Some friends and I refused to go to P.E during high school as there was a lot of homophobia. The teachers did nothing and we were not standing for it anymore. We would just wander round the school and not go. Teachers tried making us but we refused and stood firm in our choices. As most of us were already taking an additional drama class after school (the first students in our all male high school to do so), they eventually stopped trying to make us go to P.E class and agreed we could have regular time tabled drama class during school time, which would be an official GCSE class. This brought Drama to the school and became a legitimate choice for other students throughout the school, with it being a timetabled lesson from years 7-9 too. Most of all we never needed to go to those awful classes again or interact with those teachers who turned a blind eye to bullying, all while paving the way for greater freedom, expression and playfulness. The beginning of my days as a revolutionary.

Haha we never organised anything we just rebelled and encouraged each other. We were very sassy with the teachers. They tried many times to make us go and we would just reflect back to them that they didn't do their job properly to keep us safe and make sure there was an education, so therefore we weren't going. After a while they just stopped seeing us and we were free to do our own thing.

It was me and my friend Liam who started it and then we peruaded others to run out of the class to come join us. It was in the transition from year 9 to 10 that we were then allowed to do drama after a year of truanting for that class. So funny to remember these high school rebellion days!! And then we organised the first musical for our high school! 'Hey Scrooge!' - which was ridiculously fun - incorporating Beatles numbers throughout.

Was it hard to get people organised and committed to doing it or did it happen organically? Did they threaten you with any sanctions or attempt to get you back into PE by dealing with the bullying?