We've come a long way, but LGBTQ students still face an uphill struggle
Brendan Goudswaard was called every name under the sun, cautioned against wearing make-up and skirts by his teachers, pushed, shoved and had abuse yelled at him from passing cars.
He came out about a year after the murder of his classmate Jeff Whittington.
He still remembers the shock waves the hate crime sent through his Wellington High School community in 1999.
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