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
Immigrants Under Trump Era: My Employer Has Refused to Pay Me and Threatened Me with Deportation | Mexicans Under Fear I have been doing some research on immigrants under the Trump era. There is no doubt in my mind that this is a community under threat. They know that at any . . . read more
Gay Racist, Two Minorities at Crossroads – Some parts of Alabama are no-go areas for me. I am white so I should have nothing to fear on that count but the cultural divide is too wide. For a start I am a gay man; so I am very much aware . . . read more
I want to have sex but i can’t because I am an intersex woman. Do you know what intersex means? My body has now become a subject of controversy but it was not . . . read more
Homelessness by Orientation – I have been living on the streets for 1 month. I never in my life imagined that I would end up this way. My father (who says he loves me very much) is paying the bills in a home where I am excluded. My psychotic mum rules . . . read more
When people talk about date rape and revenge porn, I have something of a wince inside because I have been there and done that. In the immediate aftermath, I constantly blamed myself. I would wake up in the night shouting and reliving the experience. Perhaps I should have known better . . . read more
My gay boyfriend slept with a woman, is he straight for pay? Being a gay boyfriend is never easy and my romantic life has been a bit of a mess . . . read more
Why me? Why now? How could I have been such a fool? Those are the questions that keep making the rounds in my head as I contemplate yet another pang of pain. I met Gary at university. He was doing finance and we shared two course units. Gary was naturally . . . read more
Betrayal in the Home – The day that I was attacked was a lesson for me and also a challenge. I could scarcely believe what I was witnessing. Suddenly, these bunch of guys had jumped me. I had been walking with my older brother after class. I figured that we were . . . read more
