00:00What was the impact of going along with those stereotypes when underneath it all was this beautiful, sensitive boy that was, I guess, questioning who he was?
00:09What was the impact of that experience?
00:13So again, like I spoke, I kept, you know, I've spoken about doubling down on your straightness because you want to fit in and you want to not have these questions and make yourself believe that they're not real.
00:25But as we know, when we finish our school or we have this sense of milestone or this next chapter or separation, there is an ability to be able to go, hey, maybe there's a fresh start here.
00:42So I did go over there with that sense of, hey, I can, you know, I can leave that time of St. Pat's, which mind you, like I loved my time at school, but maybe I can leave that time ago and in the past.
00:55And this new environment, this chapter, that I can sort of start to maybe be more confident, be myself.
01:03And I was confronted with all these things, but there was a moment that I did confide in a friend, a teammate, and shared one of my questions for the first time in my life.
01:16One of my teammates who grew up here in country Victoria, I said to him at the dinner table one time, I was like, hey, I've got a question.
01:27How do you know if you're gay?
01:29How do you know if you like men?
01:30How do you know if you're gay?
01:31And I've spoken to him ever since.
01:38And he just straight away, I saw his reaction, his face, his hands before he even spoke.
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