Homeless youth — as many as 40% of whom identity as LGBT — are captured in a new photo and essay project out next month. A photographer worked with these young people for months to put them in control of their own portrayals.
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"So many LGBT homeless youth don't feel like they're in control of how they're portrayed," Taz Tagore, the co-founder of the Reciprocity Foundation, a nonprofit organization serving the needs of homeless youth in New York City, told BuzzFeed News. In typical depictions, Tagore said, homeless youth "feel demeaned and small. They feel hopeless. There are lots of victim portraits out there lacking strength."
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