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Name: | David Shields |
Age: | 21 |
Year of the Fix: | 2013 |
Location: | Hawick, Scottish Borders |
Campaign: | Stopping Homophobia in Schools |
I feel that homophobic bullying is not taken as seriously as it should be within schools.
I went through a tough time when I came out, it was hard to take. However, I found support through the LGBT group I joined where there were people in the same situation as me.
In many communities, there's a lot of small mindedness around, so coming out as gay wasn't exactly the easiest thing for me.
My Fixers project is to encourage schools to treat homophobic bullying as seriously as racism.
Here is a list of Fixers helping me with this Fix:
Alicia Davidson | Charlie Miller |
David Bain | Dylan Lazzari |
Jane Hobkirk | Jordyn Finn |
Katherine Caswell | Kelly Talbot |
Kerry Robson | Lindsay Sayer |
Mike Gibson | Paul Hughes |
Paul Roy |
Other members of the group helped with my Fix by sharing their experiences.
Penumbra are helping my Fix by offering support to those who've been left with mental health problems as a result of homophobic bullying.
The council helped my Fix by supporting our campaign in seeing homophobia taken seriously in schools.
May 2013
Following my TV story being featured on ITV, the Peebleshire News and the Border Telegraph published a story about our Fixers project.
Macauley Collinson
Shak & Natasha
Hannah Baker
Fixers
Ethan Mcinally
Becky
Hannah Carter
Shano
Sam Barakat
Becky Thorn
Jade Kingdom
Fern Lulham
'Kate'
Tilly and Bella
Shannon Rawlings
Ben Simms
Jo Quinn
Sam Womack
Meghann
Timothy Cranfield
Hafsa Ur-Rehman
Chelsie Brown