This interview appeared in the December 2019 issue of GAY TIMES.

Photography Jack Alexander
Words Lewis Corner
Fashion Darkwah Kyei-Darkwah
Art Direction and Retouching Ross Geelan

On 1 January 2018 at 6:17pm (local time), Hayley Kiyoko hit ‘send’ on a tweet that would define her year. “It’s our year, it’s our time,” she wrote to her huge following. “To thrive and let our souls feel alive.” It read like a prophecy from Lesbian Jesus herself. And then came the hashtag that cemented the tweet as legendary. #20GAYTEEN.