00:00Even when I was in primary school, I experienced bullying.
00:03The children used to surround me and then pull down my shorts and then laugh at my...
00:08I remember one time my mum said to me,
00:10what is it about you that makes someone to bully you?
00:13And I think that made me feel worse, really,
00:15because it made me feel like it was my fault
00:17and there was something about me that was somehow wrong.
00:21Sometimes I'd find myself cowering in a corner
00:24while boys were bullying me, kicking me, bruising my body,
00:28and they would call me gay.
00:30It was an interesting thing because I didn't really know what gay meant
00:33and I don't think they did either,
00:34but they just seemed to think that I was somehow different.
00:38And I remember that there were teachers there as well who were irresponsible
00:41and I had one teacher, she would laugh when the other children were bullying me.
00:46One of the other teachers called me Glenda.
00:48My name's Glenn.
00:49Those are things that stay with you.
00:51And then when I was 14, I was in a Christian retreat centre.
00:55I was sharing a room with a guy and he was probably about 30
00:58and he basically abused me.
01:01I will say that it was very uncomfortable
01:03and I think it stayed with me.
01:05You know, I remember him saying to me,
01:07oh, this is just what men do.
01:08I think after that, I felt even more insecure.
01:13I didn't do very well with my exams.
01:15I finished my exams with one A level,
01:18which was not really enough to get into university or anything.
01:22I think...
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