 Benningo still has its small country towns sort of feel and because of that it is a bit of a difficulty. As I was growing up, community I don't believe had changed enough that it was as accepting as it is nowadays and that was only 10, 15 years ago that I was in high school for that. That I didn't really find myself until towards the end of my high school years and because of that atmosphere that was in school, that atmosphere that was in community did make that a little bit harder. So I joined the CFA probably about a bit over 10 years ago so I got my 10 year membership last year and I chose to join the Brigade out of a want to get back in and support my community in a way that I felt that the community had started to support me. Being able to come out of your shell and really have that trust in people that you're around with was really big. Being accepted is massive from my family point of view. My family is probably the best that I could ever ask for with regard to anything about my identity or anything about my sexuality. My friends and family also helped that again being in that supportive environment makes things so much easier in identifying with yourself. You don't have any dislikes, any hates that you have towards yourself from what you hear in the community, particularly with who you surround yourself with. So with the people that I surrounded myself with, great supportive environment. Experience that I've had CFA has been very open and very accepting and we continue to develop and strive more on that to be an open and inclusive organisation but not only that it almost takes a little bit of the challenge away from it in that CFA has that welcoming atmosphere to it and that may help in their own personal life as well. For those that are coming to terms with their identity what it says is we're here and we'll have you for who you are. What we do in the community is giving back to the community with all the amount of people that we have that give their time to help their communities all throughout the state of Victoria. Being able to celebrate that and see that the organisation is very welcoming, very accepting of that means that that's not an issue that people have, they can sit that one aside and go, so how can I help my community by being part of this organisation that's ready to accept me for who I am.