and amir ahmed, a stop ‘no outsiders‘ campaigner. andrew moffat. you didn't want to do an interview for a while because of the controversy of the protest, why do you want to speak now?|j controversy of the protest, why do you want to speak now? i am respecting the process happening in my school now. so that process is going on, i agreed not to do media and talk about my school in the protests. the reason i am talking now, well, it is gay pride this weekend. it is a time for birmingham to be proud of a —— our diversity and put birmingham back on the map is an area of super diversity to be proud of. that is what no outsiders is all about. are you encouraging children to be gay? no, no. i am encouraging children to be themselves and proud of who they are, whether that is about having different skin, different religion, disability, autism, or have different families. i want children to be confident as they grow up into global citizens so they can live and work alongside anyone and live and work alongside anyone and live and work anywhere