IT'S only a year ago that Scott Gorman, now just 17, came out as gay while still at school in Edinburgh.
He was spat on, had hot soup poured over him and his school books torn up.
His life became unbearable and he eventually left the school – sickened not just by the attitude of his peers but also disgusted by the failure of teachers to stamp out homophobia, and even tacitly encouraging it at times. Gorman has asked the Sunday Herald not to name his school as he has relatives there.
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