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'Emmey Leo lived a lonely, secret life at high school.
"I generally sort of kept to myself. I didn't really talk to people. I didn't
interact too much," Emmey says.
Citipointe Christian College, an evangelical school in Brisbane, was "a harsh
environment for someone like me".
Now a transgender woman, Emmey says queer kids "really had to be underground"
at the conservative Christian school, from which she graduated last year.
"And when you're in a school where you're isolated it's very hard to find each
other," she tells Australian Story.
But that changed dramatically in January.
As the school became engulfed in a political firestorm over religious freedom,
the shroud of secrecy and shame suddenly lifted.
Many like Emmey discovered they were not as alone as they thought, as LGBTIQ+
students past and present stepped out of the shadows, and into the spotlight,
during a polarising national debate.
"I didn't really want anyone else to go through the same thing I did, which is
why I continue to fight," Emmey says.'
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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