Young and Gay in America, 2011

Many of this year's participants in the Day in Gay America project were in their teen years or early twenties, perhaps living it differently than those who came before them.

BY Advocate.com Editors

October 25 2011 4:00 AM ET

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1:30PM Forest Park, N.Y. Nicole Rivera uses her artistic skills to create landscapes and abstract art pieces. "It helps me keep an eye out for the beauty in scenery, and the small things others don't notice when they're walking by something as beautiful as a green park," she says.

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