Speaking Out: Queer Youth in Focus (Reach and Teach) - Softcover

"These are portraits of a revolution. Photographer Rachelle Lee Smith gives lesbian and gay youth an outlet to speak for themselves. Simple, yet powerful photos of queer youth speak reams." --"Advocate"

These are portraits of a revolution. Photographer Rachelle Lee Smith gives lesbian and gay youth an outlet to speak for themselves. Simple, yet powerful photos of queer youth speak reams. "Advocate""

""Speaking OUT" gives voices to queer youth, one snapshot at a time." Marcie Bianco, mic.com"

"This presentation simultaneously highlights the individuality of the subjects and proves to those who may be isolated by geography or culture that they are not alone. An important work for queer youth and those who support them as the future they represent." "Kirkus Reviews""

"Even when the subjects speak to prejudice or violence, the entirety of the work maintains a celebratory tone, right in line with the It Gets Better campaign and the Free to Be... You and Me movement." "Publishers Weekly""

"Even while attention to queer and trans youth has grown recently through campaigns like It Gets Better . . . there remain few cultural spaces created both by and for LGBT youth. That's where LGBT activist and award-winning photographer Rachelle Lee Smith's "Speaking Out" steps in." Mitch Kellaway, "Advocate""

"Overall, this is a stunning and unique addition to the existing literature, with an immediately relevant approach." Kyle Lukoff, "School Library Journal""

"In their wonderful variety, the more than five dozen color images are proof positive that being queer is an exercise in heterogeneity, not homogeneity." "Booklist""

""Speaking OUT," a photo essay that pairs photographic portraits with handwritten reflections from youth who identify as queer, offers a glimpse of the wide range of experiences that comprise life for queer youth today." "Tikkun"magazine"

"Realistic depictions of queer youth are missing from the media. Photographer Rachelle Lee Smith is working to change that." JJ Vincent, goodmenproject.com"