-: You still do have the influence of people who have been
told that it's wrong and it's something that you should
laugh at and bully so you still get the bullies and things.
But one of the most positive experiences
I had was a day after a school visit.
The school phoned me up and said
can I just tell you what happened yesterday
so I said yes and they said a 15 year old student,
the day after my talk, went into the classroom,
said to the teacher, said to his teacher,
can I speak to the class please
and she said yes, why, he said I just want to speak
about that talk we had yesterday.
So this youngster stood up in front of all his classmates
and he said I want to apologize to everyone
because I've been a bully.
I've been bullying LGBT people for a long time now
and I thought it was really funny.
And I thought it was good to do
and I realized I didn't understand what it mean to be LGBT.
And I'm really embarrassed about my attitude
and I want to stand up in front of everybody
and say how sorry I am.
And that was just wonderful to me.
That was absolutely what it's all about.