Junior Mayema

How could one wake up every morning knowing that someone out there and their own country are going to threaten them?  How does one stay strong when one’s own country looks down up on them, disrespect them every single day of their life for just being themselves.  When heterosexuals think of a gay person what comes to mind is a human who is very feminine, weak, and afraid.   However, what they do not see is that it takes a strong human to come out and be proud of whom they are.  Till this they even though gay humans in Africa suffer more then us gays here in the United States we still face numerous of obstacles.  The image of what I think of a family is still not accepted all throughout the United States.  I cannot adopt a child with a male partner because that’s not an image of an American family.  However, like I have said we are ten times much luckier then the gays in Africa because we still have some rights that do protect us were as these African do not people threaten, beat, and even kill gays in Africa.  

            Junior Mayema a 24 year old from Congo Africa had to face countless obstacles for being gay.  His won mother tried to kill him with gasoline after finding out he was gay.  His father and mother sent him to a healing program for gay people, as if gay were a disease.  After coming back his father told every one in their community that his son was gay.  The boys his age would beat him and people would threaten him all throughout his life.  He was kicked out from his house, his mother made sure that no one in his family would take him in. This young adult identifies as gay male he as no house to call home just because he wants to give his love to a male partner.   

http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2011/08/09/comment-a-gay-congolese-man-in-south-africa/