Homophobia is defined as an irrational hatred and/or fear of people who are non-heterosexual. I believe most of us who identify as lgbtq+ have faced some form of homophobia/biphobia/transphobia/queerphobia in our lifetime; whether we are from Bangladesh or the USA and whether we are out, loud and proud or deeply closeted. I’m a 20 year

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”Homophobia” -to me- is another way of saying ”I do not know who you are and how you work, so I am going to hate you because that’s the only thing I CAN do”. See, the problem isn’t that people are affected with homophobia, it’s that people are ‘taught’ that nothing is wrong with being

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Homophobia The Word Is Literally A Part Of My Daily Life In Bangladesh! It Effected My Childhood And Destroyed My Soul… Homophobia Is Continuously Putting A New Scar In My Soul Every Single Day! I’m Shohan An Open Homosexual (Asexual-Queer) And 7 months Ago I Came Out As Gay To My Muslim Family And Homophobia

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I’m a 17 year old girl from Dhaka, Bangladesh.. I’m currently in the United States, attending college and I am a Lesbian; I have been for as long as I can remember.. Being raised in a country like Bangladesh, I had no earthly idea as to what homosexuality was until the 5th or 6th grade…The

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Lobdho and Spondon are special friends since they know each other for last two years. They first met each other in a hidden facebook group with fake profiles, later they met and the understanding develops. Spondon is here in Dhaka since last three years and works for a small private company. Lobdho was living in

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Ever since I was in first grade, I was teased by my classmates for my girlish behavior. Back then, I didn’t even know I was gay; and being called gay was quite offending. I used to get teased, bullied and even took a few hits for my “inappropriate” behavior. As I grew up, I started

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13th January 2007 I heard from someone that in a moonlit night if we look at each other, we don’t have to say what we want to. Without intervention we will understand what we want to say. I’m waiting for a moon lit night dear. I’m waiting for the night when under the mid night

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I’m a Bangladeshi lesbian (in my early 20s), living in the United States. I discovered that I wasn’t straight when I was 8 years old (although I’ve since realized, after watching home videos of myself, my gayness was evident from as young as the age of 3). Here’s the thing I’ve learned about homophobia: IT’S

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Dear Ammu and Abbu, I love you both dearly and I’ve always tried my level best to make you guys proud. I know you both expected me to turn out a certain way; you always wanted me to receive a good education, have a successful career, marry a great man and give you grandchildren. While

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I fell in love with a girl when I was 13. I did not know if it was love or not because I wanted to be with her all the time and my heart ached whenever I thought of her. We exchanged letters and gifts and I knew for a fact she had feelings for

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