'Reporting to you from outside of the closet'

KIERAN JAMES PROUT

 

   

Kieran James Prout is a third year Radio student living in Cardiff who is a valuable part of the NBI family. His interview for the book offers valuable insight into what life is like for the younger generation. 

Kieran recently interviewed me for a short documentary about homophobia. 

To hear it click the link below: 

INTERVIEW WITH KIERAN PROUT,  ’Reporting to you from outside of the closet’:  http://www.mediafire.com/?lghmymnbgan  

EXTRACT FROM KIERAN PROUT’S NBI INTERVIEW

I didn’t want to be gay. I found out I was gay and I wanted to just hideaway or force myself to be ‘straight’ as this was what was meant to happen, it was the easy way out and what everyone expected of you. Once I told my friends and family and realized how much support there was and how little had changed I soon became much more happy about it. I was bullied a lot for my sexuality but  I’ve left school and I’m in university and I’m having the best time of my life!  You soon realize that school is not the end of the world and those people that try and put you down are only doing it because of ignorance or problems of their own. If you are being bullied, don’t be afraid to tell anyone either, those people are breaking the law by bullying you and you should never have to put up with it.  Overall I would like everyone to just be themselves and not worry about what others think, you’ll find that the people worth hanging onto are more understanding than you think. And finally we’re in a stage in society that the gay community is at its most confident and things seem to be moving rapidly in the right direction. And as I said to my friend recently “I’m very happy to be gay”.

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