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Non-Normative Gender and Sexual Identities in Schools: - Schools Out

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N: Yeah.<br />

T: And ur yeah after primary school, when you left primary school I lost contact with her<br />

<strong>and</strong> um we only like like met up about two three years ago <strong>and</strong> um Nickys always been<br />

like there for me cos she’s like my sister but its not just that, its like we can talk about<br />

anyth<strong>in</strong>g it’s like we’ve got, I prefer her to my whole other side of my family cos she’s<br />

the only one who like underst<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> doesn’t call me for it I mean like my other sister<br />

Amy her boyfriend’s an absolute knobhead, <strong>and</strong> he were on the phone to me drunk, he<br />

were on the phone to me <strong>and</strong> he were like, so are you actually a lesbian <strong>and</strong> I were like<br />

yeah, he were like you’re not though you’re not though, all you need to do is go outside<br />

<strong>and</strong> f<strong>in</strong>d some hard earned cock <strong>and</strong> I were like [//] I met him the next day <strong>and</strong> I punched<br />

him so hard right <strong>and</strong> he’s like he’s like twenty <strong>and</strong> he like fell to the floor <strong>and</strong> he were<br />

like I’m sorry I’m sorry I were like…<br />

U: {laughs<br />

V: {you should be<br />

T: …<strong>and</strong> then he were like, he’s alright with me now <strong>and</strong> so my whole family now is just<br />

warm<strong>in</strong>g up to the idea, so I feel, I feel more comfortable now really.<br />

AM: Well hopefully once you’ve…<br />

T: {<strong>and</strong> me Mum likes my current girlfriend!<br />

AM: …gotten through to your family hopefully get better so [//] it doesn’t always<br />

happen, ok.<br />

V: People seem to get better as you get older, if that makes sense. It’s like yeah cos my<br />

cous<strong>in</strong> Megan Eliza, Becky she came out at the age of thirteen um her mum is strict<br />

Catholic, cos all my family is strict Catholic. Her Mum kicked her out <strong>and</strong> she came to<br />

live with us <strong>and</strong> as she’s got like older, um I came out <strong>and</strong> me Mum ran round to me<br />

aunty Sharon <strong>and</strong> me aunty Sharon she she was f<strong>in</strong>e with it because I was older, I th<strong>in</strong>k it<br />

was the matter of the age, it’s like oh you don’t know, you’re still only young.<br />

AM: Does that not annoy people though…<br />

V: {Yes!<br />

AM: …do they not th<strong>in</strong>k, well how do you know that you are straight when you are<br />

thirteen?<br />

V: {Exactly<br />

AM: Or do you guys th<strong>in</strong>k that that’s…<br />

H: {that’s the assumption th<strong>in</strong>g<br />

AM: …you mentioned earlier on (to Helen)…

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