You Are Not Alone

“I closed for a while and didn’t go to school. So I decided to change the school, I could not do anything else. From today’s point of view, I think Maybe I should have resisted saying everything I wanted to say, but nothing could be changed. No one would understand me and on the contrary, …

“I was feminine from my childhood which was often the motive to scorn me. I was often called by various derogatory names. I didn’t want to go to school to meet some people there. There were cases of being late in the school with high hopes that no one would meet me, ” – David Kakhaberi recalls his experience on Bullying. …

“I often became a victim of physical and mental bullying during my school years. Frequently I became the victim of physical abuse from my classmates. No one knew about my sexuality, including my classmates, but they realized I was different. There were occasions when I was bitten by a group of boys in class”, – …

“When I was preparing for this record for a few days, I thought about examples of psychological or physical bullying that I experienced. Interestingly, on an emotional level I have it all memorized. What I felt  at school … The desire not to go to school because something bad could happen. However, all this was …

“Bullying started in my life way back when I was a public school student. I had a strange name and it caused a great surprise of people around me. They laughed at me saying that my mother didn’t love me gave me such a name. A stranger, someone who did not know me may say …

The video is part of You Are Not Alone campaign of the Equality Movement, which aims to start a conversation about homophobic and transphobic bullying. You Are Not Alone is designed to promote open discussion on a deep rooted problem – bullying, especially trans and homophobic bullying. The campaign also features a magazine Egalite , …