help a grad student with information! please!

[arcane]

Hi all,

I'm a graduate student in cultural studies at George Mason University in 
Fairfax, VA.  A lot of you know me as an expatriate of the Pittsburgh 
scene. I'm currently working on a paper on goth identity and the ways in 
which it comes into conflict with the general public's perception of 
goth, focusing in particularly on the aftermath of Columbine.  I'd 
really appreciate some help!  What I need, specifically, is information 
from people who consider themselves to be goth (or rivethead, or simply 
"freak", anything related) on both their perceptions of the culture and 
their experiences in dealing with the general (non-goth) public.

If you'd like to help, I need the following: your name (or some 
pseudonym by which you can be identified), your age, and answers to the 
following questions:

1. How do you define “goth”?

2. Why do you choose to identify yourself as a goth?

3. How do you think the general public perceives goths?

4. Where were you around the time when the shootings at Columbine 
happened?  Both location (city, etc.) and time of life (high school, 
college, working, etc.) will be helpful.

5. Did your identification as a goth have any effect on the way you were 
treated or viewed by the general public following Columbine?

6. Do you think the events at Columbine had a significant lasting effect 
on the way goths are viewed by the general public?

Please email your responses to me at eolh at cox.net by Friday, April 30th. 
  Also please note that by responding, you are giving me consent to use 
quotes and information from your response in my paper, which I reserve 
the right to publish at a later date.

Thank you very much in advance for your help!

Matt