by Catherine Barrett | Mar 13, 2018 | NAC Stories, Uncategorized
Pride means to me being able to live my life true to myself, having true friends around me, gay, bi, straight. Being able to feel comfortable with all my friends as a gay man and Drag Queen. The total acceptance of family and friends of who I am. Doing my best to pass...
by Catherine Barrett | Mar 13, 2018 | NAC Stories
To me, pride means celebrating my differences rather than hiding from them. I remind myself on a daily basis that I’m lucky to be gay, because I’ve been able to grow up with a firm sense of social justice and important understanding of oppression and marginalisation....
by Catherine Barrett | Mar 13, 2018 | NAC Stories
Pride means to comfortably be who you are without fear or compromise (eg: not adjusting your personality, language, attire to suit others). My message to men who were unjustly convicted is Thank you. As a young gay man I am only partially aware of the experiences that...
by Catherine Barrett | Mar 13, 2018 | NAC Stories
Pride means to me to be able to stand up for myself and my LGBTIQ+ community by openly expressing my beliefs about what it is to be gay. My message to men who were unjustly convicted is I am so sorry that you lived bullying, harassment, exclusion and discrimination as...
by Catherine Barrett | Mar 13, 2018 | NAC Stories
Pride is an intrinsic part of myself. Pride in my sexuality, ethnicity. What I stand for and what I believe. It breaks my heart that the laws were unjust. I cannot imagine how harrowing that must have been. I hope expungement goes some way to healing the pain....
