Farid / Iran
SO THE FIRST TIME I TRIED TO COME OUT WAS VERY UNSUCCESSFUL,I WAS AT THE 11TH GRADE I CONFFESSED MY LOVE TO A CLASSMATE,GOT TURNED DOWN AND HE TOLD EVERYONE,I WAS BULLIED AND CALLED NAMES.HAD NO FRIENDS AND THOUGHT I WAS UNLOVEABLE IT WAS DRIVING ME CRAZY.EVENTUALLY I CHANGED MY SCHOOL.THINGS HAVE BEEN WAY BETTER SINCE THEN,I AM OUT TO MY FRIENDS AND EVEN PEOPLE AT THE COLLEGE WHERE I STUDY.I KNOW I SHOULD BE MORE CAREFUL ABOUT THE PEOPLE I TRUST BUT THIS IS THE WAY I AM.I CAN’T HIDE MYSELF.I WAS ONCE CAUGHT NOT HIDING MYSELF BY THE POLICE. I WAS KISSING MY PARTNER BUT THEY WERE KIND ENOUGH THAT THEY JUST HIT US WITH BATONS AND SCARED US BUT DIDN’T TURN US IN.
Fully understand your sorrow and torture. The world is not ripe yet to understand it. Be careful but at the same time be grateful of who you are……you are NOT alone.