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Hello. How are you today? I'm good. So what are you into? All kinds of things. Anything to do with the outdoors? You're really into your outdoors. Yes, I am. What's your favourite thing to do? Outdoors? Um, rock climbing in sailing, indoor or outdoor? Both. Both. What else do you like to out the door and go out hunting? Yeah. You [00:00:30] better? Yeah. I quite like my hunting, fishing, camping, and yeah, just hanging out with people. So, um, what do you So you're from Yes. Where were you born? Palmerston North. Palmerston North. So a couple of hours away. An hour away? Yeah, About 2.5 ish. Yeah. So how [00:01:00] long have you lived in? Well, um, about 17 years. 17.5, give or take. Yeah, give or take. Yeah. So what do you like to do for hobbies? Um, fixed computers pulled them apart, put them back together. Um, game [00:01:30] testing. And you like building as well? Yeah. And building. Um and yeah. So, uh, what is your sex male? What is your gender identity? Male. Good. You get that question, right? Um, what is your culture identity? This is, um, [00:02:00] New Zealand. European. And what is your sexuality and what? What is your expression? Masculine, feminine or any other type? I don't know. Yeah, Mascular dudes. So, um, when did you realise that you were [00:02:30] gay? About 15? Yeah. Yeah. What happened? Well, I started to get crush on boys. Was it in the class thing? Yeah, and it's pretty hard to avoid the locker roof. Was it noticeable? Yeah. No, no. Did you get to it yourself, Do you think? Did you get a thought where [00:03:00] you had to keep a secret? I kept it a secret for quite a while. It was only about two years ago. I told one of my best mates. Yeah, that's good. So you're out of the closet then? Half and half, depending on who it is. Yeah, like, Well, I've still got the till the rest of my family. [00:03:30] Who have you told so far? Just my mum. How did that go? Quite good. Hm? What happened? Oh, at first I texted her, saying I needed to talk to her, and then she came home. We both sat down and I told her how was her reaction? Oh, she [00:04:00] wasn't surprised, you know? Yeah. I had. I had a feeling she probably knew. I mean, not bringing you home girls or anything. Yeah. You ever seen you with another guy? No, no, no. How did you like, Has she actually? Has she ever asked you a question? Like So, Do you have a boyfriend or do you have a girlfriend or had any of those hints [00:04:30] I did have? Do you have a girlfriend? Hint. I just said no. And that was kind of the only question she ever asked. Yeah. How about what happened when you first told your friend? Oh, he just treated me like normal. So because he is one of my best mates, So Yeah. So why haven't you told [00:05:00] the other parts of your family? Well, because I know my older sister. Uh, yeah, I think they have something against gas or something, So yeah, I'll get there eventually. That's, like, homophobic. Well, yeah, I'll get there eventually. What do you think [00:05:30] their reaction would be if you told them? Uh, probably shocked. Why is that? Um I don't know. Probably because they always expect me to get a girlfriend because no one else in the family is gay. so yeah. Yeah, but no one else apart from me. They know how many. They have a lot of kids, [00:06:00] don't they? Yeah. About off about five five kids between them. And, um, in theory, one in 10 people are gay. Yeah. Yeah. So, like, eight people living in that household? Yeah. Eight people. So So, what's Mason like for you? Uh, it's [00:06:30] very boring. I've seen everything done everything. And yeah, apart from when you notice houses. Um, yeah. Um, yeah. What I do to keep busy is usually go for late night walks and don't come home until, what, 34 in the morning. So you don't really notice anything at night? No. Well, it's hard to notice things if you don't have a light with you, [00:07:00] So Yeah. So, um, are you involved with the gay community in? I'm slowly getting there. It's a new door for you, isn't it? Yes. Have you socialised with any of the gay community? Um, one or 21 or two? Yes. Like often do you, like, hang out? Or I'll text [00:07:30] them or they text me or whatever, but nothing really. Just hang out. Friends. This is more like acquaintances. of It's very subtle, isn't it? Yes, it is. Is an accepting for gay people? Probably not. I'd say your personal opinion, my personal opinion. Why is that? [00:08:00] Well, you can tell how everyone acts around other people, like acting all tough and that so Yeah, that's how I can tell. So you have a lot of support from your mother with your sexuality? Well, with a lot of things, in fact, yeah. Oh, she supports me with everything I do. So, yeah. Were [00:08:30] you scared when you were telling her? Yeah. I was quite scared of what her reaction was gonna be, but yeah. Finally got over it. Yeah. Did she expect anything from you after you coming out? No, not really. She treated me the same. Yeah, she wasn't going to expect. Like, you start wearing makeup coming out of your room with a dress on. No. Bringing boys home. They are part she'll [00:09:00] probably expect. Yeah, you can't. It's inedible, so yeah, yeah, yeah. So do you like living in? No, no, it's a It's a very rural area, isn't it? Yeah. More suburban rural areas. Yes. Just been living here most of my life. Yeah. [00:09:30] Yeah, But, um have you been in a relationship before? No. Really? Yeah. Why is that? I'm getting there. Yeah. Is there actually particular reason? No, not really. You just haven't met the right one or you haven't actually haven't met the right one? Yeah. Start socialising with the community. You got to start socialising more. [00:10:00] Are you planning on moving out from a Hopefully, Yes, Me too. Probably Palmerston North. There's a bit of a community there. You can probably find someone there. Yeah. So, um, how do you meet other people in the community? Uh, online? Yeah. Um, tagged Facebook. I don't know. Free. I don't free. [00:10:30] Have you ever used, like, um, NZD, which is New Zealand? Um NZ dating, I think. N dating dot com or manhunt? No, no, no, no. None of those just tagged in Facebook. In Facebook. Yeah. Yeah. So you you always [00:11:00] use that a lot? Yeah. Nothing else to use. No. Nothing else to use. All the other sites. Have what? Predators. Well, I think all sites have predators, so you just need to know how to philtre the predators out. Yeah, that's true. Yeah. So, um, what is your definition in virginity. Done. Done. Done. [00:11:30] Um, hard question to answer. Um, I honestly don't know what to say. It's your personal opinion, my personal opinion. Well, what I tell my niece she's not allowed to have sex until what? Until I'm dead. Otherwise I'll beat him up. And how old is your niece? Six Told them young. Told [00:12:00] them old and young. So you think it's the first time someone has sex? Yeah, the easy way to answer it. Oh, that's very simple questions. So you haven't been out for long, haven't you? No. Probably a couple of weeks. So have you ever been abused because of your sexuality? No. No, not yet. Not yet. Yeah. [00:12:30] So, um, what is there to do around Mason? Um, nothing. Well, there's Tim and bowling. There's Yeah. You didn't even show me this. Oh, yeah. Um, there's Tim and bowling. There's the movies, and that's probably the only good things. Yeah. Do you know much about as in the [00:13:00] historical thing? No. Why is that? Because I just live here, not researchers, so Yeah, You don't You don't notice these things. Not much of a history person, are you? Those types of people that go out to have a lot of coffee at cafes. If you could afford it. If I really want to. I would, but I'd rather prefer iced coffee. Coffee? Yeah. [00:13:30] That's still coffee. Yeah, but it's like you like your coffee is hot. Yeah, but that's different. It's different. It's totally different. Oh, So what's your plans for the future? Um, find a career that I really enjoy. Goodness. Yeah. Well, [00:14:00] thank you for that interview. You're welcome.
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