Channel 4 Documentary

[kristoff]

I wanted to thank you all for your sweet comments and great advice. Thank you zxas12! I'm so glad you thought so! I agree with Dingbat that I had tremendous trouble relating to both brother Benedict and Bill, although I absolutely respect them as people! And I think it all is a great credit to Danny (our director) for including a varied selection of people who are archetypal of the sorts of people we are likely to find in our communtiy. And thanks to Paolo - with your lightsabre we can rule the galaxy as father and son! LOL. And an especially great thank you to Z You came across as a real sweetheart in the docu. And every female I've spoken to says so ^_^

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>I'm not sure what happened to the rest of my post here.<

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I don't want to re-post in case it was edited for my own protection, (which I respect!), but would just like to know. But be listening to the Stephen Nolan show at around 11pm - Midnight on Saturday 14th April!

Never touched it... But then I can screw up my own posts quite easily - mis-type, and there goes everything. Maddening. Was there a previous edit tag on your post? Prior to yours?

[Uncle Flo (imported)]

Wasn't me. --FLO--

[Paolo]

Wasn't me?

Jesus (A) was here when I first saw it.

[thefraj (imported)]

Yeah, sorry everyone, I don't actually know what happened there!

But I was just saying thank you to all my lovely friends here, I wish I could hug each and every one of you! And the wonderful people who know me in the 'real' world, through work or other capacities! I am not in the best of financial positions, but I felt like the richest eunuch alive when all my friends stuck by me with all this public 'coming out'. The little crowd of friends who gathered around our TV set. Everyone at my jobs who have been so very nice about this, and I owe a special thanks to one girl who took it upon herself to find me a new look - new clothes and a new style for a possible interview on TV next week. I have appointed her my personal stylist and image consultant! LOL

But most of my thanks is reserved for a special girl who I hope will acommpany me to London next week. Who's strength an inner resolve I have always admired. A beautiful little battle axe who is gay and absolutely makes no apologies for being her true self, and has been there for me and helped me be myself! With her I feel so strong.

I will do my best with the interview this evening, and be as polite and gentle as I can. But I do not play games, and anyone who crosses me will find this out the hard way I hope this is a side of me that will not have to come out tonight!

11pm to midnight on BBC Radio 5 Live.

[Losethem (imported)]

Just remember, the radio folks do this for a living. If their desire is to twist the story they are very good at finding ways to do it.

That said, good luck with your interview.

[twaddler (imported)]

I will do my best with the interview this evening, and be as polite and gentle as I can. But I do not play games, and anyone who crosses me will find this out the hard way I hope this is a side of me that will not have to come out tonight!

Kick some ass, live on the radio.

[homptydumpty (imported)]

I am so thrilled that this eunuch outing of the 21 century is going so far, and so smoothly!

When a higher power is mentioned i can help but pee myself a little, for i fear that maybe what i have said or wrote may have been twisted or misinterpreted. thankfully not many of my writings if any have been removed from the archive to my knowledge.

A question for use readers/ writers, how far will we take this? Where will we be when comfort comes? Is what we want from others respect and understanding?

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z

[tugon (imported)]

I will do my best with the interview this evening, and be as polite and gentle as I can. But I do not play games, and anyone who crosses me will find this out the hard way I hope this is a side of me that will not have to come out tonight!

It might be good for them to hear a eunuch roar. As kind as you are anyone who crosses you will look like the bad guy. They may find we have given up our balls but not our backbone.

[dingbat (imported)]

How did it go? I wasn't able to hear it unfortunately. I hope it went well.

I think I've found the appropriate 'listen again' bit on the R5L website, this (http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/mainfram ... /nolan_sat) should be the link which takes you to the page where you can hear last night's programme again.

Just in case anyone wanted to hear it and wasn't able to hear it last night.

[thefraj (imported)]

Thanks for the link Dingbat, my interview is in Saturdays stream, towards the end of the show.

At the time I thought it was an absolute disaster, though listening to it now - the following day - it probably wasn't nearly as bad as I first thought. My friends seemed to think it was okay, but I worry that they would likely say this even if it wern't!

But the responsibility thing is starting to terrify me, the weight of knowing my words will have an impact on peoples' perception of our community. Most of all, the tremendous efforts Jonah, Danny, Tanya et al. went to in order to obtain the footage and insight they did.

I wonder if I am spending all that hard earned trust from these great people on other people who simply havn't earned it? Interviewers who do not deserve it, and who will not guarantee us such an understanding atmosphere.

In some ways I am sorry I did this interview, even though I don't believe it was a disaster. But I actually began to wonder if further interviews were really a good idea at all. Is it possible that more damage could be done than good?

I'm sorry if I let anyone down in that interview.