Lauren Wyatt

I'm using my Tourette's as an excuse to be homophobic, to be racist.

Tourette's is not an excuse.

We cannot control it.

We can acknowledge the hurt that our tics can cause other people, but we can't be held responsible for what we say.

I personally, I will always apologise for the hurt that I've caused through my tics.

I will always say I am very sorry that that happened.

I will offer any support that I can to support the person

that it might be said in the vicinity of, but there's nothing I can do to stop it.

There is nothing I can do to change it.

And I think that two things can exist at once.

I think that our tics can hurt people, but I think that also you've got to remember that this is involuntary.

This does not reflect our personal beliefs and punishing a theoretic person for one of their tics would be like jailing an innocent man for someone else's crime.