Kevin: ’I’d say you might be better off talking to someone outside school first, if you can. Don’t tell a school friend first unless they’re the closest, closest most trustworthy friend you know.’
David: ’Because people are very, very immature in their school years, they can’t keep their mouths shut about anything.’
Alan: ’I couldn’t risk saying anything to them at school because they were like, ’Oh, let’s go and beat them up.’ Really, really narrow-minded people.’
Michael: ’You need to choose the person. Take time on sussing them out. See what their reaction is, see what their views are, or whatever. Their attitudes.’
Don: ’It seems that girls can always understand better than boys. You can sort of speak openly to them if you know what I mean.’
Andy: ’One of the people I told let slip and suddenly the whole year knew. Nobody said anything directly to me but I did notice a lot of the boys suddenly weren’t friends and they’d ignore me and they’d sort of be laughing when I was around. Other people I know have had a much worse time than that, but it was bad enough.’
John: ’I don’t know what I expected. It’s what you don’t expect. People, when you tell them, what you’re scared of is the reaction. How they feel towards you still. It’s much better if they talk about it, I think. But once I’d done it once, I knew I had it in me to do it again so it really helped in that way.
Looking back on it I feel I was so daft, when I think about what I’ve got now. Now I’ve fitted in with friends, and I’ve got some of the best friends I’ve ever had. I’m having an absolute whale of a time and I’m now more comfortable with myself. I can just see a much brighter future for myself than I would have this time last year. I can look back, even two months and think I’m here, I’ve done it. And it’s always getting better. It’s like a complete progressive thing.’
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