Despite gains made in many parts of the world, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex LGBTI people are, in some regions, increasingly persecuted and denied basic human rights.
Because bigotry thrives where we are silenced by fear, we've created this space for people to share stories of discrimination and survival. Read these stories, share them, and contribute your own. Let the world know that we will not be silent. But the culture surrounding me was much different. But within the I—the same way man and women can have different sexual orientation and gender identity—its the same with an Intersex person.
We are a gay couple, we are a couple together for almost 4 years, like a common couple we have gone through many problems, but love has always spoken louder. One day I fell in love with a boy who lived in Libya, so I joined him there.
I was caught by the libyen police, they wanted to kill me. They beat me and detained me for 7 days. I had to move back to Tunis and stay away from my love…a piece of me.
These words stuck with me and formed part of me in a literal sense as I had it tattooed on my chest as a reminder to myself every day when I wake up and I am preparing myself for the day ahead.
