In honour of LGBT Pride Month, Mic Drop offers a Part 1 and Part 2 spanning two years in Melissa’s life as she comes out to her friends, her friends’ parents and her schoolmates. In Part 1, Melissa describes the difficulties she encounters.

Fiona scores top grades, plays the violin and piano, and aims high to meet her parents’ expectations. She says she fits into that ‘perfect Chinese girl’ stereotype, but when the pressure to achieve becomes crippling, Fiona makes a decision to break with tradition and present a different image of herself.

Evans’ father was deported to Nigeria when Evans was four years old. That was the last time Evans saw his dad in person. While his life hasn’t always been easy, the busy 13-year old is focused on success.

Video bonus: You can take a tour of Evans’ room here.

Get ready for Mic Drop, a space where tweens and teens share their mood-swinging, dream-chasing, rule-breaking dramas, adventures and experiences–with no adult interruptions.

These are some of the voices you’ll hear starting June 4th. Subscribe now and follow us on Instagram @cbcmicdrop to get all our updates from teen across the universe.

Teens have a lot to say about this complicated world– are you listening?

Happy New Year! This month marks two years since we started recording personal stories from Canadian teens for CBC’s award-winning podcast Mic Drop. In this special update, Shari Okeke checks in with some of the teens from the podcast to find out how they’re doing now, and how differently they feel about the situations they brought to us two years ago.

It's about us. What we've been through. What we're going through. Without any adult interruptions. This is Mic Drop.

Evans grapples with growing up far away from his father. Fiona chops her locks to unveil the person she’d always wanted to look like. Aliyah comes to terms with all the different sides of herself.

Ava’s doing everything she’s supposed to and yet some people stare at her face without looking her in the eye. Melissa confronts homophobia in her private high school. Whitney loves makeup but many cosmetics companies don't offer her shade.

Layla navigates offers of drugs and alcohol at school. Olivia goes down a dangerous path. Gerry follows his dream to rap over parents' wishes.

Gabe and Tristan are identical twins who are both facing stress — but they couldn't be more different. Sara and Emily learn a lot about friendship after dealing with mean girls in a group chat.