30 L.G.B.T.Q. Artists Look Back on the Pleasures and Pain of Being 30
For Pride Month, we asked people ranging in age from 34 to 93 to share an indelible memory. Together, they offer a personal history of queer life as we know it today.
By Nicole Acheampong, Max Berlinger, Jason Chen, Kate Guadagnino, Colleen Hamilton, Mark Harris, Juan A. Ramírez, Coco Romack, Michael Snyder and
![Seven of the 30 L.G.B.T.Q. subjects interviewed about their 30th year were interviewed on video, including J.D. Samson, André De Shields, and Juliana Huxtable.](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/06/27/t-magazine/27tmag-wheniwas30-promo/27tmag-wheniwas30-promo-thumbLarge.jpg?auto=webp)
![Seven of the 30 L.G.B.T.Q. subjects interviewed about their 30th year were interviewed on video, including J.D. Samson, André De Shields, and Juliana Huxtable.](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/06/27/t-magazine/27tmag-wheniwas30-promo/27tmag-wheniwas30-promo-threeByTwoMediumAt2X.jpg?auto=webp)