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“From zero to 10, I thought it was ideal. There were always idiots saying weird things, but I could hide a lot of that.”
Then he went to high school. “You suddenly realize you’re different, you’ll always be different, you can’t change your skin, your hair, your body. You can’t change it.
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Boys wouldn’t hold my hand
“I look at my school pictures. I was like a little bullet and I stood out so much. I really did. So I was so aware of it. And I definitely hated the color of my skin between maybe 12 and 17. think less maybe But that’s the kind of period where I would think, ‘Oh God, I want to be like everyone else.’
“I never went to a school dance, never had a date, never had a boyfriend and I remember thinking, ‘Am I ever going to?'”
A Glasgow Girl by Aasmah Mir is published by Aasmah Mir It will appear at the Boswell Book Festival at 10.30am on May 12. Visit boswellbookfestival.co.uk for details
