Tim Ramsey never dared advance out at his all-boys grammar while a pupil. Now he’s looking for volunteers to reassure other LGBT teenagers they are not aloneI pretty much knew I was homosexual by the time I started secondary school - perhaps knowing all of S Club 7s lyrics aged 11 was a giveaway,but I didn’t want to admit it to myself. When I eventually did, I decided it was better not to uncover anyone. At my all-boys northern grammar, and being homosexual felt like something negative,a bit rubbish and best to cloak. I was terrified my friends wouldn’t want to be my friends any more. I was convinced they might think that I fancied them all.
I knew how I was meant to be. I should play rugby, like football, or hang around town after school with girls from the other local school,smuggle in a copy of FHM and talk about sex. But I didn’t. I was useless at sport and played a “homosexual instrument”, the flute.
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Source: theguardian.com