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Hi, my name is Charlie Hobbs, I'm originally from the Atlanta area. I've recently transferred
here for a small bit of time. I would say I had an incident through "gay bashing" I
would say, and I felt really unsafe. I went to a local police officer and I knew that
he had a different ethnic background...he was Jamaican. When I went to him and I approached
him and I was a little afraid and intimidated, I told him that I didn't feel really safe,
and I just wanted him to kind of guide me and watch after me a little bit. He then laughed
in my face and you know, he was like, "Oh, boxy boy," and a boxy boy is a gay guy, fruity
guy, you know, any kind of gay term that you would say when it comes down to a different person who lives a lifestyle- a different lifestyle itself.
And instantly then I felt so unsafe and I felt really...I felt like my voice didn't count, but again I was wrong, because
now, my voice do count, and this (PROP) does stand for a great cause and it stands for
a great purpose, so I wouldn't go back to law enforcement itself right now and seek
them for help, I would not, until I had more reassurance that they would solidly be there
for me individually.