Nearly 100 lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youths shared their “coming out” stories with the New York Times for a multimedia series that is being published this week.
The Times contacted teens from rural towns to urban centers, using advocacy groups — including suicide-prevention hotline, The Trevor Project — and YouTube, Twitter and Facebook, in an effort to “better understand this generation’s realities and expectations and to give teenagers their own voice in the conversation,” writes reporter Sarah Kramer.
The first story can be read here and others will be published this week. Videos, photos and written accounts from LGBT teens are being posted here.
There, you will find an interview with 17-year-old Thomas Miller, a recent graduate of Mandeville High School in Florida, where he was a member of the ROTC program. He has decided not to join the military right away because he has concerns about whether he would be accepted there as a gay man, even with the repeal of "don't ask, don't tell." His mom often asks him, "Are you sure you're gay?"
