Memories tagged with "homophobic"
Harassment through late teens
Derek describes persistent homophobic harassment and gay bashing from an older boy.“At the age of 15,16, there was an older kid in the street who accused me of being gay, he was 19 and he was a milkman in the area that I went to school in (Kingstandi...
Joining the Police in 1995 age 23
"My sister told me not to join the Police because she was in the Police and she said it was quite homophobic; this was in 1995. She said ' I wouldn't advise it. I work with people who said 'I wouldn't work with gays’.' I thought I can't let that h...