In 2020, when i was in year 9, freshwater's anit-LGBTQ+ practices had me in hospital for self-harm attempted suicide. They had mandatory 'christian studies classes' that outlined the inclusion of the transgender community in sports and told the class that it was sinful and wrong to support or be apart of the queer community. Any talk about the queer community was either shut down or lectures were given out about the wrong doings of queer/trans people. As an openly bisexual and transmasc, young person, listening to these conversations from people that are meant to be accepting and loving towards everyone, it was a massive drain on my mental health and my views of myself. I felt worthless and useless, like a waste of space and totally unheard. It only got worse the more classes we did and I would've spoken up about it sooner, but i didn't think it was that big a deal and I was scared. Looking back now I can see that these practices were not healthy for me and definitely not okay for them to be treating young people like that and if I had noticed sooner I would have said something, but I've only just realised the trauma they gave me so that's why I'm coming out about it now.