‘EVERYONE IN MY VILLAGE KNOWS I’M GAY EXCEPT MY PARENTS’: SLUM BOY’S JUANO DIAZ ON THE TEEN LOVE AFFAIR THAT INSPIRED THIS ARTWORKIn this exclusive extract from his memoir, Juano recalls growing up in a strict Catholic and Romany Gypsy community in rural Scotland - and how one local boy changed his lifeMum is wrong about me not having any friends; I do have a couple at school. I met an older boy who works in the chip shop in Coatbridge, too. At school lunchtime, he serves me. Sometimes he takes a break and stands outside and smokes, chatting with the popular boys who are fussed over and adored by the popular girls. When he does this, I purposely keep my distance, and head elsewhere for lunch. Then he joined Dad’s boxing club and somehow over the training we bonded. He is a boy called Mario. We never speak at lunchtime in the chip shop; in fact, he goes out of his way to ignore me when he sees me standing in the queue to be served and sometimes he laughs when the bullies call me names. He doesn’t want anyone to know that he knows me. | 
Geen opmerkingen:
Een reactie posten