“Hi my name is Rick I am 23 years of age and I’m gay. Growing up I was always being treated like an outcast. I have been homeless more than one. I have been raped two times- my family doesn’t accept me, my mother hates me badly. I have tried killing myself more than once. I am feeling very lost, lonely and unloved. Every day I wish I would just die, I cry myself to sleep almost every night. I don’t feel safe anymore; there are guys out there want to kills me because I’m gay. I have to being having sex with random guys to get money to eat; being gay in Jamaica is very hard. I am Rick and I am a 23 year old gay guy and I want to be loved, cared for and feel safe. “

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