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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I’m a pansexual teen girl, currently at the age of 17. I remember when I was 15 I came out as bisexual. I decided to tell my best friend about my sexuality. When I told her, she froze and told me it’s disgusting to like the same gender. From then on, she feared that I

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I’m a gay guy living in Bangladesh and I don’t have a story to tell. To tell a story you require actual things happening in your life. And nothing ever happens in mine. For something to happen in your life, you require to actually be a part of the world. But living in a place

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I am trans guy, 26 years old, currently in the process of sex change from female to male (of course without any acknowledgement of my parents). From my childhood, I feel a boy inside myself, though physically I am a girl. I loved my close friend who left me after a 2 year relationship. She

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I’m a student here in Bangladesh and I’ve always been taught that homosexuality is bad and it’s a sin. But over the years, I’ve discovered many truths and lies. I came to a realization that homosexuality is absolutely normal. In Bangladesh and certain other developing countries, however, it’s illegal. Keeping aside the questionable legality, it’s

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Hi, I’m a 17-year-old pansexual girl. Although I’m pansexual, I’m much more attracted to girls. So, I’m more of a lesbian than a pansexual. X And to mention vividly I’m a tomboy. I never felt like a girl, I love to act like a boy. And this very matter created a lot of problems with

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I am lesbian from an ordinary middle class family of Bangladesh that strictly follows religious and societal rules. In my family, talking about anything sex-related is prohibited, let alone homosexuality. So, I don’t dare ever to talk about my sexuality to them. I have graduated already and am now under huge pressure of marriage. My

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I always kind of knew there was something different about me. I was never one of your typical teenage girls – having a huge crush on senior year guys in school and daydreaming about them. I always kind of knew, for some reason, I can not be myself in Bangladesh. However, I was uncertain about

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