In later secondary school I dated this boy and was finding out about myself both in terms of identity and sexuality which lead me to post a of myself in a small top, his friends called me a ‘ret*rd’, ‘whore’, ‘slut’ and so on. They even posted this picture of me, an underaged girl, onto a forum where men would see it and post a ‘tribute’ in return.
I was so upset, I was just beginning to find myself and be comfortable with who I am and I had it all ripped away from me by a group of immature, jealous boys. I was harassed for months about this, with my then boyfriend not doing anything to help me at all.
I’ve never told anyone about how this has effected me, I still feel embarrassed and disgusted over it and I went through a phase of blaming myself. I know that none of this is my fault and I was just young but sometimes I still find myself angry and upset.