‘ore tan frend. Fr or interview the main topes wll be based on bullying and sexual ee til his day. I's important to speak up and to hear other stories of what people have gone through, ‘itcould essentially help someone to move forward and believe in themselves just a bitmore. As a resull ofthis interview I hope to personally gain perspective of what went on for Sam during those period of times. For this interview my intended audience is for the pubic in general, I don't believe my interview is targeted towards a specific crowd because in my interview it wll show both sides of being bullied. Someone who is geting bullied could read over the interview and notice that Sam had faced many obstacle due tothe bullying. Eventhough the reader may not be going through the same exact experience, itis good to know atleast what approaches Sam took. As Sam’s friend throughout the 6eri mats wenooe el eer hn theives SHIRLEY: So, comparing the past o now do you fee okay beng open? SAM Yah tly ec! much mre ke | don't care wh pool sor of ink of me, Lean tacks Pkt ston it aches na way bt tht when sid realnng what rel feo SE rs Ti an someone wo i just sper finn or smeone wha hngs ot wit ts gi oe ean rch rea jot our person, and that's what realy hit me rowing up i at ee fen many erent way tat people ect thing, here re vo may ifeent ys ta ple thece is so many sexualities thet, comparing i to now its so much easier to be open and so much more ‘rewarding tobe someone who can say what they want and do what they want just because that is bow they are, SHIRLEY: And your transition from middle schoo! to high school, you changed your style and your personaly: What pushed you towards tat change? X /Wok QUEEN Definitely when I was in middle schoo felt more like i had tobe sot of on the de closeted in a way and dress sort of masculine and what not, Then as I got into hig‘skin hati can be someone who, you know I can wear whatever, and it’s fine, That doesn't sexuality in any way. I could weara dress and sil ike gels. It doesn't matter what you wear, ‘SHIRLEY: Throughout your four years in high schoo! there was a point you told the class read aloud that you wanted to move because you wanted afresh start. What was going on through ‘mind? SAM: [guess during that time I was jst really tired of feeling the judgement, and Tthought_you know if Ljust pack up and move Ican leave this all behind; but looking back ait, thats just mothe way to react to things. IFyou have a problem your solution tothe problem shoulda’ be to replace it with ‘something else and go somewhere better. Your solution tothe problem should be to fix what is going oSo I fee! like just saying al the time I'm stil finding myself, is just. Well then during your tough times did self-harm ever cross your mind and how overcome it? ‘SAME: I feel lke a mes that was always inthe beck of my mind but {never went as far a5 10 ‘doit but you know as you get scared and what not and think maybe I should, you Jook up things and reach out to people and you hear a lot of people have those thoughts. They're notin the same situation 8s ‘you, they might be in an extremely different situation than you, sometimes better sometimes worse it & “way, Everyone has those srt of thought of you know i could do this and make this al feel better and just ‘making everyone aware tat itis nt uncommon but it should be something we should be quite abouts, ‘is something that is really important to me [SHIRLEY: Did you find any adults to help you throush your tough times? 'SAM: Yeah I definitely had lt of adults that helped me.I had my parents that i could tll to them about anything, it took a while to get them to get them to that place. It was like i was ina glass closet“at this point in 2017 then they are just nt going to gett ‘SHIRLEY: If you could speak with someone who is going through what you went trou felithem? | Great coding quexror ‘you l ye 44 ‘SAM: It sounds really lame but it actually does get a lot beter. As soon as you reach out to ‘you can trust and you know will always be by your side and you become comfortable and confident ‘yourself, I feel lke it isthe most rewarding thing tobe able to say you know what I'm gay or what {fs just so uplifting and so heroic in 2 way to just come out and say that, So yea just for final ‘wait until you are ready and once you are ready i's gonna be the best moment of your life,