2017

Gay Conversion Nightmare - We Did all the Wrong Things It seems extraordinary to some who do not know the full story, but I do not blame my father at all for what happened to me. How could he know that he too was a victim of a quack? Right from . . . read more

LGBTQI Activists and Self-Care - When young LGBTQI+ people decide to engage in activism, in order to advocate for their rights, contribute to their community, or support each other, they encounter the concept of burnout. I was first introduced to burnout by other young LGBTQI activists, when I joined my . . . read more

When I was 16, my parents sent me to go through a lesbian conversion therapy when they caught me in my room kissing a girl. I never realized until then that what I felt was perfectly normal was an abomination in my parents’ eyes. This is my story. End the . . . read more

A Woman in Custody “They are the salt of the earth”. I too used to think so but now I knew better. I was picked up for being over the limit. Fair enough, I had had two glasses of wine instead of wine. That terrible mistake to drive . . . read more

Self-Hating Gay Stigma to Self-Acceptance.   It took me so many years to finally admit to myself that I was a gay man. Looking back, it is clear that I knew this right from the moment I could think. It wasn’t as if a great big rainbow . . . read more

Probation Officer Warned Me About My Prison Lover, Life After Incarceration Let us first get the first things out. I am a drug addict and have gotten into a whole load of problems because of my addiction. That is how I landed in prison the first place. I was so . . . read more

Church Community: I Was Abused by a Church Elder Who is Now Preaching Against Sodomy There have been rumors as far back as I can remember. People have been talking about this elder. The last time was a young man who was two years older than me talking about what . . . read more

Priest Sex Abuse: Lost kids and naïve parents I will be 15 this December but I wish I was 18 already. Basically I want to leave home. My mum and dad have let me down. They have allowed our family priest to abuse me for years. We are Catholics . . . read more

Acid Attack: A Victim Refuses to Take It Lying Down I was never the most handsome person in the world and I certainly never aspired to be a model or something of the sort. However, I was a normal young man. My troubles started when I met and fell in . . . read more