A man cut off his gay son’s earlobe to mark him as an ‘abomination’
"The worst thing is they didn’t take me to hospital or give me medication. They just loc... moreA man cut off his gay son’s earlobe to mark him as an ‘abomination’
"The worst thing is they didn’t take me to hospital or give me medication. They just locked me inside a room as I tried to stop the bleeding."
Photo: Modou/via GSN
A 19-year-old gay man said that he is scared for his life if he is forced to go back to his home country after his father cut off his earlobe.
The teen, who has only been identified as “Modou” in the media, is from The Gambia and is trying to get asylum in the The Netherlands.
He told Gay Star News that he never planned to come out to his family.
“I was so afraid to tell my family about my sexuality,” he said.
But when he was 15-years-old, he was caught with another boy. The other boy was scared, so he said that Modou assaulted him.
“I couldn’t lie,” Modou said, explaining why he chose to come out to his family then.
“I thought, maybe, my family will accept me because I am their family. ... less
