Michelle, Age 20, Bronx, New York.
Photo by Laurel Golio, as told to Diana Scholl.
“I came out as gay to my mother at 13. She knew my stepfather wouldn’t like the fact that he had a gay son, so she didn’t tell him until I was 18. She was right. I got kicked out when he found out.”
Check out Michelle’s full profile at We Are the Youth.