Scotland's only male, gay, senior footballer Zander Murray talks about the message he wants to send after coming up to Elgin to do talks about homophobia and inclusion in football at UHI Moray and Borough Briggs.
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00:00Message is, for me, trying to bridge some gaps with the mainstream in your community.
00:09The current climate, it's division, division, division, hate and division, arguments,
00:16and if I can just help my own community's lives on a day-to-day basis from, you know,
00:23just speaking there and I can relate to them and give them a bit of solace. Similarly, if somebody
00:28there is maybe was quite homophobic in the past, because judging by the room there's looked to be
00:34quite an array of different mix of people, so if I can help them be extra mindful and
00:40no reason to win them over, just be like, I've heard this story, that makes a lot of sense,
00:44I need to watch what I'm saying, because I could be hurting someone. And I feel like if that makes
00:49them a better person and more supportive of the cause then, it's a win-win. But as I always say,
00:53if I can help that one person struggling, if one person today comes to that event,
00:57if it's struggling, that means the absolute world to me, because I know first-hand who tough it is.