As agay am really worried as crime against gays increase On Saturday i happened to read this story that shocked me in the New Zealand Weekend Herald of saturday 24 sept 2011 about the hate campaign being done by some people even here in New Zealand. it scared me and made me to remember about what 's happening in Africa the problems LGBT communities are facing that have resulted into some of them being harassed, killed ,gangraped and arrested. I feel its high time we should comeout blodly condemne these acts in the strongest terms possible and fight for our rights .As everyone is equal and 's entitled to the same rights and freedoms regardless of his race, colour ,sex

Lindsay Curnow 62 says i didn't find it hard to be gay before this and her partner Juliet Leigh 64 how re victims of ahate campaign in Newzealand This has cost them their business and its forcing them to quit the beach side community that they ve loved and it has caused them to question being openly gay. While they were out , some one tramped around their Mangawhai Heads property armed with afelt- tipped pen and adangerous mix of audacity and homophobia and wrote words "filth" "sluts" "trash" " cars dirt" and dikes" across their