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Gay, lesbian, bisexual? Aged between 16 – 25? Sick of small-town anti-gay attitudes?

This is your chance to have your say, either on the forum or on one of the Sticks and Stones live web chats – keep checking back for times and dates.

Perhaps you’d like to be involved in the production of 4 short films, each set in rural areas and each giving gay, lesbian and bisexual young people an opportunity to tell their own stories.

In the early stages, we’ll be working through script ideas and would really like to talk to as many young people as we can about the sorts of issues you’d
like be tackled.

If you are 25 or under and interested in sharing your story or would like to appear in the films, please call Steven Davies: 01432 344039 or e-mail stevend@ruralmedia.co.uk

All calls and e-mails will be in the strictest of confidence.

Your anonymity is assured if you are not ‘out’.

Two-thirds of gay and lesbian teenagers say they’ve been victims of homophobic bullying - (Stonewall Cymru, 2007)

That’s 156,000 children!

Even before I came out, at school people were always calling me names, because I was effeminate looking.

In class, people would say; “Shut up, gay boy”, but teachers wouldn’t do anything. When I lost my temper and flared up at them, I would be the one who got in trouble. - (Simon from South Wales)

Simon (Image by Jeff Morgan)