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Into The Outside

Building a Contemporary Queer Youth Archive in Brighton & Hove

Belonging

  • “Sex ed. needs to be taught for everything”

  • “I went to a Pride in Portsmouth, which was drastically different”

  • “I talk to my mum a bit. My family I think are aware, but we don’t really talk about it much”

  • “Sex ed. is just straight and for us that’s living hell”

  • “Everyone questioning an identity or an orientation wants to find out more”

  • “I love the fact that they’re building in new LGBTQ+ness into the media, as we know it”

  • “Politicians are there to represent us. We need to be political about our rights so that they get it”

  • “I know there was a lot of opposition against our community back in the old day”

  • “It’s nice to know that you’re part of something that’s just brilliantly vibrant”

  • “I have a lot of LGBTQ+ friends. A lot of them identify as many different things”

  • “I’d say Brighton Pride has a brilliant atmosphere”

  • “The LGBTQ+ community is vibrant within my college, but is being drowned out when it comes to identity”

  • “A name isn’t everything”

  • “My name has changed over the years, because I felt I couldn’t identify as my birth name”

  • “My friends, luckily, are really accepting”

  • “There was a time where I wasn’t at all comfortable with this and I was very sort of isolated”

  • “I’m still actually quite new, to be completely honest, it hasn’t been long”

  • “Pride is important, because it allows us to be together in solidarity”

  • “It’s increasingly becoming less of a political event and more of a just a big party, which annoys me a bit”

  • “Brighton Pride, it’s sort of THE event of Brighton and also it’s an event celebrating my community”

  • “Generally I identify as a girl, although some days I’m a little bit kind of not, so just like 97% girl or something”

  • “It’s nice to feel a part of something”

  • “You can still hear people say fag and stuff. You still hear that”

  • “I’ve always kind of dressed like a tomboy since I was a kid. I hated girly things, but I’ve never really thought much of it”

  • “In the future it will become a lot easier to be yourself”

  • “It’s like a remembrance day. You remember a war because something bad happened. It’s the same for Pride. So many bad things have happened in history to gay people”

  • “Don’t worry if you don’t know, it might take you a while. It has taken me three years”

  • “We don’t have equality yet and that’s really shocking”

  • “I find it a bit overwhelming”

  • “I have never seen so many openly gay people. Never”

  • “At the end of the day, all we can really do is accept each other”

  • “I think in this age and generation, nobody should be afraid to do anything”

  • “My sister’s girlfriend, her mother didn’t approve of it really and spent a long time trying to make sure she didn’t feel comfortable”

  • “There were people playing ukuleles and singing. It was so open and it was so lovely”

  • “So me and my mum came out to each other!”

  • “I realised the things that made me identify as one or the other, were inherently really sexist“

  • “To show that solidarity is very important I think”

  • “I think representation is important”

  • “This is my first Pride. I thought it would be a really nice opportunity to be around more people like me”

  • “I remember the one time I actually said to a group of people that I was straight and it was when I was really uncertain”

  • “I’d almost been out a year and so I wanted to feel like I was really part of the community and fully comfortable with my identity”

  • “My parents bought me the ticket to Pride for Christmas”

  • “It shows we’re a part of society. Everyone feels like they can express themselves in their own way. They don’t have to hide away”

  • “You could scream anything from the top of your lungs about your sexuality, or acceptance and everyone would probably just yell ‘Cool!’ back”

  • “I’ve always questioned my gender and I’m still not really sure”

  • “I enjoy being open and feeling like part of the community”

  • “It should be a Pride Day, Day of Pride, everywhere has it on the same day.”

  • “I decided to come to Pride today because, number one, I am very rainbow”

  • “I don’t think I have a single straight friend, so they’re all very accepting”

  • “I love Pride. It’s one of my favourite days of the year”

  • “There were so many other people that I could relate to there.”

  • “I feel super gay, but I like it.”

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