Thomas Glave is a Jamaican-American author, LGBTQ rights activist, and founder of the Jamaica Forum for Lesbians, All-Sexuals, and Gays (J-FLAG). In his speech at the Oslo Freedom Forum, Glave discloses that he views himself primarily as a writer, not an activist, so he chooses to share a story that conveys all the antagonism and violence the LGBTQ community in his country faces.