Ian Roberts
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Author: Paul Freeman
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 0
There was a group of about four or five queers at school, gay guys who were more obvious, and everyone used to ridicule them. I used to feel terrible for not standing up and saying, 'Cut it out.' They never used to bag me and I just kept my mouth shut like a lot of others, I suppose. I used to think they should be doing it to me because I liked guys as well. And half the time the guys they picked on probably weren't even "doing it" yet'.' A trickle of information and a lot of misinformation reaches high schools down Maroubra way. But gay stereotypes were always confirmed. In the paper. On the TV. It always seemed to be 'them'. Either screaming fanatics being dragged off camera, or outrageous, costumed "weirdos" performing lewdly for the camera. So you could look and say, 'Yes, that's right. That's them. That can't be me.' Or, 'There's been some terrible mistake. I am a freak of nature. By some disgusting aberration, I am attracted to my own sex, even though I'm not like "them". Yuk. What will I do? Well, apart from keep it quiet for a start.' ... It wasn't just the epilepsy, however. It was all of Ian's adolescence. The physical challenges. The emotional challenges. It wa
Author: Paul Freeman
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 0
There was a group of about four or five queers at school, gay guys who were more obvious, and everyone used to ridicule them. I used to feel terrible for not standing up and saying, 'Cut it out.' They never used to bag me and I just kept my mouth shut like a lot of others, I suppose. I used to think they should be doing it to me because I liked guys as well. And half the time the guys they picked on probably weren't even "doing it" yet'.' A trickle of information and a lot of misinformation reaches high schools down Maroubra way. But gay stereotypes were always confirmed. In the paper. On the TV. It always seemed to be 'them'. Either screaming fanatics being dragged off camera, or outrageous, costumed "weirdos" performing lewdly for the camera. So you could look and say, 'Yes, that's right. That's them. That can't be me.' Or, 'There's been some terrible mistake. I am a freak of nature. By some disgusting aberration, I am attracted to my own sex, even though I'm not like "them". Yuk. What will I do? Well, apart from keep it quiet for a start.' ... It wasn't just the epilepsy, however. It was all of Ian's adolescence. The physical challenges. The emotional challenges. It wa
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Author: Paul Freeman
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 0
There was a group of about four or five queers at school, gay guys who were more obvious, and everyone used to ridicule them. I used to feel terrible for not standing up and saying, 'Cut it out.' They never used to bag me and I just kept my mouth shut like a lot of others, I suppose. I used to think they should be doing it to me because I liked guys as well. And half the time the guys they picked on probably weren't even "doing it" yet'.' A trickle of information and a lot of misinformation reaches high schools down Maroubra way. But gay stereotypes were always confirmed. In the paper. On the TV. It always seemed to be 'them'. Either screaming fanatics being dragged off camera, or outrageous, costumed "weirdos" performing lewdly for the camera. So you could look and say, 'Yes, that's right. That's them. That can't be me.' Or, 'There's been some terrible mistake. I am a freak of nature. By some disgusting aberration, I am attracted to my own sex, even though I'm not like "them". Yuk. What will I do? Well, apart from keep it quiet for a start.' ... It wasn't just the epilepsy, however. It was all of Ian's adolescence. The physical challenges. The emotional challenges. It wa
Author: Paul Freeman
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 0
There was a group of about four or five queers at school, gay guys who were more obvious, and everyone used to ridicule them. I used to feel terrible for not standing up and saying, 'Cut it out.' They never used to bag me and I just kept my mouth shut like a lot of others, I suppose. I used to think they should be doing it to me because I liked guys as well. And half the time the guys they picked on probably weren't even "doing it" yet'.' A trickle of information and a lot of misinformation reaches high schools down Maroubra way. But gay stereotypes were always confirmed. In the paper. On the TV. It always seemed to be 'them'. Either screaming fanatics being dragged off camera, or outrageous, costumed "weirdos" performing lewdly for the camera. So you could look and say, 'Yes, that's right. That's them. That can't be me.' Or, 'There's been some terrible mistake. I am a freak of nature. By some disgusting aberration, I am attracted to my own sex, even though I'm not like "them". Yuk. What will I do? Well, apart from keep it quiet for a start.' ... It wasn't just the epilepsy, however. It was all of Ian's adolescence. The physical challenges. The emotional challenges. It wa
Ian Roberts