Speaking Out: Queer Youth in Focus book party
Saturday, October 18th, 7pm
Bluestockings Bookstore and Cafe
172 Allen Street, New York, NY 10002
Attendance is FREE
To celebrate the long-awaited release of her photographic essay book Speaking Out: Queer Youth in Focus, author Rachelle Lee Smith is hosting an evening at Bluestockings Bookstore and Cafe! Festivities will include a book signing, a talk, and art exhibition. Refreshments and light fare will be provided.
The Speaking Out: Queer Y...
Speaking Out: Queer Youth in Focus book party
Saturday, October 18th, 7pm
Bluestockings Bookstore and Cafe
172 Allen Street, New York, NY 10002
Attendance is FREE
To celebrate the long-awaited release of her photographic essay book Speaking Out: Queer Youth in Focus, author Rachelle Lee Smith is hosting an evening at Bluestockings Bookstore and Cafe! Festivities will include a book signing, a talk, and art exhibition. Refreshments and light fare will be provided.
The Speaking Out: Queer Youth in Focus Photographic Art Exhibit has previously been shown in galleries, schools, youth centers, and churches; notably at World Pride, the Human Rights Campaign headquarters, and the U.S. Department of Education.
Speaking OUT: Queer Youth in Focus is a photographic essay that collectively explores a wide spectrum of experiences told from the perspective of a diverse group of youth ages 14 to 24 identifying as queer (i.e., lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or questioning). Portraits are presented without judgment and/or stereotype by eliminating environmental influence with a stark white backdrop. This backdrop acts as a blank canvas to be filled with the each subject’s point of view handwritten onto the final print. With more than 65 portraits photographed over a period of ten years beginning 2001, Speaking OUT provides a rare insight into the ever evolving passions, confusions, prejudices, fulfillment, joys, and sorrows voiced by queer youth.
“Rachelle Lee Smith has created a book that is not only visually stunning but also gripping with powerful words and even more inspiring young people! This is an important work of art! I highly recommend buying it and sharing it!"
—Perez Hilton, blogger and television personality