“Being gay and growing up on a small island in the Caribbean wasn’t quite what i expected it to be i came out gay when i was in primary school not know all the dangers i have set up myself to be in being at the age of 12 not knowing all the problems i would have to endure being gay at age cwas just couple days after i came it it all started i had no peace i was bullied everyday i had no friends on my way home i use to get calll ( battyman ) (bullerman) (fish) all these names stuck in my head trying to forget ever hearing them then i taught when i get to high school it would have been better not knowing that what i was experiencing in primary was only half of what i would have to face in secondary school in secondary school i got beaten up everyday call the same names i had no peace i have to had at the back of the school because i was scared of getting beaten up when its time to go at my home i have to jump river in order for me to get gome without seeing me waiting at the back of the school until everybody is gone and theres nobody around then i came out and go at my home still at my home i had no peace because people from my neighborhood knew i was gay i was scared to even leave my house i spend everyday lock away in my room living in fear of going outside and that somebody is going to beat me up an called me battyman an buller i had no friends nobody i could have talk to and tell how i was feeling i was sick and tired of it i just wanted to disappear and for it to all go away until i got really tired of it and tried to commit suicide couple of times when i couldn’t have done it i turn to cutting my wrist and my legs trying to find something that is more painful than the pain i was feeling living in fear of getting beaten and call even getting a job was a problem because nobody wants to hire anybody who is gay because they knew of the attention it would draw and living on a small island with small minded people up to this day am still scared because i haven’t cone out my shell as yet because having gone through all i been through its a bit difficult because i still need to get use to the fact that am free to be who i want and dress and wear what i want without having to hide who i really am anymore .”
I am happy for you that you set yourself free by sharing your story. The worlds need more people who get the change to shine and be themselves. For whatever it is worth: i am proud of who you are!
And I am really sorry that you had to go through this all, you didnt deserve it.