Martin Williams / Emily Fairburn - News Contributor - Vision

TUESDAY December 11th, 2008

ISSUE 193

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MY STORY:

FACING DEATH BECAUSE I'M GAY EXCLUSIVE

BY EMILY FAIRBAIRN AND MARTIN WILLIAMS

> Students "very

> Future uncertain

worried" for friend

for LGBT member

SPEAKING EXCLUSIVLY to Vision, a gay York student has confessed his fears after returning to his home country, where homosexuality carries the death penalty. "I cannot help but worry," says the student. He explains that, in his country, many people "still don’t recognize people for what they are and believe that a certain lifestyle or habit is 'foreign' and therefore dosent exist."

In a revealing interview he tells of his parents' shocked reaction, the vital support of his friends in York and his current unsettled situation. "Its still hard to comprehend the fact that I’m at a standstill," he says. "Waking up everyday not been able to look forward to anything is a very depressing thought."

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