi major. For now, they ntue to work on wrg a book about beg trans llege and the systemic issu wh tnal stutns.</p><p>“There is almost no visibily or space for visibily of disabled LGBTQ+ folks,” says Ezra. “If I’m not a visible advote, then who will be? It’s all about leadg by example.”</p></div></div><div class="GallerySliCaptnOffers-fsTPbf gmClBA"><div class="GallerySliCaptnCtaBlock-ktoFJX fgjbmf"></div></div></div></div></figptn></figure></div></div></li><li class="gallery__slis__sli" id="5eebdb87fa1d251f02030435"><div><div class="GallerySliWrapper-yxPsh fqkk" data-event-boundary="click" data--view="{"pattern":"GallerySli","variatn":"GallerySli.ItemLeft"}" data-event-click="{"pattern":"GallerySli","variatn":"GallerySli.ItemLeft"}" orientatn="portra" data-ttid="GallerySliWrapper"><figure class="GallerySliFigure-jhDfjI bGQGmP"><div orientatn="portra" class="GallerySliAssetWrapper-jGbftJ eCdWNA"><div class="GallerySliAssetContaer-hwdsAZ gNfA-dy"><div class="GallerySliAssetContaerInner-BTnef fyLCFI"><span class="SpanWrapper-umhxW kGxnNB rponsive-asset GallerySliRponsiveAsset-bXKMLC lluiXZ GallerySliRponsiveAsset"><picture class="RponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa GallerySliRponsiveAsset-bXKMLC lluiXZ GallerySliRponsiveAsset rponsive-image"><div data-tt="aspect-rat-ntaer" class="AspectRatContaer-bJHpJz gpkgCv"><div class="aspect-rat--overlay-ntaer"><noscript><source media="(max-width: 767px)" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w, 800w" siz="100vw"/><source media="(m-width: 768px)" srcSet=" 320w, 640w, 960w, 1280w, 1600w, 1920w, 2240w, 2580w" siz="100vw"/><img alt="Illtratn of Ian Alexanr" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-image__image" src="></noscript></div></div></picture></span><div class="SocialInsWrapper-hKMEXV ebzboM social-ins social-ins--overlay GallerySliSocialIns-kAFGFd bnSKCQ"><ul data-ttid="socialInslist" class="SocialInsList-cHVTIA DGtn social-ins__list"><li class="SocialInsListItem-mbhR gQILrJ social-ins__list-em social-ins__list-em--ptert social-ins__list-em--has-background social-ins__list-em--overlay"><a aria-label="Post to Ptert" data-p-do="nothg" class="external-lk SocialInExternalLk-huuzOU dhjEOY social-ins__lk social-ins__lk--ptert" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><div class="SocialInContaer-huXzUC pMzVC social-ins__in-ntaer"><svg class="SocialInNetworkInComponent-cZaKGz dlOAhZ in in-ptert" focable="false" viewBox="0 0 32 32" width="32" height="32" fill="none" xmlns="><tle>Ptert</tle><path d="M15.169 18.448C14.793 20.093 14.425 21.678 13.623 22.928C13.377 23.311 13.13 23.793 12.71 24C12.09 20.807 13.387 18.12 13.899 15.436C13.246 14.103 13.652 11.846 15.051 11.59C17.077 11.22 16.543 13.664 16.2 14.8C16.01 15.424 15.671 16.021 15.722 16.705C15.835 18.146 17.648 18.24 18.577 17.497C19.909 16.436 20.295 14.385 20.164 12.7C19.967 10.135 17.062 8.85997 14.496 9.88497C13.173 10.413 11.973 11.628 11.799 13.413C11.709 14.353 11.906 15.104 12.276 15.634C12.331 15.715 12.523 15.857 12.552 16.072C12.61 16.506 12.352 16.974 12.116 17.298C10.802 16.92 10.124 15.741 10.016 14.248C9.76596 10.848 12.558 8.26397 15.841 8.02197C19.348 7.76497 22.126 9.78896 22.384 12.74C22.576 14.933 21.797 17.14 20.561 18.329C19.631 19.221 17.656 20.096 16.041 19.242C15.684 19.052 15.524 18.82 15.169 18.448Z" fill="black"></path></svg></div></a></li></ul></div></div></div></div><figptn class="GallerySliFigCaptnWrapper-QgqEb jqOVHf GallerySliCaptnWrapper-cVIrXn gmZcZa"><div class="GallerySliFigCaptn-dOeyTg hHRSVV"><div class="GallerySliCaptnCredWrapper-houOem jJZhAS">Carra Syk</div><div class="GallerySliCaptnPreHearOneWrapper-eNQNbj cYixHh"><span data-ttid="GallerySliCaptnPreHearOne" class="GallerySliCaptnPreHearOne-vAlI dmCbya">5/20</span></div><h2 class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ GallerySliCaptnHed-fiZQOl iUEiRd fbDshV cToLRq"><span class="GallerySliCaptnHedText-iqjOmM jwPuvZ">Ian Alexanr, he/him, 19, Actor</span></h2><div data-ttid="GallerySliCaptnDekContaer" class="GallerySliCaptnDekContaer-hLUdt gSWuis"><div class="GallerySliCaptnDek-cXnbPe jJMZnc"><div><p>Although transmascule people have long <a href=">been visible entertament media</a>, Ian Alexanr is part of the next generatn of trans actors helpg to pave the way for greater visibily of trans men on-screen.</p><p><a href=" target="_blank">Ian</a> ma his official actg but on Netflix’s <a href="><em>The OA</em></a>, where he played the role of Buck Vu, a transgenr youth who helps solve the mystery that driv the high ncept seri. Ian emphasized the importance of his role, sayg trans visibily “will save liv, bee the only thg that kept me alive as a young trans teenager was seeg happy, succsful trans adults thrivg.”</p><p>Followg <em>The OA</em>, Ian ntu to make wav the entertament dtry. The Asian-Amerin actor ma his vio game but as "Lev" the highly anticipated <a href="><em>The Last of Us Part II</em></a> by Nghty Dog, released on June 19.</p><p>When reflectg on the importance of LGBTQ activism, Ian tells GLAAD that “ is ccial to support and fend our Black and Indigeno siblgs our muny and advote for them sce their voic have been silenced for so long.” In fact, that’s what spired Ian’s pick for the LGBTQ person he most admir: “Indya Moore is my biggt spiratn,” says Ian. “They brought to my awarens so much blatant anti-Black racism the entertament dtry, the LGBTQ+ muny, and the world. They ntue to advote for Black trans people a passnate and persistent way that spir me to fight harr for my Black trans siblgs.”</p></div></div><div class="GallerySliCaptnOffers-fsTPbf gmClBA"><div class="GallerySliCaptnCtaBlock-ktoFJX fgjbmf"></div></div></div></div></figptn></figure></div><div data-attr-viewport-monor="le-recirc" class="le-recirc-wrapper le-recirc-observer-target-1 viewport-monor-anchor"></div></div></li></ul></div></div></div><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="ahyoq8"></div></div></div></div></div><div data-page-value="4"><div data-ttid="RowWrapper" class="RowWrapper-UmqTg HEhan GalleryPageChunkRow-eNGlGj jaMwlG"><div class="GridWrapper-cAzTTK eRggVV grid grid-margs grid-ems-0"><div class="GridItem-buujkM kHPPIF grid--em"><div class=""><ul class="GalleryPageSlis-hIivta hlAVzT"><li class="gallery__slis__sli" id="5eebdb8afa1d251f02030437"><div><div class="GallerySliWrapper-yxPsh fqkk" data-event-boundary="click" data--view="{"pattern":"GallerySli","variatn":"GallerySli.ItemLeft"}" data-event-click="{"pattern":"GallerySli","variatn":"GallerySli.ItemLeft"}" orientatn="portra" data-ttid="GallerySliWrapper"><figure class="GallerySliFigure-jhDfjI bGQGmP"><div orientatn="portra" class="GallerySliAssetWrapper-jGbftJ eCdWNA"><div class="GallerySliAssetContaer-hwdsAZ gNfA-dy"><div class="GallerySliAssetContaerInner-BTnef fyLCFI"><span class="SpanWrapper-umhxW kGxnNB rponsive-asset GallerySliRponsiveAsset-bXKMLC lluiXZ GallerySliRponsiveAsset"><picture class="RponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa GallerySliRponsiveAsset-bXKMLC lluiXZ GallerySliRponsiveAsset rponsive-image"><div data-tt="aspect-rat-ntaer" class="AspectRatContaer-bJHpJz gpkgCv"><div class="aspect-rat--overlay-ntaer"><noscript><source media="(max-width: 767px)" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w, 800w" siz="100vw"/><source media="(m-width: 768px)" srcSet=" 320w, 640w, 960w, 1280w, 1600w, 1920w, 2240w, 2580w" siz="100vw"/><img alt="Illtratn of Jamie Margol" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-image__image" src="></noscript></div></div></picture></span><div class="SocialInsWrapper-hKMEXV ebzboM social-ins social-ins--overlay GallerySliSocialIns-kAFGFd bnSKCQ"><ul data-ttid="socialInslist" class="SocialInsList-cHVTIA DGtn social-ins__list"><li class="SocialInsListItem-mbhR gQILrJ social-ins__list-em social-ins__list-em--ptert social-ins__list-em--has-background social-ins__list-em--overlay"><a aria-label="Post to Ptert" data-p-do="nothg" class="external-lk SocialInExternalLk-huuzOU dhjEOY social-ins__lk social-ins__lk--ptert" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><div class="SocialInContaer-huXzUC pMzVC social-ins__in-ntaer"><svg class="SocialInNetworkInComponent-cZaKGz dlOAhZ in in-ptert" focable="false" viewBox="0 0 32 32" width="32" height="32" fill="none" xmlns="><tle>Ptert</tle><path d="M15.169 18.448C14.793 20.093 14.425 21.678 13.623 22.928C13.377 23.311 13.13 23.793 12.71 24C12.09 20.807 13.387 18.12 13.899 15.436C13.246 14.103 13.652 11.846 15.051 11.59C17.077 11.22 16.543 13.664 16.2 14.8C16.01 15.424 15.671 16.021 15.722 16.705C15.835 18.146 17.648 18.24 18.577 17.497C19.909 16.436 20.295 14.385 20.164 12.7C19.967 10.135 17.062 8.85997 14.496 9.88497C13.173 10.413 11.973 11.628 11.799 13.413C11.709 14.353 11.906 15.104 12.276 15.634C12.331 15.715 12.523 15.857 12.552 16.072C12.61 16.506 12.352 16.974 12.116 17.298C10.802 16.92 10.124 15.741 10.016 14.248C9.76596 10.848 12.558 8.26397 15.841 8.02197C19.348 7.76497 22.126 9.78896 22.384 12.74C22.576 14.933 21.797 17.14 20.561 18.329C19.631 19.221 17.656 20.096 16.041 19.242C15.684 19.052 15.524 18.82 15.169 18.448Z" fill="black"></path></svg></div></a></li></ul></div></div></div></div><figptn class="GallerySliFigCaptnWrapper-QgqEb jqOVHf GallerySliCaptnWrapper-cVIrXn gmZcZa"><div class="GallerySliFigCaptn-dOeyTg hHRSVV"><div class="GallerySliCaptnCredWrapper-houOem jJZhAS">Carra Syk</div><div class="GallerySliCaptnPreHearOneWrapper-eNQNbj cYixHh"><span data-ttid="GallerySliCaptnPreHearOne" class="GallerySliCaptnPreHearOne-vAlI dmCbya">6/20</span></div><h2 class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ GallerySliCaptnHed-fiZQOl iUEiRd fbDshV cToLRq"><span class="GallerySliCaptnHedText-iqjOmM jwPuvZ">Jamie Margol, she/her, 18, Activist/Author</span></h2><div data-ttid="GallerySliCaptnDekContaer" class="GallerySliCaptnDekContaer-hLUdt gSWuis"><div class="GallerySliCaptnDek-cXnbPe jJMZnc"><div><p>By the summer of 2017, Jamie Margol had grown tired of young people beg creasgly exclud om the climate change nversatn. That’s when she -found <a href=">Zero Hour</a>, an ternatnal youth climate jtice movement that seeks to mobilize and provi rourc to young activists wantg to take ncrete actn around climate change. As the Co-Executive Director of Zero Hour, the Colombian-Amerin activist helped lead the official "<a href=" target="_blank">Youth Climate March</a>" Washgton, D.C. and more than 25 other ci around the world durg the summer of 2018, ultimately spirg the current School Strike for Climate movement.</p><p>Jt three weeks ago, Jamie released her but book <a href="><em>Youth To Power: Your Voice and How To Use It</em>,</a> which serv as a gui to beg a young activist and anizer for any e. The book, which clus a foreword om fellow climate activist Greta Thunberg, was labeled by former Vice Print Al Gore as an “sential how-to for anyone of any age who feels lled to act to protect our pla for future generatns."</p><p>Through social media, Jamie ntu to e her platform to speak out about her experienc as a lbian and why posive LGBTQ reprentatn media is so ccial. “I want to be the role mol and reprentatn for others that I always wished I had,” Jamie tells GLAAD.</p><p>Jamie choos Hayley Kiyoko as her LGBTQ spiratn. “I thought I was broken for not beg attracted to men. Hayley’s mic ma me realize I wasn’t broken,” says Jamie.</p></div></div><div class="GallerySliCaptnOffers-fsTPbf gmClBA"><div class="GallerySliCaptnCtaBlock-ktoFJX fgjbmf"></div></div></div></div></figptn></figure></div></div></li><li class="gallery__slis__sli" id="5eebdb8efa1d251f02030439"><div><div class="GallerySliWrapper-yxPsh fqkk" data-event-boundary="click" data--view="{"pattern":"GallerySli","variatn":"GallerySli.ItemLeft"}" data-event-click="{"pattern":"GallerySli","variatn":"GallerySli.ItemLeft"}" orientatn="portra" data-ttid="GallerySliWrapper"><figure class="GallerySliFigure-jhDfjI bGQGmP"><div orientatn="portra" class="GallerySliAssetWrapper-jGbftJ eCdWNA"><div class="GallerySliAssetContaer-hwdsAZ gNfA-dy"><div class="GallerySliAssetContaerInner-BTnef fyLCFI"><span class="SpanWrapper-umhxW kGxnNB rponsive-asset GallerySliRponsiveAsset-bXKMLC lluiXZ GallerySliRponsiveAsset"><picture class="RponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa GallerySliRponsiveAsset-bXKMLC lluiXZ GallerySliRponsiveAsset rponsive-image"><div data-tt="aspect-rat-ntaer" class="AspectRatContaer-bJHpJz gpkgCv"><div class="aspect-rat--overlay-ntaer"><noscript><source media="(max-width: 767px)" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w, 800w" siz="100vw"/><source media="(m-width: 768px)" srcSet=" 320w, 640w, 960w, 1280w, 1600w, 1920w, 2240w, 2580w" siz="100vw"/><img alt="Illtratn of Jazz Jenngs" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-image__image" src="></noscript></div></div></picture></span><div class="SocialInsWrapper-hKMEXV ebzboM social-ins social-ins--overlay GallerySliSocialIns-kAFGFd bnSKCQ"><ul data-ttid="socialInslist" class="SocialInsList-cHVTIA DGtn social-ins__list"><li class="SocialInsListItem-mbhR gQILrJ social-ins__list-em social-ins__list-em--ptert social-ins__list-em--has-background social-ins__list-em--overlay"><a aria-label="Post to Ptert" data-p-do="nothg" class="external-lk SocialInExternalLk-huuzOU dhjEOY social-ins__lk social-ins__lk--ptert" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><div class="SocialInContaer-huXzUC pMzVC social-ins__in-ntaer"><svg class="SocialInNetworkInComponent-cZaKGz dlOAhZ in in-ptert" focable="false" viewBox="0 0 32 32" width="32" height="32" fill="none" xmlns="><tle>Ptert</tle><path d="M15.169 18.448C14.793 20.093 14.425 21.678 13.623 22.928C13.377 23.311 13.13 23.793 12.71 24C12.09 20.807 13.387 18.12 13.899 15.436C13.246 14.103 13.652 11.846 15.051 11.59C17.077 11.22 16.543 13.664 16.2 14.8C16.01 15.424 15.671 16.021 15.722 16.705C15.835 18.146 17.648 18.24 18.577 17.497C19.909 16.436 20.295 14.385 20.164 12.7C19.967 10.135 17.062 8.85997 14.496 9.88497C13.173 10.413 11.973 11.628 11.799 13.413C11.709 14.353 11.906 15.104 12.276 15.634C12.331 15.715 12.523 15.857 12.552 16.072C12.61 16.506 12.352 16.974 12.116 17.298C10.802 16.92 10.124 15.741 10.016 14.248C9.76596 10.848 12.558 8.26397 15.841 8.02197C19.348 7.76497 22.126 9.78896 22.384 12.74C22.576 14.933 21.797 17.14 20.561 18.329C19.631 19.221 17.656 20.096 16.041 19.242C15.684 19.052 15.524 18.82 15.169 18.448Z" fill="black"></path></svg></div></a></li></ul></div></div></div></div><figptn class="GallerySliFigCaptnWrapper-QgqEb jqOVHf GallerySliCaptnWrapper-cVIrXn gmZcZa"><div class="GallerySliFigCaptn-dOeyTg hHRSVV"><div class="GallerySliCaptnCredWrapper-houOem jJZhAS">Carra Syk</div><div class="GallerySliCaptnPreHearOneWrapper-eNQNbj cYixHh"><span data-ttid="GallerySliCaptnPreHearOne" class="GallerySliCaptnPreHearOne-vAlI dmCbya">7/20</span></div><h2 class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ GallerySliCaptnHed-fiZQOl iUEiRd fbDshV cToLRq"><span class="GallerySliCaptnHedText-iqjOmM jwPuvZ">Jazz Jenngs, she/her, 19, Activist/TV Personaly/Author</span></h2><div data-ttid="GallerySliCaptnDekContaer" class="GallerySliCaptnDekContaer-hLUdt gSWuis"><div class="GallerySliCaptnDek-cXnbPe jJMZnc"><div><p>It’s impossible to talk about the impact of reprentatn and visibily for transgenr youth whout mentng Jazz Jenngs. As one of the youngt people to bee a natnal transgenr figure, Jazz’s story has helped to change the way people around the world see and unrstand transgenr youth, pavg the way for more stori like her own to be told.</p><p>Sce 2015, her TLC seri <a href="><em>I Am Jazz</em></a> has spotlighted the experienc of growg up as a transgenr teen, and ntu to te the general public about issu affectg transgenr youth. As the -thor of the children's picture book <a href="><em>I Am Jazz</em></a> and the thor of her memoir, <a href="><em>Beg Jazz: My Life as a (Transgenr) Teen</em></a>, Jazz ntu to spire other young LGBTQ people to be their thentic selv while promotg necsary msag of acceptance and equaly.</p><p>As someone who has been a visible LGBTQ advote om a very young age, Jazz believ that her visibily and activism has never been more important. “We are sperate need of as much love and support as possible,” Jazz tells GLAAD. “It’s val that we ntue g our voic to protect those need orr to allow them to thrive and grow and have an equal opportuny of beg uned wh all.”</p><p>When reflectg on the LGBTQ person who spir her most, Jazz nam none other than Laverne Cox. “I love her wh all my heart for beg her te genue self and leadg the way for so many people,” Jazz tells GLAAD.</p></div></div><div class="GallerySliCaptnOffers-fsTPbf gmClBA"><div class="GallerySliCaptnCtaBlock-ktoFJX fgjbmf"></div></div></div></div></figptn></figure></div></div></li><li class="gallery__slis__sli" id="5eebdb92fa1d251f0203043b"><div><div class="GallerySliWrapper-yxPsh fqkk" data-event-boundary="click" data--view="{"pattern":"GallerySli","variatn":"GallerySli.ItemLeft"}" data-event-click="{"pattern":"GallerySli","variatn":"GallerySli.ItemLeft"}" orientatn="portra" data-ttid="GallerySliWrapper"><figure class="GallerySliFigure-jhDfjI bGQGmP"><div orientatn="portra" class="GallerySliAssetWrapper-jGbftJ eCdWNA"><div class="GallerySliAssetContaer-hwdsAZ gNfA-dy"><div class="GallerySliAssetContaerInner-BTnef fyLCFI"><span class="SpanWrapper-umhxW kGxnNB rponsive-asset GallerySliRponsiveAsset-bXKMLC lluiXZ GallerySliRponsiveAsset"><picture class="RponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa GallerySliRponsiveAsset-bXKMLC lluiXZ GallerySliRponsiveAsset rponsive-image"><div data-tt="aspect-rat-ntaer" class="AspectRatContaer-bJHpJz gpkgCv"><div class="aspect-rat--overlay-ntaer"><noscript><source media="(max-width: 767px)" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w, 800w" siz="100vw"/><source media="(m-width: 768px)" srcSet=" 320w, 640w, 960w, 1280w, 1600w, 1920w, 2240w, 2580w" siz="100vw"/><img alt="Illtratn of Joshua Rh" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-image__image" src="></noscript></div></div></picture></span><div class="SocialInsWrapper-hKMEXV ebzboM social-ins social-ins--overlay GallerySliSocialIns-kAFGFd bnSKCQ"><ul data-ttid="socialInslist" class="SocialInsList-cHVTIA DGtn social-ins__list"><li class="SocialInsListItem-mbhR gQILrJ social-ins__list-em social-ins__list-em--ptert social-ins__list-em--has-background social-ins__list-em--overlay"><a aria-label="Post to Ptert" data-p-do="nothg" class="external-lk SocialInExternalLk-huuzOU dhjEOY social-ins__lk social-ins__lk--ptert" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><div class="SocialInContaer-huXzUC pMzVC social-ins__in-ntaer"><svg class="SocialInNetworkInComponent-cZaKGz dlOAhZ in in-ptert" focable="false" viewBox="0 0 32 32" width="32" height="32" fill="none" xmlns="><tle>Ptert</tle><path d="M15.169 18.448C14.793 20.093 14.425 21.678 13.623 22.928C13.377 23.311 13.13 23.793 12.71 24C12.09 20.807 13.387 18.12 13.899 15.436C13.246 14.103 13.652 11.846 15.051 11.59C17.077 11.22 16.543 13.664 16.2 14.8C16.01 15.424 15.671 16.021 15.722 16.705C15.835 18.146 17.648 18.24 18.577 17.497C19.909 16.436 20.295 14.385 20.164 12.7C19.967 10.135 17.062 8.85997 14.496 9.88497C13.173 10.413 11.973 11.628 11.799 13.413C11.709 14.353 11.906 15.104 12.276 15.634C12.331 15.715 12.523 15.857 12.552 16.072C12.61 16.506 12.352 16.974 12.116 17.298C10.802 16.92 10.124 15.741 10.016 14.248C9.76596 10.848 12.558 8.26397 15.841 8.02197C19.348 7.76497 22.126 9.78896 22.384 12.74C22.576 14.933 21.797 17.14 20.561 18.329C19.631 19.221 17.656 20.096 16.041 19.242C15.684 19.052 15.524 18.82 15.169 18.448Z" fill="black"></path></svg></div></a></li></ul></div></div></div></div><figptn class="GallerySliFigCaptnWrapper-QgqEb jqOVHf GallerySliCaptnWrapper-cVIrXn gmZcZa"><div class="GallerySliFigCaptn-dOeyTg hHRSVV"><div class="GallerySliCaptnCredWrapper-houOem jJZhAS">Carra Syk</div><div class="GallerySliCaptnPreHearOneWrapper-eNQNbj cYixHh"><span data-ttid="GallerySliCaptnPreHearOne" class="GallerySliCaptnPreHearOne-vAlI dmCbya">8/20</span></div><h2 class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ GallerySliCaptnHed-fiZQOl iUEiRd fbDshV cToLRq"><span class="GallerySliCaptnHedText-iqjOmM jwPuvZ">Joshua Rh, he/him, 18, Actor/Polil Advote</span></h2><div data-ttid="GallerySliCaptnDekContaer" class="GallerySliCaptnDekContaer-hLUdt gSWuis"><div class="GallerySliCaptnDek-cXnbPe jJMZnc"><div><p>Among the stris ma for LGBTQ reprentatn, <a href=" target="_blank">Joshua Rh</a>’s role as Cys Goodman on Disney Channel’s <em>Andi Mack</em> is certaly a standout. Joshua ma history when Cys beme the <a href=" target="_blank">first</a> openly gay character, and first to have a same-sex love tert, on the Disney Channel. </p><p>In Augt 2019, Joshua himself <a href=">me out as bisexual</a>. “Reprentatn sav liv. When we see people like media, validat our inti—mak feel like we matter,” Joshua tells GLAAD.</p><p>Outsi of his on-screen work, Joshua ntu to e his platform to advote for the youth voice polics. Currently, he hosts twice-weekly "Candidate Conversatns" on his <a href=">Instagram Live</a>, where he giv progrsive ndidat the opportuny to share their platform wh his dience. Prevly, he hosted “News a Rh,” a weekly seri where he broke down important topics to young people a mute or ls. Joshua is also actively volved wh anizatns cludg , US Youth Climate Strike, UNICEF, GLAAD, and Equaly Utah.</p><p>Joshua c Angela Davis as his biggt LGBTQ spiratn. “Her still-growg legacy as a Black queer woman spir me to ntue to fight,” Joshua tells GLAAD. “Her words on what means to be radil are at the re of why I believe is ccial to fight on for liberatn society now and always: ‘Radil simply means 'graspg thgs at the root.' and ‘I am no longer acceptg the thgs I nnot change. I am changg the thgs I nnot accept’ are two personal mottos and rallyg cri of me.”</p></div></div><div class="GallerySliCaptnOffers-fsTPbf gmClBA"><div class="GallerySliCaptnCtaBlock-ktoFJX fgjbmf"></div></div></div></div></figptn></figure></div></div></li></ul></div></div></div><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="1fcmkq"></div></div></div></div></div><div data-page-value="5"><div data-ttid="RowWrapper" class="RowWrapper-UmqTg HEhan GalleryPageChunkRow-eNGlGj jaMwlG"><div class="GridWrapper-cAzTTK eRggVV grid grid-margs grid-ems-0"><div class="GridItem-buujkM kHPPIF grid--em"><div class=""><ul class="GalleryPageSlis-hIivta hlAVzT"><li class="gallery__slis__sli" id="5eebdb95fa1d251f0203043d"><div><div class="GallerySliWrapper-yxPsh fqkk" data-event-boundary="click" data--view="{"pattern":"GallerySli","variatn":"GallerySli.ItemLeft"}" data-event-click="{"pattern":"GallerySli","variatn":"GallerySli.ItemLeft"}" orientatn="portra" data-ttid="GallerySliWrapper"><figure class="GallerySliFigure-jhDfjI bGQGmP"><div orientatn="portra" class="GallerySliAssetWrapper-jGbftJ eCdWNA"><div class="GallerySliAssetContaer-hwdsAZ gNfA-dy"><div class="GallerySliAssetContaerInner-BTnef fyLCFI"><span class="SpanWrapper-umhxW kGxnNB rponsive-asset GallerySliRponsiveAsset-bXKMLC lluiXZ GallerySliRponsiveAsset"><picture class="RponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa GallerySliRponsiveAsset-bXKMLC lluiXZ GallerySliRponsiveAsset rponsive-image"><div data-tt="aspect-rat-ntaer" class="AspectRatContaer-bJHpJz gpkgCv"><div class="aspect-rat--overlay-ntaer"><noscript><source media="(max-width: 767px)" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w, 800w" siz="100vw"/><source media="(m-width: 768px)" srcSet=" 320w, 640w, 960w, 1280w, 1600w, 1920w, 2240w, 2580w" siz="100vw"/><img alt="Illtratn of Josie Totah" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-image__image" src="></noscript></div></div></picture></span><div class="SocialInsWrapper-hKMEXV ebzboM social-ins social-ins--overlay GallerySliSocialIns-kAFGFd bnSKCQ"><ul data-ttid="socialInslist" class="SocialInsList-cHVTIA DGtn social-ins__list"><li class="SocialInsListItem-mbhR gQILrJ social-ins__list-em social-ins__list-em--ptert social-ins__list-em--has-background social-ins__list-em--overlay"><a aria-label="Post to Ptert" data-p-do="nothg" class="external-lk SocialInExternalLk-huuzOU dhjEOY social-ins__lk social-ins__lk--ptert" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><div class="SocialInContaer-huXzUC pMzVC social-ins__in-ntaer"><svg class="SocialInNetworkInComponent-cZaKGz dlOAhZ in in-ptert" focable="false" viewBox="0 0 32 32" width="32" height="32" fill="none" xmlns="><tle>Ptert</tle><path d="M15.169 18.448C14.793 20.093 14.425 21.678 13.623 22.928C13.377 23.311 13.13 23.793 12.71 24C12.09 20.807 13.387 18.12 13.899 15.436C13.246 14.103 13.652 11.846 15.051 11.59C17.077 11.22 16.543 13.664 16.2 14.8C16.01 15.424 15.671 16.021 15.722 16.705C15.835 18.146 17.648 18.24 18.577 17.497C19.909 16.436 20.295 14.385 20.164 12.7C19.967 10.135 17.062 8.85997 14.496 9.88497C13.173 10.413 11.973 11.628 11.799 13.413C11.709 14.353 11.906 15.104 12.276 15.634C12.331 15.715 12.523 15.857 12.552 16.072C12.61 16.506 12.352 16.974 12.116 17.298C10.802 16.92 10.124 15.741 10.016 14.248C9.76596 10.848 12.558 8.26397 15.841 8.02197C19.348 7.76497 22.126 9.78896 22.384 12.74C22.576 14.933 21.797 17.14 20.561 18.329C19.631 19.221 17.656 20.096 16.041 19.242C15.684 19.052 15.524 18.82 15.169 18.448Z" fill="black"></path></svg></div></a></li></ul></div></div></div></div><figptn class="GallerySliFigCaptnWrapper-QgqEb jqOVHf GallerySliCaptnWrapper-cVIrXn gmZcZa"><div class="GallerySliFigCaptn-dOeyTg hHRSVV"><div class="GallerySliCaptnCredWrapper-houOem jJZhAS">Carra Syk</div><div class="GallerySliCaptnPreHearOneWrapper-eNQNbj cYixHh"><span data-ttid="GallerySliCaptnPreHearOne" class="GallerySliCaptnPreHearOne-vAlI dmCbya">9/20</span></div><h2 class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ GallerySliCaptnHed-fiZQOl iUEiRd fbDshV cToLRq"><span class="GallerySliCaptnHedText-iqjOmM jwPuvZ">Josie Totah, she/her, 18, Actrs</span></h2><div data-ttid="GallerySliCaptnDekContaer" class="GallerySliCaptnDekContaer-hLUdt gSWuis"><div class="GallerySliCaptnDek-cXnbPe jJMZnc"><div><p>In an <a href=">say for TIME Magaze</a> 2018, <a href=" target="_blank">Josie Totah</a> publicly disclosed that she is transgenr, and laid the path for the future of her reer: "I plan to play rol I haven’t had the opportuny to play," she wrote. "I’m gog to gun for those rol, be a transgenr female or a cisgenr female. Bee ’s a clean slate — and a new world."</p><p>Two years later, Totah is one of Hollywood’s most sought-after young talents. After notable rol cludg NBC’s <em>Champns</em>, <em>Spir-Man: Homeg</em>, and Fox’s <em>Glee</em> and <em>New Girl</em>, Josie is now gearg up for one of her biggt rol yet. She will soon star as Lexi, a popular cheerlear at Baysi High, the reboot of <a href="><em>Saved By The Bell</em></a>. Jt as she set out to do, Josie is srg the rol that she wants, and stillg hope other young transgenr people.</p><p>“When I first beme public about my transn, I hated to be a visible advote out of fear that I would be judged,” says Josie. “But the more I allowed myself to speak my tth, the more I realized I uld actually help people fulfill that sense of hopelsns I once had. Gettg to have an impact on people’s liv is the greatt privilege I have received and will rry wh me over the urse of my profsnal and personal journey.”</p><p>For Josie, Ja Mock is her biggt LGBTQ spiratn. “[She] spired me to have nfince pursug a reer behd the screen,” says Josie. “She is the perfect example of a person that studs value for her tth and found succs ."</p></div></div><div class="GallerySliCaptnOffers-fsTPbf gmClBA"><div class="GallerySliCaptnCtaBlock-ktoFJX fgjbmf"></div></div></div></div></figptn></figure></div></div></li><li class="gallery__slis__sli" id="5eebdb98fa1d251f0203043f"><div><div class="GallerySliWrapper-yxPsh fqkk" data-event-boundary="click" data--view="{"pattern":"GallerySli","variatn":"GallerySli.ItemLeft"}" data-event-click="{"pattern":"GallerySli","variatn":"GallerySli.ItemLeft"}" orientatn="portra" data-ttid="GallerySliWrapper"><figure class="GallerySliFigure-jhDfjI bGQGmP"><div orientatn="portra" class="GallerySliAssetWrapper-jGbftJ eCdWNA"><div class="GallerySliAssetContaer-hwdsAZ gNfA-dy"><div class="GallerySliAssetContaerInner-BTnef fyLCFI"><span class="SpanWrapper-umhxW kGxnNB rponsive-asset GallerySliRponsiveAsset-bXKMLC lluiXZ GallerySliRponsiveAsset"><picture class="RponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa GallerySliRponsiveAsset-bXKMLC lluiXZ GallerySliRponsiveAsset rponsive-image"><div data-tt="aspect-rat-ntaer" class="AspectRatContaer-bJHpJz gpkgCv"><div class="aspect-rat--overlay-ntaer"><noscript><source media="(max-width: 767px)" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w, 800w" siz="100vw"/><source media="(m-width: 768px)" srcSet=" 320w, 640w, 960w, 1280w, 1600w, 1920w, 2240w, 2580w" siz="100vw"/><img alt="Illtratn of Kidd Kenn" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-image__image" src="></noscript></div></div></picture></span><div class="SocialInsWrapper-hKMEXV ebzboM social-ins social-ins--overlay GallerySliSocialIns-kAFGFd bnSKCQ"><ul data-ttid="socialInslist" class="SocialInsList-cHVTIA DGtn social-ins__list"><li class="SocialInsListItem-mbhR gQILrJ social-ins__list-em social-ins__list-em--ptert social-ins__list-em--has-background social-ins__list-em--overlay"><a aria-label="Post to Ptert" data-p-do="nothg" class="external-lk SocialInExternalLk-huuzOU dhjEOY social-ins__lk social-ins__lk--ptert" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><div class="SocialInContaer-huXzUC pMzVC social-ins__in-ntaer"><svg class="SocialInNetworkInComponent-cZaKGz dlOAhZ in in-ptert" focable="false" viewBox="0 0 32 32" width="32" height="32" fill="none" xmlns="><tle>Ptert</tle><path d="M15.169 18.448C14.793 20.093 14.425 21.678 13.623 22.928C13.377 23.311 13.13 23.793 12.71 24C12.09 20.807 13.387 18.12 13.899 15.436C13.246 14.103 13.652 11.846 15.051 11.59C17.077 11.22 16.543 13.664 16.2 14.8C16.01 15.424 15.671 16.021 15.722 16.705C15.835 18.146 17.648 18.24 18.577 17.497C19.909 16.436 20.295 14.385 20.164 12.7C19.967 10.135 17.062 8.85997 14.496 9.88497C13.173 10.413 11.973 11.628 11.799 13.413C11.709 14.353 11.906 15.104 12.276 15.634C12.331 15.715 12.523 15.857 12.552 16.072C12.61 16.506 12.352 16.974 12.116 17.298C10.802 16.92 10.124 15.741 10.016 14.248C9.76596 10.848 12.558 8.26397 15.841 8.02197C19.348 7.76497 22.126 9.78896 22.384 12.74C22.576 14.933 21.797 17.14 20.561 18.329C19.631 19.221 17.656 20.096 16.041 19.242C15.684 19.052 15.524 18.82 15.169 18.448Z" fill="black"></path></svg></div></a></li></ul></div></div></div></div><figptn class="GallerySliFigCaptnWrapper-QgqEb jqOVHf GallerySliCaptnWrapper-cVIrXn gmZcZa"><div class="GallerySliFigCaptn-dOeyTg hHRSVV"><div class="GallerySliCaptnCredWrapper-houOem jJZhAS">Carra Syk</div><div class="GallerySliCaptnPreHearOneWrapper-eNQNbj cYixHh"><span data-ttid="GallerySliCaptnPreHearOne" class="GallerySliCaptnPreHearOne-vAlI dmCbya">10/20</span></div><h2 class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ GallerySliCaptnHed-fiZQOl iUEiRd fbDshV cToLRq"><span class="GallerySliCaptnHedText-iqjOmM jwPuvZ">Kidd Kenn, he/him, 17, Artist</span></h2><div data-ttid="GallerySliCaptnDekContaer" class="GallerySliCaptnDekContaer-hLUdt gSWuis"><div class="GallerySliCaptnDek-cXnbPe jJMZnc"><div><p>Named “<a href=">Chigo’s next teen sensatn</a>,” Kidd Kenn is prepared to take the mic dtry by storm. After releasg his but project <a href="><em>Childish</em></a> 2018, attractg the attentn of queer in <a href=" target="_blank">Kehlani</a>, and headlg Red Bull Mic’s Renaissance One Pri event, the openly gay rapper signed a rerd al wh Island Rerds 2019, and has sce cemented his posn as one of the next big hip-hop stars.</p><p>While he ntu to be known for his ever-changg hair lor, bold and bright fashn, and nfint personaly, one of the most groundbreakg elements to Kidd Kenn’s work is his thentic and unique abily to highlight LGBTQ them through his mic, a task very few rappers have dared to do. His mixtape <a href="><em>Child’s Play</em></a>, released earlier this year, monstrat that Kidd Kenn is an unapologetilly queer artist wh somethg to say, ultimately openg new doors for LGBTQ cln hip-hop.</p><p>Kidd Kenn tells GLAAD that fellow queer rapper Young M.A. has served as a huge spiratn to him. “As an artist, she still liv her tth publicly and I'm a huge fan of her work and rilience,” says Kidd Kenn.</p><p>As one of the few out gay Black mastream rappers, Kidd Kenn says “’s important to be a visible LGBTQ advote bee I'm passnate about the LGBTQ muny and my fans and n relate to the issu and challeng, but also celebrate the ws that we so often have to fight for.”</p></div></div><div class="GallerySliCaptnOffers-fsTPbf gmClBA"><div class="GallerySliCaptnCtaBlock-ktoFJX fgjbmf"></div></div></div></div></figptn></figure></div></div></li><li class="gallery__slis__sli" id="5eebdb9cfa1d251f02030441"><div><div class="GallerySliWrapper-yxPsh fqkk" data-event-boundary="click" data--view="{"pattern":"GallerySli","variatn":"GallerySli.ItemLeft"}" data-event-click="{"pattern":"GallerySli","variatn":"GallerySli.ItemLeft"}" orientatn="portra" data-ttid="GallerySliWrapper"><figure class="GallerySliFigure-jhDfjI bGQGmP"><div orientatn="portra" class="GallerySliAssetWrapper-jGbftJ eCdWNA"><div class="GallerySliAssetContaer-hwdsAZ gNfA-dy"><div class="GallerySliAssetContaerInner-BTnef fyLCFI"><span class="SpanWrapper-umhxW kGxnNB rponsive-asset GallerySliRponsiveAsset-bXKMLC lluiXZ GallerySliRponsiveAsset"><picture class="RponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa GallerySliRponsiveAsset-bXKMLC lluiXZ GallerySliRponsiveAsset rponsive-image"><div data-tt="aspect-rat-ntaer" class="AspectRatContaer-bJHpJz gpkgCv"><div class="aspect-rat--overlay-ntaer"><noscript><source media="(max-width: 767px)" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w, 800w" siz="100vw"/><source media="(m-width: 768px)" srcSet=" 320w, 640w, 960w, 1280w, 1600w, 1920w, 2240w, 2580w" siz="100vw"/><img alt="Illtratn of Lachlan Watson" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-image__image" src="></noscript></div></div></picture></span><div class="SocialInsWrapper-hKMEXV ebzboM social-ins social-ins--overlay GallerySliSocialIns-kAFGFd bnSKCQ"><ul data-ttid="socialInslist" class="SocialInsList-cHVTIA DGtn social-ins__list"><li class="SocialInsListItem-mbhR gQILrJ social-ins__list-em social-ins__list-em--ptert social-ins__list-em--has-background social-ins__list-em--overlay"><a aria-label="Post to Ptert" data-p-do="nothg" class="external-lk SocialInExternalLk-huuzOU dhjEOY social-ins__lk social-ins__lk--ptert" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><div class="SocialInContaer-huXzUC pMzVC social-ins__in-ntaer"><svg class="SocialInNetworkInComponent-cZaKGz dlOAhZ in in-ptert" focable="false" viewBox="0 0 32 32" width="32" height="32" fill="none" xmlns="><tle>Ptert</tle><path d="M15.169 18.448C14.793 20.093 14.425 21.678 13.623 22.928C13.377 23.311 13.13 23.793 12.71 24C12.09 20.807 13.387 18.12 13.899 15.436C13.246 14.103 13.652 11.846 15.051 11.59C17.077 11.22 16.543 13.664 16.2 14.8C16.01 15.424 15.671 16.021 15.722 16.705C15.835 18.146 17.648 18.24 18.577 17.497C19.909 16.436 20.295 14.385 20.164 12.7C19.967 10.135 17.062 8.85997 14.496 9.88497C13.173 10.413 11.973 11.628 11.799 13.413C11.709 14.353 11.906 15.104 12.276 15.634C12.331 15.715 12.523 15.857 12.552 16.072C12.61 16.506 12.352 16.974 12.116 17.298C10.802 16.92 10.124 15.741 10.016 14.248C9.76596 10.848 12.558 8.26397 15.841 8.02197C19.348 7.76497 22.126 9.78896 22.384 12.74C22.576 14.933 21.797 17.14 20.561 18.329C19.631 19.221 17.656 20.096 16.041 19.242C15.684 19.052 15.524 18.82 15.169 18.448Z" fill="black"></path></svg></div></a></li></ul></div></div></div></div><figptn class="GallerySliFigCaptnWrapper-QgqEb jqOVHf GallerySliCaptnWrapper-cVIrXn gmZcZa"><div class="GallerySliFigCaptn-dOeyTg hHRSVV"><div class="GallerySliCaptnCredWrapper-houOem jJZhAS">Carra Syk</div><div class="GallerySliCaptnPreHearOneWrapper-eNQNbj cYixHh"><span data-ttid="GallerySliCaptnPreHearOne" class="GallerySliCaptnPreHearOne-vAlI dmCbya">11/20</span></div><h2 class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ GallerySliCaptnHed-fiZQOl iUEiRd fbDshV cToLRq"><span class="GallerySliCaptnHedText-iqjOmM jwPuvZ">Lachlan Watson, they/them, 19, Artist</span></h2><div data-ttid="GallerySliCaptnDekContaer" class="GallerySliCaptnDekContaer-hLUdt gSWuis"><div class="GallerySliCaptnDek-cXnbPe jJMZnc"><div><p>At the age of 10, <a href=" target="_blank">Lachlan Watson</a> started actg lol theater productns their hometown of Raleigh, North Carola. Now, almost 10 years later, Lachlan Watson is one of the youngt nonbary actors Hollywood, and is helpg pave the way for others like them to exist an dtry which has long centered cisgenr actors and rol.</p><p>Lachlan is bt known for playg the role of Theo Putnam, a transgenr high-schooler, on Netflix's <a href="><em>The Chillg Adventur of Sabra</em></a>. But even before this breakthrough role, Lachan was helpg to advance LGBTQ visibily entertament. In 2014, Lachlan starred a Season 6 episo of Lifetime’s <em>Drop Dead Diva</em>, which they played a transgenr boy fightg to be treated equally school. Lachlan ntu to expand their reach the entertament world, as they get ready to voice the protagonist the upg 2021 vio game "Goodbye Volno High.”</p><p>Lachlan tells GLAAD, “I want to be the role-mol I need when I was younger, and show up for those who need support the most.” That’s why, outsi of actg, Lachlan ntu to e their platform to drive the nversatn about LGBTQ acceptance forward — somethg Lachlan’s LGBTQ spiratns did for them.</p><p>“Ins such as Marlene Dietrich and Josephe Baker shaped so much of how I view queerns, bety, and film,” says Lachlan. “They were outspoken and unaaid and certaly never held back om beg glamoro chameleons as often as they uld be.”</p></div></div><div class="GallerySliCaptnOffers-fsTPbf gmClBA"><div class="GallerySliCaptnCtaBlock-ktoFJX fgjbmf"></div></div></div></div></figptn></figure></div></div></li></ul></div></div></div><div class="StickyMidContentAdWrapper-fSBzwl drzyIa ad-stickymidntent"><div class="AdWrapper-dQtivb fZrssQ ad ad--mid-ntent 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gSWuis"><div class="GallerySliCaptnDek-cXnbPe jJMZnc"><div><p>Origally om Dallas, Texas, Leo Rocha believ givg a voice to the voicels. As a first-generatn journalism graduate om the Universy of Missouri, Leo has gone on to produce var piec of work that have helped to spotlight issu facg margalized muni, cludg LGBTQ people.</p><p>As a reporter and producer for <a href=">KOMU 8 News</a>, the NBC affiliate statn Columbia, Missouri, Leo has produced origal reportg on the signifince of Pri, as well as the stigma facg people livg wh HIV Missouri. As a Creative Manager at <a href=">VICE Digal</a>, Leo foc his work around elevatg margalized voic, cludg how Black stunts are fightg racism on llege mp across the untry. Leo prevly served as GLAAD Camp Ambassador and Lead Junr Edor for <em>Amp</em>, GLAAD’s onle platform featurg ntent and stori created by and for young changemakers.</p><p>“Media is a powerful tool that shap how people view themselv and the world around them,” Leo tells GLAAD. “I know that if I had grown up seeg characters like me on-screen, my journey to self-acceptance would have been a lot easier.”</p><p>For the past year, Leo has been workg on a new project: a documentary about AIDS tor Pedro Zamora, who he also c as his greatt LGBTQ spiratn. “Even at the height of the AIDS crisis, Pedro wasn't aaid to be himself,” says Leo. “He was proudly gay and pletely open about his diagnosis orr to te people and dispel stereotyp.”</p></div></div><div class="GallerySliCaptnOffers-fsTPbf gmClBA"><div class="GallerySliCaptnCtaBlock-ktoFJX fgjbmf"></div></div></div></div></figptn></figure></div></div></li><li class="gallery__slis__sli" id="5eebdba3ddc24971927dfe75"><div><div class="GallerySliWrapper-yxPsh fqkk" data-event-boundary="click" data--view="{"pattern":"GallerySli","variatn":"GallerySli.ItemLeft"}" data-event-click="{"pattern":"GallerySli","variatn":"GallerySli.ItemLeft"}" orientatn="portra" data-ttid="GallerySliWrapper"><figure class="GallerySliFigure-jhDfjI bGQGmP"><div orientatn="portra" class="GallerySliAssetWrapper-jGbftJ eCdWNA"><div class="GallerySliAssetContaer-hwdsAZ gNfA-dy"><div class="GallerySliAssetContaerInner-BTnef fyLCFI"><span class="SpanWrapper-umhxW kGxnNB rponsive-asset GallerySliRponsiveAsset-bXKMLC lluiXZ GallerySliRponsiveAsset"><picture class="RponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa GallerySliRponsiveAsset-bXKMLC lluiXZ GallerySliRponsiveAsset rponsive-image"><div data-tt="aspect-rat-ntaer" class="AspectRatContaer-bJHpJz gpkgCv"><div class="aspect-rat--overlay-ntaer"><noscript><source media="(max-width: 767px)" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w, 800w" siz="100vw"/><source media="(m-width: 768px)" srcSet=" 320w, 640w, 960w, 1280w, 1600w, 1920w, 2240w, 2580w" siz="100vw"/><img alt="Illtratn of Logan Rozos" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-image__image" src="></noscript></div></div></picture></span><div class="SocialInsWrapper-hKMEXV ebzboM social-ins social-ins--overlay GallerySliSocialIns-kAFGFd bnSKCQ"><ul data-ttid="socialInslist" class="SocialInsList-cHVTIA DGtn social-ins__list"><li class="SocialInsListItem-mbhR gQILrJ social-ins__list-em social-ins__list-em--ptert social-ins__list-em--has-background social-ins__list-em--overlay"><a aria-label="Post to Ptert" data-p-do="nothg" class="external-lk SocialInExternalLk-huuzOU dhjEOY social-ins__lk social-ins__lk--ptert" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><div class="SocialInContaer-huXzUC pMzVC social-ins__in-ntaer"><svg class="SocialInNetworkInComponent-cZaKGz dlOAhZ in in-ptert" focable="false" viewBox="0 0 32 32" width="32" height="32" fill="none" xmlns="><tle>Ptert</tle><path d="M15.169 18.448C14.793 20.093 14.425 21.678 13.623 22.928C13.377 23.311 13.13 23.793 12.71 24C12.09 20.807 13.387 18.12 13.899 15.436C13.246 14.103 13.652 11.846 15.051 11.59C17.077 11.22 16.543 13.664 16.2 14.8C16.01 15.424 15.671 16.021 15.722 16.705C15.835 18.146 17.648 18.24 18.577 17.497C19.909 16.436 20.295 14.385 20.164 12.7C19.967 10.135 17.062 8.85997 14.496 9.88497C13.173 10.413 11.973 11.628 11.799 13.413C11.709 14.353 11.906 15.104 12.276 15.634C12.331 15.715 12.523 15.857 12.552 16.072C12.61 16.506 12.352 16.974 12.116 17.298C10.802 16.92 10.124 15.741 10.016 14.248C9.76596 10.848 12.558 8.26397 15.841 8.02197C19.348 7.76497 22.126 9.78896 22.384 12.74C22.576 14.933 21.797 17.14 20.561 18.329C19.631 19.221 17.656 20.096 16.041 19.242C15.684 19.052 15.524 18.82 15.169 18.448Z" fill="black"></path></svg></div></a></li></ul></div></div></div></div><figptn class="GallerySliFigCaptnWrapper-QgqEb jqOVHf GallerySliCaptnWrapper-cVIrXn gmZcZa"><div class="GallerySliFigCaptn-dOeyTg hHRSVV"><div class="GallerySliCaptnCredWrapper-houOem jJZhAS">Carra Syk</div><div class="GallerySliCaptnPreHearOneWrapper-eNQNbj cYixHh"><span data-ttid="GallerySliCaptnPreHearOne" class="GallerySliCaptnPreHearOne-vAlI dmCbya">13/20</span></div><h2 class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ GallerySliCaptnHed-fiZQOl iUEiRd fbDshV cToLRq"><span class="GallerySliCaptnHedText-iqjOmM jwPuvZ">Logan Rozos, he/him, 19, Actor</span></h2><div data-ttid="GallerySliCaptnDekContaer" class="GallerySliCaptnDekContaer-hLUdt gSWuis"><div class="GallerySliCaptnDek-cXnbPe jJMZnc"><div><p>Wh the last year, trans men ma up only <a href=">12 characters</a> on televisn. Although this number is extremely low, is actors like Logan Rozos and his role OWN’s <em>David Mak Man</em> that signal a promisg future for transmascule reprentatn on-screen.</p><p>In <a href="><em>David Mak Man</em></a>, created by Tarell Alv McCraney, Logan mak his televisn but as Star Child, a homels trans teen. “I was lucky enough to make my actg but playg a betifully wrten trans character,” Logan tells GLAAD. “That meant I had the grave rponsibily — and also the great honor — of beg able to portray the power, the love, and the plexy I’ve seen my muny to an dience that might not regularly teract wh trans people.”</p><p>Sce disclosg his genr inty at the age of 15 to his supportive and lovg parents and olr sister, Logan has ed his growg platform to advote for the LGBTQ muny, specifilly wh muni of lor and fah muni. In the future, Logan hop to e his platform to advote agast ableism, healthism, and fatphobia.</p><p>Who is Logan’s biggt LGBTQ spiratn? “If I absolutely mt choose, Jam Baldw,” Logan tells GLAAD. “He was unpromisg, ede, and dited to showg bety plac where the domant culture tends not to regnize .”</p></div></div><div class="GallerySliCaptnOffers-fsTPbf gmClBA"><div class="GallerySliCaptnCtaBlock-ktoFJX fgjbmf"></div></div></div></div></figptn></figure></div><div data-attr-viewport-monor="le-recirc" class="le-recirc-wrapper le-recirc-observer-target-2 viewport-monor-anchor"></div></div></li><li class="gallery__slis__sli" id="5eebdba7ddc24971927dfe77"><div><div class="GallerySliWrapper-yxPsh fqkk" data-event-boundary="click" data--view="{"pattern":"GallerySli","variatn":"GallerySli.ItemLeft"}" data-event-click="{"pattern":"GallerySli","variatn":"GallerySli.ItemLeft"}" orientatn="portra" data-ttid="GallerySliWrapper"><figure class="GallerySliFigure-jhDfjI bGQGmP"><div orientatn="portra" class="GallerySliAssetWrapper-jGbftJ eCdWNA"><div class="GallerySliAssetContaer-hwdsAZ gNfA-dy"><div class="GallerySliAssetContaerInner-BTnef fyLCFI"><span class="SpanWrapper-umhxW kGxnNB rponsive-asset GallerySliRponsiveAsset-bXKMLC lluiXZ GallerySliRponsiveAsset"><picture class="RponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa GallerySliRponsiveAsset-bXKMLC lluiXZ GallerySliRponsiveAsset rponsive-image"><div data-tt="aspect-rat-ntaer" class="AspectRatContaer-bJHpJz gpkgCv"><div class="aspect-rat--overlay-ntaer"><noscript><source media="(max-width: 767px)" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w, 800w" siz="100vw"/><source media="(m-width: 768px)" srcSet=" 320w, 640w, 960w, 1280w, 1600w, 1920w, 2240w, 2580w" siz="100vw"/><img alt="Illtratn of Map Pqueira" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-image__image" src="></noscript></div></div></picture></span><div class="SocialInsWrapper-hKMEXV ebzboM social-ins social-ins--overlay GallerySliSocialIns-kAFGFd bnSKCQ"><ul data-ttid="socialInslist" class="SocialInsList-cHVTIA DGtn social-ins__list"><li class="SocialInsListItem-mbhR gQILrJ social-ins__list-em social-ins__list-em--ptert social-ins__list-em--has-background social-ins__list-em--overlay"><a aria-label="Post to Ptert" data-p-do="nothg" class="external-lk SocialInExternalLk-huuzOU dhjEOY social-ins__lk social-ins__lk--ptert" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><div class="SocialInContaer-huXzUC pMzVC social-ins__in-ntaer"><svg class="SocialInNetworkInComponent-cZaKGz dlOAhZ in in-ptert" focable="false" viewBox="0 0 32 32" width="32" height="32" fill="none" xmlns="><tle>Ptert</tle><path d="M15.169 18.448C14.793 20.093 14.425 21.678 13.623 22.928C13.377 23.311 13.13 23.793 12.71 24C12.09 20.807 13.387 18.12 13.899 15.436C13.246 14.103 13.652 11.846 15.051 11.59C17.077 11.22 16.543 13.664 16.2 14.8C16.01 15.424 15.671 16.021 15.722 16.705C15.835 18.146 17.648 18.24 18.577 17.497C19.909 16.436 20.295 14.385 20.164 12.7C19.967 10.135 17.062 8.85997 14.496 9.88497C13.173 10.413 11.973 11.628 11.799 13.413C11.709 14.353 11.906 15.104 12.276 15.634C12.331 15.715 12.523 15.857 12.552 16.072C12.61 16.506 12.352 16.974 12.116 17.298C10.802 16.92 10.124 15.741 10.016 14.248C9.76596 10.848 12.558 8.26397 15.841 8.02197C19.348 7.76497 22.126 9.78896 22.384 12.74C22.576 14.933 21.797 17.14 20.561 18.329C19.631 19.221 17.656 20.096 16.041 19.242C15.684 19.052 15.524 18.82 15.169 18.448Z" fill="black"></path></svg></div></a></li></ul></div></div></div></div><figptn class="GallerySliFigCaptnWrapper-QgqEb jqOVHf GallerySliCaptnWrapper-cVIrXn gmZcZa"><div class="GallerySliFigCaptn-dOeyTg hHRSVV"><div class="GallerySliCaptnCredWrapper-houOem jJZhAS">Carra Syk</div><div class="GallerySliCaptnPreHearOneWrapper-eNQNbj cYixHh"><span data-ttid="GallerySliCaptnPreHearOne" class="GallerySliCaptnPreHearOne-vAlI dmCbya">14/20</span></div><h2 class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ GallerySliCaptnHed-fiZQOl iUEiRd fbDshV cToLRq"><span class="GallerySliCaptnHedText-iqjOmM jwPuvZ">Map Pqueira, he/they, 20, Activist/Stunt</span></h2><div data-ttid="GallerySliCaptnDekContaer" class="GallerySliCaptnDekContaer-hLUdt gSWuis"><div class="GallerySliCaptnDek-cXnbPe jJMZnc"><div><p>Growg up, Map Pqueira always knew he wanted to be the army. Years later, he would go on to be a t and receive an Army ROTC scholarship to attend the Universy of Texas at At, gettg one step closer to his ultimate dream. But, jt over a year ago, Map lost his scholarship — not bee he wasn’t cut out for the army, but simply bee he is transgenr.</p><p>After the Tmp admistratn’s discrimatory <a href=" target="_blank">transgenr ary ban</a> went to effect on April 12, 2019, Map beme the first out transgenr person barred om enterg the armed forc bee of the new policy. Soon after, Map began to <a href=">amplify</a> his <a href=">story</a> mastream media, garnerg support and raisg awarens about LGBTQ equaly Ameri. At the <a href=">30th Annual GLAAD Media Awards</a> 2019, Map shared his experience on the biggt LGBTQ stage the world, vowg to one day serve his untry.</p><p>Now a GLAAD Camp Ambassador, Map tells GLAAD that “the youth are the lears of tomorrow. Therefore, we need to be phg the narrative for an crease the reprentatn and visibily of young people who are fightg for the rights of margalized inti like those wh the LGBTQ+ muny.”</p><p>Map c Lady Gaga as the LGBTQ person he looks up to most. “As a Catholic and transgenr person, her art and visibily have helped me bridge the two inti together a way that strs the importance of love for all people while also beg rooted my fah.”</p></div></div><div class="GallerySliCaptnOffers-fsTPbf gmClBA"><div class="GallerySliCaptnCtaBlock-ktoFJX fgjbmf"></div></div></div></div></figptn></figure></div></div></li></ul></div></div></div><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="f1yd7r"></div></div></div></div></div><div data-page-value="7"><div data-ttid="RowWrapper" class="RowWrapper-UmqTg HEhan GalleryPageChunkRow-eNGlGj jaMwlG"><div 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data-ttid="GallerySliCaptnDekContaer" class="GallerySliCaptnDekContaer-hLUdt gSWuis"><div class="GallerySliCaptnDek-cXnbPe jJMZnc"><div><p>Ose Arheghan is no stranger to the world of activism. In high school, Ose, who is nonbary and queer, started advotg for greater LGBTQ cln for their fellow stunts, ultimately spearheadg ccial chang to the school’s discrimatn policy. Prr to attendg universy, Ose also served as the Natnal Stunt Advote of the Year for GLSEN, advotg for youth voice and clive practic K-12 schools.</p><p>Now, studyg Che, Polil Science, and Sexualy Studi as a full-ri Morrill Scholar at The Oh State Universy, Ose plays an active role their stunt ernment and ntu to emphasize the need for clive practic for queer and trans stunts on mp. Ose’s impactful work has earned them the Buckeye Pri Award om Oh State’s Stunt Life Multicultural Center. Outsi of school, Ose is a Policy Organizer wh <a href=">Know Your IX</a>, a DC-based non-prof that aims to empower stunts to end sexual harassment and vlence schools.</p><p>“My visibily is an extensn of my thenticy,” Ose tells GLAAD. “There is a long history of LGBTQ+ erasure that do an extreme disservice to our muny. There is value seeg queer folks and the impact we have, not only on LGBTQ+ history and culture, but every sphere sector society.”</p><p>That’s why Ose admir sger Janelle Monáe. “Seeg someone the media who looked like me and wore what she wanted lghg the face of stereotypil genr rol and expectatns spired me to do the same,” Ose tells GLAAD.</p></div></div><div class="GallerySliCaptnOffers-fsTPbf gmClBA"><div class="GallerySliCaptnCtaBlock-ktoFJX fgjbmf"></div></div></div></div></figptn></figure></div></div></li><li class="gallery__slis__sli" id="5eebdbaeddc24971927dfe79"><div><div class="GallerySliWrapper-yxPsh fqkk" data-event-boundary="click" data--view="{"pattern":"GallerySli","variatn":"GallerySli.ItemLeft"}" data-event-click="{"pattern":"GallerySli","variatn":"GallerySli.ItemLeft"}" orientatn="portra" data-ttid="GallerySliWrapper"><figure class="GallerySliFigure-jhDfjI bGQGmP"><div orientatn="portra" class="GallerySliAssetWrapper-jGbftJ eCdWNA"><div class="GallerySliAssetContaer-hwdsAZ gNfA-dy"><div class="GallerySliAssetContaerInner-BTnef fyLCFI"><span class="SpanWrapper-umhxW kGxnNB rponsive-asset GallerySliRponsiveAsset-bXKMLC lluiXZ GallerySliRponsiveAsset"><picture class="RponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa GallerySliRponsiveAsset-bXKMLC lluiXZ GallerySliRponsiveAsset rponsive-image"><div data-tt="aspect-rat-ntaer" class="AspectRatContaer-bJHpJz gpkgCv"><div class="aspect-rat--overlay-ntaer"><noscript><source media="(max-width: 767px)" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w, 800w" siz="100vw"/><source media="(m-width: 768px)" srcSet=" 320w, 640w, 960w, 1280w, 1600w, 1920w, 2240w, 2580w" siz="100vw"/><img alt="Illtratn of Sage DolanSandro" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-image__image" src="></noscript></div></div></picture></span><div class="SocialInsWrapper-hKMEXV ebzboM social-ins social-ins--overlay GallerySliSocialIns-kAFGFd bnSKCQ"><ul data-ttid="socialInslist" class="SocialInsList-cHVTIA DGtn social-ins__list"><li class="SocialInsListItem-mbhR gQILrJ social-ins__list-em social-ins__list-em--ptert social-ins__list-em--has-background social-ins__list-em--overlay"><a aria-label="Post to Ptert" data-p-do="nothg" class="external-lk SocialInExternalLk-huuzOU dhjEOY social-ins__lk social-ins__lk--ptert" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><div class="SocialInContaer-huXzUC pMzVC social-ins__in-ntaer"><svg class="SocialInNetworkInComponent-cZaKGz dlOAhZ in in-ptert" focable="false" viewBox="0 0 32 32" width="32" height="32" fill="none" xmlns="><tle>Ptert</tle><path d="M15.169 18.448C14.793 20.093 14.425 21.678 13.623 22.928C13.377 23.311 13.13 23.793 12.71 24C12.09 20.807 13.387 18.12 13.899 15.436C13.246 14.103 13.652 11.846 15.051 11.59C17.077 11.22 16.543 13.664 16.2 14.8C16.01 15.424 15.671 16.021 15.722 16.705C15.835 18.146 17.648 18.24 18.577 17.497C19.909 16.436 20.295 14.385 20.164 12.7C19.967 10.135 17.062 8.85997 14.496 9.88497C13.173 10.413 11.973 11.628 11.799 13.413C11.709 14.353 11.906 15.104 12.276 15.634C12.331 15.715 12.523 15.857 12.552 16.072C12.61 16.506 12.352 16.974 12.116 17.298C10.802 16.92 10.124 15.741 10.016 14.248C9.76596 10.848 12.558 8.26397 15.841 8.02197C19.348 7.76497 22.126 9.78896 22.384 12.74C22.576 14.933 21.797 17.14 20.561 18.329C19.631 19.221 17.656 20.096 16.041 19.242C15.684 19.052 15.524 18.82 15.169 18.448Z" fill="black"></path></svg></div></a></li></ul></div></div></div></div><figptn class="GallerySliFigCaptnWrapper-QgqEb jqOVHf GallerySliCaptnWrapper-cVIrXn gmZcZa"><div class="GallerySliFigCaptn-dOeyTg hHRSVV"><div class="GallerySliCaptnCredWrapper-houOem jJZhAS">Carra Syk</div><div class="GallerySliCaptnPreHearOneWrapper-eNQNbj cYixHh"><span data-ttid="GallerySliCaptnPreHearOne" class="GallerySliCaptnPreHearOne-vAlI dmCbya">16/20</span></div><h2 class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ GallerySliCaptnHed-fiZQOl iUEiRd fbDshV cToLRq"><span class="GallerySliCaptnHedText-iqjOmM jwPuvZ">Sage Dolan-Sandro, she/her, 19, Creative</span></h2><div data-ttid="GallerySliCaptnDekContaer" class="GallerySliCaptnDekContaer-hLUdt gSWuis"><div class="GallerySliCaptnDek-cXnbPe jJMZnc"><div><p>After transng at the age of 13, <a href=" target="_blank">Sage Dolan-Sandro</a> has bee a powerful public voice and advote for the rights of trans and queer youth a wi variety of spac.</p><p>In 2018, Sage found <a href=">TEAM Mag</a>, a digal ze and young creative llective. Now, the Ao-Latx activist serv on the advisory board of Gucci's <a href=">CHIME FOR CHANGE</a>, a global mpaign ung the voic and anizatns fightg for genr equaly. She also ss on the Natnal Black Jtice Coaln's Trans Advisory Board, and was recently named one of The Kennedy Center for Performg Arts' gural Social Practice Rint artists.</p><p>Sage is mted to creatg muny-based platforms that allow other young queer and BIPOC artists to thentilly tell their stori. “Too often trans women of lor are forced to be tors. Folks mand we expla ourselv, our existence, and why we serve rpect, basic rights, and protectns,” Sage tells GLAAD. “It is important to me that I be visible so other queer kids know they n exprs their inty and rry out their activism the ways that feel most natural for them and they are still valid.”</p><p>For Sage, Ja Mock is the ultimate trailblazer. “I still remember the day I met Ja at a public library D.C.,” says Sage. “She gave me a hug and I'll never fet how hard I cried. I cried bee I felt like there was a path for me.” Sage ntu, “Ja Mock gave me hope and she ntu to every day as she mak history and room for more Black trans women.”</p></div></div><div class="GallerySliCaptnOffers-fsTPbf gmClBA"><div class="GallerySliCaptnCtaBlock-ktoFJX fgjbmf"></div></div></div></div></figptn></figure></div></div></li><li class="gallery__slis__sli" id="5eebdbb2fa1d251f02030445"><div><div class="GallerySliWrapper-yxPsh fqkk" data-event-boundary="click" data--view="{"pattern":"GallerySli","variatn":"GallerySli.ItemLeft"}" data-event-click="{"pattern":"GallerySli","variatn":"GallerySli.ItemLeft"}" orientatn="portra" data-ttid="GallerySliWrapper"><figure class="GallerySliFigure-jhDfjI bGQGmP"><div orientatn="portra" class="GallerySliAssetWrapper-jGbftJ eCdWNA"><div class="GallerySliAssetContaer-hwdsAZ gNfA-dy"><div class="GallerySliAssetContaerInner-BTnef fyLCFI"><span class="SpanWrapper-umhxW kGxnNB rponsive-asset GallerySliRponsiveAsset-bXKMLC lluiXZ GallerySliRponsiveAsset"><picture class="RponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa GallerySliRponsiveAsset-bXKMLC lluiXZ GallerySliRponsiveAsset rponsive-image"><div data-tt="aspect-rat-ntaer" class="AspectRatContaer-bJHpJz gpkgCv"><div class="aspect-rat--overlay-ntaer"><noscript><source media="(max-width: 767px)" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w, 800w" siz="100vw"/><source media="(m-width: 768px)" srcSet=" 320w, 640w, 960w, 1280w, 1600w, 1920w, 2240w, 2580w" siz="100vw"/><img alt="Illtratn of Sameer Jha" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-image__image" src="></noscript></div></div></picture></span><div class="SocialInsWrapper-hKMEXV ebzboM social-ins social-ins--overlay GallerySliSocialIns-kAFGFd bnSKCQ"><ul data-ttid="socialInslist" class="SocialInsList-cHVTIA DGtn social-ins__list"><li class="SocialInsListItem-mbhR gQILrJ social-ins__list-em social-ins__list-em--ptert social-ins__list-em--has-background social-ins__list-em--overlay"><a aria-label="Post to Ptert" data-p-do="nothg" class="external-lk SocialInExternalLk-huuzOU dhjEOY social-ins__lk social-ins__lk--ptert" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"*Sameer%20Jha%2C%20any%20pronouns%20(they%2Fthem%20preferred)%2C%2018%2C%20Activist**"}" href="*Sameer%20Jha%2C%20any%20pronouns%20(they%2Fthem%20preferred)%2C%2018%2C%20Activist**" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><div class="SocialInContaer-huXzUC pMzVC social-ins__in-ntaer"><svg class="SocialInNetworkInComponent-cZaKGz dlOAhZ in in-ptert" focable="false" viewBox="0 0 32 32" width="32" height="32" fill="none" xmlns="><tle>Ptert</tle><path d="M15.169 18.448C14.793 20.093 14.425 21.678 13.623 22.928C13.377 23.311 13.13 23.793 12.71 24C12.09 20.807 13.387 18.12 13.899 15.436C13.246 14.103 13.652 11.846 15.051 11.59C17.077 11.22 16.543 13.664 16.2 14.8C16.01 15.424 15.671 16.021 15.722 16.705C15.835 18.146 17.648 18.24 18.577 17.497C19.909 16.436 20.295 14.385 20.164 12.7C19.967 10.135 17.062 8.85997 14.496 9.88497C13.173 10.413 11.973 11.628 11.799 13.413C11.709 14.353 11.906 15.104 12.276 15.634C12.331 15.715 12.523 15.857 12.552 16.072C12.61 16.506 12.352 16.974 12.116 17.298C10.802 16.92 10.124 15.741 10.016 14.248C9.76596 10.848 12.558 8.26397 15.841 8.02197C19.348 7.76497 22.126 9.78896 22.384 12.74C22.576 14.933 21.797 17.14 20.561 18.329C19.631 19.221 17.656 20.096 16.041 19.242C15.684 19.052 15.524 18.82 15.169 18.448Z" fill="black"></path></svg></div></a></li></ul></div></div></div></div><figptn class="GallerySliFigCaptnWrapper-QgqEb jqOVHf GallerySliCaptnWrapper-cVIrXn gmZcZa"><div class="GallerySliFigCaptn-dOeyTg hHRSVV"><div class="GallerySliCaptnCredWrapper-houOem jJZhAS">Carra Syk</div><div class="GallerySliCaptnPreHearOneWrapper-eNQNbj cYixHh"><span data-ttid="GallerySliCaptnPreHearOne" class="GallerySliCaptnPreHearOne-vAlI dmCbya">17/20</span></div><h2 class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ GallerySliCaptnHed-fiZQOl iUEiRd fbDshV cToLRq"><span class="GallerySliCaptnHedText-iqjOmM jwPuvZ"><strong>Sameer Jha, any pronouns (they/them preferred), 18, Activist</strong></span></h2><div data-ttid="GallerySliCaptnDekContaer" class="GallerySliCaptnDekContaer-hLUdt gSWuis"><div class="GallerySliCaptnDek-cXnbPe jJMZnc"><div><p>Like far too many LGBTQ youth, Sameer Jha was bullied by those who thought they were “too feme.” However, at jt 14 years old, Sameer was able to turn those tough experienc to somethg remarkable. In 2016, they found <a href=">The Empathy Alliance</a>, a non-prof anizatn dited to makg schools safer and more clive for LGBTQ+ youth.</p><p>Over the past several years, The Empathy Alliance has ntued to expand and make a profound impact acceleratg LGBTQ acceptance and equaly. Through partnerships wh anizatns like GLAAD, the Human Rights Campaign and GLSEN, featur media like <em>The New York Tim</em> and <em>NPR</em>, and publishg their book <a href="><em>Read This, Save Liv: A Teacher’s Gui to Creatg Safer Classrooms for LGBTQ+ Stunts</em></a>, Sameer has now reached lns of people across Ameri, wh a specific foc on the South Asian muny they grew up .</p><p>Now a hman at Stanford, Sameer, who is nonbary, ntu to strive for a more LGBTQ-clive future. “I beme the first person I knew my South Asian muny to e out bee I wanted to be the reprentatn I didn't see growg up,” says Sameer.</p><p>When asked who their greatt LGBTQ spiratn is, Sameer nam <a href=" target="_blank">Alok Vaid-Menon</a>. “They are pletely unaaid to be themself, and is credibly spirg how they have broken down so many societal nstcts both Amerin and South Asian muni.”</p></div></div><div class="GallerySliCaptnOffers-fsTPbf gmClBA"><div class="GallerySliCaptnCtaBlock-ktoFJX 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data-ttid="GallerySliCaptnPreHearOne" class="GallerySliCaptnPreHearOne-vAlI dmCbya">18/20</span></div><h2 class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ GallerySliCaptnHed-fiZQOl iUEiRd fbDshV cToLRq"><span class="GallerySliCaptnHedText-iqjOmM jwPuvZ"><strong>Sarah Rose Huckman, she/her, 19, Stunt/Athlete</strong></span></h2><div data-ttid="GallerySliCaptnDekContaer" class="GallerySliCaptnDekContaer-hLUdt gSWuis"><div class="GallerySliCaptnDek-cXnbPe jJMZnc"><div><p>This year alone, there have been at least <a href=">20 bills troduced state legislatur</a> across Ameri that attempt to exclu transgenr youth om school athletics. In the face of the blatant and discrimatory attacks, there are athlet like Sarah Rose Huckman, whose story remds that trans youth have the same goal as all other young athlet: to be who they are and play the sports they love.</p><p>When Sarah entered high school, the New Hampshire Interscholastic Athletic Associatn (NHIAA) required transgenr athlet to unrgo surgery orr to pete on the team nsistent wh their genr inty. As an advote, Huckman was stmental gettg the state to change this policy and allow school districts to terme whether a trans person n play on the team nsistent wh their genr inty. She also succsfully lobbied to have New Hampshire pass legislatn that explicly extend nondiscrimatn protectns to transgenr people.</p><p>In 2019, the Nordic skier and track athlete was one of the ma stars of <a href="><em>Changg the Game</em></a>, a documentary highlightg the challeng facg trans stunt athlet. By ntug to share her story, Sarah hop to improve the liv of other LGBTQ youth. “The ia that I uld impact somebody else's life for the better giv me the strength and urage to speak up and ntue beg an advote,” says Sarah.</p><p>Her biggt spiratn? New Hampshire State Rep. Gerri Cannon. “Gerri has been able to stand up for herself as a transgenr woman, and also many other people wh the LGBTQ muny,” says Sarah.</p></div></div><div class="GallerySliCaptnOffers-fsTPbf gmClBA"><div class="GallerySliCaptnCtaBlock-ktoFJX fgjbmf"></div></div></div></div></figptn></figure></div></div></li><li class="gallery__slis__sli" id="5eebdbb9ddc24971927dfe7b"><div><div class="GallerySliWrapper-yxPsh fqkk" data-event-boundary="click" data--view="{"pattern":"GallerySli","variatn":"GallerySli.ItemLeft"}" data-event-click="{"pattern":"GallerySli","variatn":"GallerySli.ItemLeft"}" orientatn="portra" data-ttid="GallerySliWrapper"><figure class="GallerySliFigure-jhDfjI bGQGmP"><div orientatn="portra" class="GallerySliAssetWrapper-jGbftJ eCdWNA"><div class="GallerySliAssetContaer-hwdsAZ gNfA-dy"><div class="GallerySliAssetContaerInner-BTnef fyLCFI"><span class="SpanWrapper-umhxW kGxnNB rponsive-asset GallerySliRponsiveAsset-bXKMLC lluiXZ GallerySliRponsiveAsset"><picture class="RponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa GallerySliRponsiveAsset-bXKMLC lluiXZ GallerySliRponsiveAsset rponsive-image"><div data-tt="aspect-rat-ntaer" class="AspectRatContaer-bJHpJz gpkgCv"><div class="aspect-rat--overlay-ntaer"><noscript><source media="(max-width: 767px)" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w, 800w" siz="100vw"/><source media="(m-width: 768px)" srcSet=" 320w, 640w, 960w, 1280w, 1600w, 1920w, 2240w, 2580w" siz="100vw"/><img alt="Illtratn of Shannon Li" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-image__image" src="></noscript></div></div></picture></span><div class="SocialInsWrapper-hKMEXV ebzboM social-ins social-ins--overlay GallerySliSocialIns-kAFGFd bnSKCQ"><ul data-ttid="socialInslist" class="SocialInsList-cHVTIA DGtn social-ins__list"><li class="SocialInsListItem-mbhR gQILrJ social-ins__list-em social-ins__list-em--ptert social-ins__list-em--has-background social-ins__list-em--overlay"><a aria-label="Post to Ptert" data-p-do="nothg" class="external-lk SocialInExternalLk-huuzOU dhjEOY social-ins__lk social-ins__lk--ptert" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><div class="SocialInContaer-huXzUC pMzVC social-ins__in-ntaer"><svg class="SocialInNetworkInComponent-cZaKGz dlOAhZ in in-ptert" focable="false" viewBox="0 0 32 32" width="32" height="32" fill="none" xmlns="><tle>Ptert</tle><path d="M15.169 18.448C14.793 20.093 14.425 21.678 13.623 22.928C13.377 23.311 13.13 23.793 12.71 24C12.09 20.807 13.387 18.12 13.899 15.436C13.246 14.103 13.652 11.846 15.051 11.59C17.077 11.22 16.543 13.664 16.2 14.8C16.01 15.424 15.671 16.021 15.722 16.705C15.835 18.146 17.648 18.24 18.577 17.497C19.909 16.436 20.295 14.385 20.164 12.7C19.967 10.135 17.062 8.85997 14.496 9.88497C13.173 10.413 11.973 11.628 11.799 13.413C11.709 14.353 11.906 15.104 12.276 15.634C12.331 15.715 12.523 15.857 12.552 16.072C12.61 16.506 12.352 16.974 12.116 17.298C10.802 16.92 10.124 15.741 10.016 14.248C9.76596 10.848 12.558 8.26397 15.841 8.02197C19.348 7.76497 22.126 9.78896 22.384 12.74C22.576 14.933 21.797 17.14 20.561 18.329C19.631 19.221 17.656 20.096 16.041 19.242C15.684 19.052 15.524 18.82 15.169 18.448Z" fill="black"></path></svg></div></a></li></ul></div></div></div></div><figptn class="GallerySliFigCaptnWrapper-QgqEb jqOVHf GallerySliCaptnWrapper-cVIrXn gmZcZa"><div class="GallerySliFigCaptn-dOeyTg hHRSVV"><div class="GallerySliCaptnCredWrapper-houOem jJZhAS">Carra Syk</div><div class="GallerySliCaptnPreHearOneWrapper-eNQNbj cYixHh"><span data-ttid="GallerySliCaptnPreHearOne" class="GallerySliCaptnPreHearOne-vAlI dmCbya">19/20</span></div><h2 class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ GallerySliCaptnHed-fiZQOl iUEiRd fbDshV cToLRq"><span class="GallerySliCaptnHedText-iqjOmM jwPuvZ">Shannon Li, she/her or they/them, 19, Stunt</span></h2><div data-ttid="GallerySliCaptnDekContaer" class="GallerySliCaptnDekContaer-hLUdt gSWuis"><div class="GallerySliCaptnDek-cXnbPe jJMZnc"><div><p>A third year stunt studyg UX Dign at the Universy of Michigan, Shannon Li is passnate about the tersectn between sign and social impact. Her work centers around empowerg others, pecially margalized muni.</p><p>As a Girl Who Cos and #BUILTBYGIRL ambassador, Shannon aims to break down barriers for queer woman tech. In 2019, the aspirg software engeer <a href=">wrote for GLAAD’s <em>Amp</em> platform</a> about the challeng of navigatg the STEM field as a queer woman of lor. “My inty remas as the vulnerable remr of who I am, how far I have e, and who I will bee,” Shannon tells GLAAD. “I unrstand the challeng of beg a queer person and the power that stori and muni n be a lifele for other queer folks.”</p><p>In 2019, Shannon, who is a current GLAAD Camp Ambassador, won a sign ntt to create a <a href=">Pri psule llectn</a> for Lucky Brand’s Lucky x Love mpaign. Her sign rporated a simple yet timels and empowerg msage: “Lucky to be me. To live eely. To be seen…To be loved. To spread love. To love.”</p><p>Chella Man is Shannon's LGBTQ spiratn. “I fd his love story, his art, and openns to discs genr and sexualy as well as his stggl of beg af, wh body dysphoria, and as a person of lor not only spirg, but giv me hope,” Shannon tells GLAAD. “I hope that I too am able to get through some of the most challengg moments my life, fd solace wh myself, and show the power of unndnal love for those around me."</p></div></div><div class="GallerySliCaptnOffers-fsTPbf gmClBA"><div class="GallerySliCaptnCtaBlock-ktoFJX fgjbmf"></div></div></div></div></figptn></figure></div></div></li><li class="gallery__slis__sli" id="5eebdbbcddc24971927dfe7d"><div><div class="GallerySliWrapper-yxPsh fqkk" data-event-boundary="click" data--view="{"pattern":"GallerySli","variatn":"GallerySli.ItemLeft"}" data-event-click="{"pattern":"GallerySli","variatn":"GallerySli.ItemLeft"}" orientatn="portra" data-ttid="GallerySliWrapper"><figure class="GallerySliFigure-jhDfjI bGQGmP"><div orientatn="portra" class="GallerySliAssetWrapper-jGbftJ eCdWNA"><div class="GallerySliAssetContaer-hwdsAZ gNfA-dy"><div class="GallerySliAssetContaerInner-BTnef fyLCFI"><span class="SpanWrapper-umhxW kGxnNB rponsive-asset GallerySliRponsiveAsset-bXKMLC lluiXZ GallerySliRponsiveAsset"><picture class="RponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa GallerySliRponsiveAsset-bXKMLC lluiXZ GallerySliRponsiveAsset rponsive-image"><div data-tt="aspect-rat-ntaer" class="AspectRatContaer-bJHpJz gpkgCv"><div class="aspect-rat--overlay-ntaer"><noscript><source media="(max-width: 767px)" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w, 800w" siz="100vw"/><source media="(m-width: 768px)" srcSet=" 320w, 640w, 960w, 1280w, 1600w, 1920w, 2240w, 2580w" siz="100vw"/><img alt="Illtratn of Zoey Luna" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-image__image" src="></noscript></div></div></picture></span><div class="SocialInsWrapper-hKMEXV ebzboM social-ins social-ins--overlay GallerySliSocialIns-kAFGFd bnSKCQ"><ul data-ttid="socialInslist" class="SocialInsList-cHVTIA DGtn social-ins__list"><li class="SocialInsListItem-mbhR gQILrJ social-ins__list-em social-ins__list-em--ptert social-ins__list-em--has-background social-ins__list-em--overlay"><a aria-label="Post to Ptert" data-p-do="nothg" class="external-lk SocialInExternalLk-huuzOU dhjEOY social-ins__lk social-ins__lk--ptert" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><div class="SocialInContaer-huXzUC pMzVC social-ins__in-ntaer"><svg class="SocialInNetworkInComponent-cZaKGz dlOAhZ in in-ptert" focable="false" viewBox="0 0 32 32" width="32" height="32" fill="none" xmlns="><tle>Ptert</tle><path d="M15.169 18.448C14.793 20.093 14.425 21.678 13.623 22.928C13.377 23.311 13.13 23.793 12.71 24C12.09 20.807 13.387 18.12 13.899 15.436C13.246 14.103 13.652 11.846 15.051 11.59C17.077 11.22 16.543 13.664 16.2 14.8C16.01 15.424 15.671 16.021 15.722 16.705C15.835 18.146 17.648 18.24 18.577 17.497C19.909 16.436 20.295 14.385 20.164 12.7C19.967 10.135 17.062 8.85997 14.496 9.88497C13.173 10.413 11.973 11.628 11.799 13.413C11.709 14.353 11.906 15.104 12.276 15.634C12.331 15.715 12.523 15.857 12.552 16.072C12.61 16.506 12.352 16.974 12.116 17.298C10.802 16.92 10.124 15.741 10.016 14.248C9.76596 10.848 12.558 8.26397 15.841 8.02197C19.348 7.76497 22.126 9.78896 22.384 12.74C22.576 14.933 21.797 17.14 20.561 18.329C19.631 19.221 17.656 20.096 16.041 19.242C15.684 19.052 15.524 18.82 15.169 18.448Z" fill="black"></path></svg></div></a></li></ul></div></div></div></div><figptn class="GallerySliFigCaptnWrapper-QgqEb jqOVHf GallerySliCaptnWrapper-cVIrXn gmZcZa"><div class="GallerySliFigCaptn-dOeyTg hHRSVV"><div class="GallerySliCaptnCredWrapper-houOem jJZhAS">Carra Syk</div><div class="GallerySliCaptnPreHearOneWrapper-eNQNbj cYixHh"><span data-ttid="GallerySliCaptnPreHearOne" class="GallerySliCaptnPreHearOne-vAlI dmCbya">20/20</span></div><h2 class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ GallerySliCaptnHed-fiZQOl iUEiRd fbDshV cToLRq"><span class="GallerySliCaptnHedText-iqjOmM jwPuvZ">Zoey Luna, she/her, 18, Actrs</span></h2><div data-ttid="GallerySliCaptnDekContaer" class="GallerySliCaptnDekContaer-hLUdt gSWuis"><div class="GallerySliCaptnDek-cXnbPe jJMZnc"><div><p>By the age of 10, Zoey Luna had already begun her advocy work for the trans muny, workg closely wh the board of the non-prof Christopher Street Wt and beg the youngt recipient of the Youth Honoree Award at LA Pri. At jt 13, Zoey would go on to bee the youngt LA Pri Grand Marshall, leadg one of the biggt Pri events the world.</p><p>Not long after, Zoey appeared <a href="><em>Laverne Cox Prents the T Word</em></a>, HBO’s <a href="><em>15: A Quceañera Story</em></a>, and Rosar Dawson’s directorial but <em>Boundls</em>. In 2017, she went on to star a documentary lled <em>Raisg Zoey</em>, which foc on her plited and ntent relatnship wh her fay.</p><p>Dpe her challeng, Zoey has proven that she is tly unstoppable. In 2019, she starred as Lacey FX’s <a href="><em>Pose</em></a>, and now, Zoey prepar for her biggt role yet: She will play Lours, a transgenr wch, the upg remake of <em>The Craft</em>.</p><p>As a trans actrs, Zoey tells GLAAD that LGBTQ visibily is pivotal. “The world needs to know that we are not jt a trend: We are human, and we have stori that everyone n relate to regardls of their heteronormativy and cis inti.”</p><p>When asked who spir her, Zoey says 's “all of [her] trans sisters and brothers,” clarg that “whout all of standg here and livg our tth, not one of would be here today gettg awards om GLAAD.”</p></div></div><div class="GallerySliCaptnOffers-fsTPbf gmClBA"><div class="GallerySliCaptnCtaBlock-ktoFJX fgjbmf"></div></div></div></div></figptn></figure></div></div></li></ul></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="GridWrapper-cAzTTK eRggVV grid grid-margs grid-ems-0"><div class="GridItem-buujkM kHPPIF grid--em"><div class="GalleryPageTextBlock-lkymFq hJvbmx"><asi 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ALL THE OPENLY GAY MALE CELEBS WHO ARE OUT, PROUD & SMOK’ HOT

All the openly gay male celebri Hollywood who are out and proud: Chris Appleton, Dan Levy, Andrew Stt, Kal Penn, and more. * young gay celebrities under 20 *

It’s Pri Month and we’re here to talk about the geo and nfint gay men Hollywood. There are a ton of betiful men Hollywood, but Tsel Town’s gay ele are some of the most exceptnal bee there’s nothg sexier than owng and lovg who you are.

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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="b6hf7f"></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="xye2"></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="r97xhd"></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="vc3srf"></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="fqq39g"></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="f2m21"></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="4bsma"></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="4dcbz"></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="lfvxs8"></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="oyzetf"></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="1hdf3"></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="yvv52f"></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="a2lzsb"></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="3k8igh"></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="8fib8"></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="o0oc9"></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="gnwkpn"></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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