The Gully Queens of Jamaica: How a gay community in one of the most homophobic places on Earth has sought refuge in a filthy STORM DRAIN

 The Gully Queens of Jamaica: How a gay community in one of the most homophobic places on Earth has sought refuge in a filthy STORM DRAIN

New VICE News documentary reveals life led by gay and transgender youth in central Kingston
Many have been forced out from shacks, and even by their own families
Constant threat of homophobic attack while they live in drain ('gully')
Around 80% of Jamaica's population harbours anti-gay sentiment

For most people, the threat of bottles, bones, and stones gushing into their beds as they sleep is not exactly high.

But for one community in Jamaica, it is something they have to deal with every night - along with the risk of being assaulted, raped or even murdered... just for being gay.

Such is the life of one group of homeless LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) youths who live in a storm drain (or 'gully') in the country's capital, Kingston