We came to Australia from Jordan when I was 9, and we ended up living in Castle Hill, a very Christian area. As a result, I went to a public school filled with Christian teachers, where I was one of the few Muslims in my school. So I was already different, but then when I was about 13 or 14, I started feeling that I was even more different. But I didn’t really want to say why.
It was considered cool to be a bit of a homophobe at my school. And of course, there was no support for . . .