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When I created this board I named it for my reasons  [message #47661] Sun, 23 December 2007 14:45 Go to previous message
timmy

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The name is nothing about whether the board is safe to open in the office, at school, or with parents looking over one's shoulder.

I named it in the hope, and certainly with the desire, that the folks who come here could feel that it was safe to speak here, provided they have circumstances that they may post to or read from a message board such as this.

I named it, not to lull people into a false sense of security, but in the hope, the expectation, but not the guarantee, that young people would not be propositioned by older folk. Or vice versa, come to that.

I named it because I wanted those who feel outside society, the hurt, the abused, the lonely, to be able to express themselves in a relative place of safety.

I know that others may choose different interpretations. I can't prevent that; we are all people. I simply wanted you all to know what I mean by the name of this place.


Author of Queer Me! Halfway Between Flying and Crying - the true story of life for a gay boy in the Swinging Sixties in a British all male Public School
 
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