Blair

Welcome to Stand Alone's podcast! Meet Blair - a University student who has been speaking in Scottish Parliament in partnership with Stand Alone on the issues of estrangement, and how it effects people in higher education.

 

"He's a really inspiration speaker, and has a really clear steer on the inequality of not offering equal support to people who have experienced similar things to those in the care system, who haven't been picked up by that system." - Becca Bland, Stand Alone's founder and CEO.

 

At the age of 14, Blair came out as gay to his mother - who, religious in a very traditional sense, wasn’t as warmly receptive as Blair had hoped for, and persuaded him to hide his sexuality.  Blair’s mental health deteriorated, until he was able to move away from the family home.

 

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