“In Japan if you have tattoos, you’re in the mafia. When I saw my grandmother in Japan I had to cover mine up because she’d reject me as part of the family. I also couldn’t tell my grandmother I was gay. Having tattoos and being gay and going to art school? She’d be like, “What are you doing with your life?””
Read the rest of Sarah’s (our intern) story at We Are the Youth!
Photo by Laurel Golio. Interview as told to Diana Scholl.
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