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“We were pretty poor back in Mexico. My parents were divorced. Mom did the best she could. She was always a hustler. She’d sell jewelry, or food, or anything that she could. But a lot of nights there still

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“My mom went off when she found out I was gay. It’s not accepted in Jamaican culture. I had to pretend I was ‘over it’ just so I could stay in the house. I didn’t really have anyone to talk to about it.

"I have never been someone to look up to, but I am now. How do I explain to someone so innocent and so pure the dark turns of our lives? How do I explain to children the beckoning of death?"