State Department's latest human-rights report on St. They said if we were faggots they would kill us."Īccording to the U.S. Why had we showered together? Todd and I both said it was because the water heater was so small. They told us again how much they hated us. They began to tell us that they hated white people. I saw the blood flowing out of my forearm. I could feel warm water running down my back, and realized it was not water, it was blood. I was on my side, looking at Nick's face. They began to kick me in the back and the side. I wanted to run away with Nick, get him out of there, but there was nowhere to escape. I wondered if it was going to hurt to die by being shot in the head. In his lengthy Facebook recounting of the attack, Baker writes: "He pointed the gun at my head and said, 'Get the fuck down!' As I sat down on the ground the door crashed open, and I put my head between my knees. Saint Lucia has always been a safe destination, respectful of people's own choices for religion, beliefs, and perspectives on life," said Tourism Minister Allen Chastanet. "Whether or not this crime was motivated by anti-gay sentiment, or during the course of a robbery, it is nonetheless unacceptable behavior and Saint Lucia as a destination will not tolerate it. The apology from the tourism minister came after one of the victims, Michael Baker, posted a graphic account of the nightmarish incident on his Facebook page â€". Lucia on March 11 apologized to three American gay men who were violently attacked and robbed inside a vacation villa by assailants who called them faggots. The words "No matter gay, straight or bi, lesbian, transgendered life, I'm on the right track, baby, I was born to survive" have been garbled so as to be unintelligible when played, according to reports. Malaysia's largest chain of non-government-owned radio stations has removed gay lyrics from Lady Gaga's hit "Born This Way" for fear of being fined by government censors.