Category: 2012 Spring – Voices of Youth
Letters: Voices of Youth
Jul 15, 2021 | 2012 Spring - Voices of Youth
Dear Robyn! I work at an LGBT information and activity center in Estonia, Tallinn. A fellow...
Read MoreFrom your Editor: Voices of Youth
May 1, 2012 | 2012 Spring - Voices of Youth, Editor's Note
Dearest Reader, We are delighted to present this “Voices of Youth” issue, featuring the voices of women, the youngest of whom is 16, all of whom are first-time contributors. Readers were asked: “What is it like to be you? How...
Read MoreTrain of Thought
May 1, 2012 | 2012 Spring - Voices of Youth, Articles
By Anna Chase The train is hot and crowded. I find a seat next to an elderly white man in a black...
Read MoreHot Chocolate & Sex Workshops: Origin Story & Looking Forward
May 1, 2012 | 2012 Spring - Voices of Youth, Articles
By Lydia Valentine I realized I was bi at 19, during my university’s LGBT Awareness Week (of all...
Read MoreBi Women Around the World: Menon’s Coming Out Story (Delhi, India)
May 1, 2012 | 2012 Spring - Voices of Youth, Around the World, Articles
By Menon I am not a person who finds it easy to express myself. I was since my earliest days a...
Read MoreBi Women Around the World: The Poser (Singapore)
May 1, 2012 | 2012 Spring - Voices of Youth, Around the World, Articles
By Mel I grew up in an affluent, privileged, Chinese family in Singapore, complete with enrichment...
Read MoreGrowing Up Bi in Texas
May 1, 2012 | 2012 Spring - Voices of Youth, Articles
By Mel McConachie Before the fifth grade, most of my friends were girls. I was always a tomboy,...
Read MoreComing to Terms With It All
May 1, 2012 | 2012 Spring - Voices of Youth, Articles
By Lyndsie Bennett What is it like to be me? That’s a rather broad question, and it would take far more than a 1500-word submission to explain. But in the context of my sexual identity, I can tell you that I consider myself to...
Read MoreStill Discovering
May 1, 2012 | 2012 Spring - Voices of Youth
By Jessica G. What is it like to be you? It’s kind of hard. Senior year is tough, especially with my tendency toward procrastination. In addition, I’ve got a lot of idiots in my classes. My sisters are usually pretty cool...
Read MoreBending the Limit
May 1, 2012 | 2012 Spring - Voices of Youth, Articles, Reviews
By Faith Cheltenham While reading A Year Straight: Confessions of a Boy-Crazy Lesbian Beauty Queen...
Read MoreCreating Change 2012
May 1, 2012 | 2012 Spring - Voices of Youth, Articles
The 24th National Conference on LGBT Equality: Creating Change took place in Baltimore, Maryland,...
Read MoreAsk Tiggy: Voices of Youth
May 1, 2012 | 2012 Spring - Voices of Youth, Articles, Ask Tiggy Upland
Dear Tiggy, I’m a bisexual woman in college “dating” (read: hooking up with) this guy I’ll call...
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