Riyadh Khalaf was 16 when he set up his YouTube channel as a creative outlet and "safe space" away from the real-life bullies he faced every day at school. But far from the sanctuary he sought, the 27-year-old said he started to receive daily attacks from anonymous users almost straight away.
"I didn't understand how someone who didn't know me could hate me so much, and for something I couldn't control — my sexuality, how I spoke, how I moved," he told HuffPost.
Riyadh is just one of the people to appear in "Bully", a new short film by director and campaigner Jake Graf. The film sees high-profile members of the international LGBT+ community read out hurtful messages they've received online, in order to raise awareness of the impact of cyberbullying.
