"I was bullied for being gay before I even understood what it meant. The worst nickname was Jovey bender because it combined aspects of my identity that could never be reconciled - homosexuality is not accepted in the religion."
"It's a terribly dark place to be as a child, knowing you're somehow 'wrong', but with no idea why that is or how you can fix it. I hated school. Children can be horribly intolerant, evil little b**tards some of them."
"To be treated like that as a child and made to feel there's something intrinsically wrong with you, it's so painful, and it stays with you."
"I had to keep analysing what it was about me that was making them do this. Was it my voice? Was it that I was slightly effeminate?"
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