#QueerConversations – Wear It Purple Day with Phi and Michael

Published: Aug 27, 2024 Duration: 00:03:32 Category: Nonprofits & Activism

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Hi, Mikey. Hi. Welcome. Hello, everyone, and welcome back to our Queer Conversation series. My name is Phi, my pronouns are she/her, and I am the Lead Resident Artist in the Living Arts program here on Kuarna land, where we’re catching up today. Woo hoo! Yay! Mikey, can I get you to introduce yourself to the good people at home and let them know how you’re connected to Life Without Barriers? Mikey. Pronouns he/him. I started out as a client under the… I was basically a foster kid, and, through LWB’s programs when I was probably 9 or 10, is when I started getting involved with Life Without Barriers programs and stuff. We connected through Living Arts sessions where you were utilising the arts and really got drawn into the world of dance, and now you’re working as a technician and learning the ropes behind the scenes in that space. Yeah, it’s been really fun actually doing all that kind of stuff. What are some of the things that would have helped you on your journey of understanding who you are and your identity, and maybe seeking some ideas about how folks working with LWB and elsewhere in the community can show up better for LGBTQ+ youth? … I was in high school and people already, like, assumed that I was, you know, a part of the community. And, you know, I was already… Because I went to school in the Riverland and everyone knows everyone. And, you know, it’s a small country school. So basically, if you didn’t fit into a certain mould, you would get ridiculed. But I also, never in my youth, I never was around anyone who was a part of the LGBTQ community at all. And I never really, I don’t know, I never really… You had no representation, no role models. Yeah. Back in those days, and because of the way I acted, people just already assumed. They kind of put you in a box and said, this is who you are. Can you think of the time that, like, when you came to Adelaide, you started to meet people that were more inclusive and accepting that you felt you could connect with? What felt good about that? What was what was so important about those sorts of experiences? Hearing other people’s experiences and knowing that I wasn’t… that I’m not alone is definitely a big thing. Feeling validated and yeah, basically, I guess, yeah, knowing that I wasn’t alone and feeling validated. And that, you know, what I’m going through is completely normal. The feelings that I’m feeling are completely normal. Yeah. And that was kind of good. Just reassuring. Yeah. And it was really about meeting those safe people and having them accept you. Yeah. How you are, who you are. And the support that they’ve offered over the years has been really great as well. If you could talk to little Mikey or if you could talk to… Imagine if I had brought in a young person who’s in care with LWB now and he’s having a tricky time. What would you want to say to them, or what would you want to say to their carer or their worker about supporting them on their identity journey? I guess I’d want them to, you know, be understood. That whatever they decide in identity is fine. It’s normal, it’s completely valid, and it’s okay. And for the carers to, like, be loving and accepting of them no matter who they are.

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