Please help me tell my story

 Hi everyone!

My name is Heath Clark, and I am trying to raise money to help with publishing a book about what it is like to grow up gay in a small town in the south; this is my story: 

I grew up in a very small town in Alabama, and at the age of 15 I came out of the closet. It was not very well received news, and I was bullied every day at school to the point that I didn't want to go. I wanted to give up, which led to some very bad decisions in who I dated. I was in an abusive relationship for 3 years; it got so bad that sometimes I didn't think I would survive, but I did. I had just started to get my life put back together when I fell for the next bad guy, who abused me emotionally. Emotional abuse can be worse then being physically abused, but by the age of 26 I was no longer a victim, but a survivor. As a rape victim, there where days when I wanted to give up all together until finally I had a mental breakdown. I still deal with this every day of my life, but I am a fighter and I will not let my past haunt my future; that is one of the many reasons I am writing this book. 


The other reason I am writing this book is to give a voice and direction to the young gay and lesbian teens who get disowned by their families, get bullied everyday as I did, and commit suicide. This breaks my heart more than anything, and I want nothing more than to reach out to these young teens with my story and let them know this: you can survive, never give up hope, and never change who you are as a person for anyone. I wish that I had someone to reach out to me like this when I was coming out. I want every person to know that there is a light at the end of the tunnel, and it is a beautiful light. You only get one life to live, so I am asking everyone to please help me get my story out there to those who need it most. 


Thank you,

Heath