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So this is the second morning of and Yeah, it's about 8. 30 in the morning. How did everyone sleep in a room full of of, like, 50 people. Did you get much sleep? No, not really. Like, No, Everyone was real noisy and stuff. They were snoring and sounded like a truck. So, um, you're from Wellington, And your mom was here yesterday, and [00:00:30] she seems pretty cool with everything. Tell us. Tell us a little bit about that. Well, I just felt like I was, like, gay, So I approached my mom about it, and she was real cool about it. And she tried to get me help and stuff and talk to people. And, well, here I am, basically like she got me here, which is real cool, because she just, like, got me to Larisa and stuff. And this is like a big step for me, which is real cool. Like just meeting other people like me. Yeah, And how old So was this recently, or how old [00:01:00] were you when you thought that you might be gay and you told your mom, um, this was, like, probably December last year, So I was still 15 and yeah, So it's been a couple of months, and I just feel a lot better about myself and more connect with my feelings and stuff. And were you worried about telling her at all? Well, yeah, I was worried. I was especially worried about my dad because just the whole father son thing, but it was it was all good. He doesn't he doesn't mind, which is good too. But [00:01:30] yeah, it was freaky, but it was good. I kind of sent it to her in text, but yeah. And what did you say? I just said, um, I think I might like boys. That's exactly what I said. And how did she respond? Or she responded by saying, um OK, and she just started asking questions about it. Like, Is there one boy in particular all that sort of stuff, you know? Yeah. So she's been really supportive and understanding and yeah, she's a She's a real supportive person, which is really good, [00:02:00] because I kind of need that because I wouldn't be here if I didn't have that support. And so this is your kind of first. This is kind of the first big kind of meeting that you've had with heaps of other young, queer, gay, lesbian, bisexual Trans people. Yeah, like I've actually never met another gay, bisexual, lesbian transsexual person my age. Like or I've just talked to Theresa and she also helped get me here, which was cool. Cool. Thank you very much and enjoy the [00:02:30] rest of car. Thank you. This audio was brought to you by out there. For more information, visit WWW dot out there dot org dot NZ.
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