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Australian Story – Since Adam Was a Boy (1997)

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Clip description

Looking back on those early days as a young man, Adam realises he was sexually attracted to guys but repulsed by that feeling. For him such feelings were wrong and when a guy once hit on him, Adam replied with violence, horrified that anyone thought he was 'like that’.

Curator’s notes

Adam is clearly athletic, good-looking and the sort of young man that any parent would be proud of.

Adam’s story is filmed with understanding and warmth and, in the style of Australian Story, it’s Adam himself and his family and friends who tell the story, not an omniscient narrator.