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Nigel Shelby was a 15-year-old gay Black boy from Huntsville, AL who did not hide who he was to fit in. Like so many other gay Black boys, he was bullied regularly. He struggled with depression, rendering him even more sensitive to the ritual of torment he endured. Two-years-ago, Nigel told his mother what she […]
