After coming forward with their earliest memories of discrimination as part of the #FirstTimeIwasCalled series, three people say they received both positive and negative feedback.

Daniel Pillai was in grade two when peers would call him a name that would change the course of his adolescence. Global News anchor Farah Nasser speaks with Pillai as part of the #FirstTimeIwasCalled series.

For 29-year-old Daniel Pillai it has been a long journey finding his identity as a gay man.