Troye Sivan channels his inner biker as he covers the June 2018 issue of Attitude. Sivan receives a gritty photo treatment, courtesy of photographer Damon Baker. Meanwhile, Joseph Kocharian styles him in brands like Alexander McQueen for the outing. Reflecting on growing up as a gay teen, Sivan discusses hookup culture.
All my friends were hooking up with random people at parties, and I just felt so left behind because I didn’t know gay people, I didn’t know where to meet gay people,
says Sivan. I didn’t really want to venture out by myself and so I just did stuff that a 17-year-old boy shouldn’t really have to do.
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Sivan continues, I managed to get a fake ID and then I got Grindr on my phone and started to try to meet people who were like me, but you sort of are forced a little bit into these hyper-sexualized environments, and even though that’s awesome when you’re 17…I didn’t know what else to do.
Read more at Attitude.co.uk.