MY STORY ABOUT CAMP BABIRRA At the camp I was lured to a man's tent by his promise of canabis. When I spoke about my sexuality he threatened me to stop talking to him. In the morning, after my argument with a woman, he told me he had a grudge with me for talking about my sexuality to him. That night at sacred fire he told me off for yelling at the woman, but also told me he would bash me if I acted on my sexuality around him, he used the pretense of defending the woman to make homophobic remarks to me saying I was 'disgusting' for talking about homosexuality. He said he would bash me outside the camp and promised me that he would win the fight. He intimidated me into shaking his hand. I walked away. In hindsight I can see how Andy actively and physically came between me and the other gay men in the camp to stop me from making buddies. He did that twice around the sacred fire. He was trying to control my behavior. If I could go back and do things differently I would have...
